Regular season wraps up at Mason Rudolph Championship

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Middle Tennessee men's golf heads to Franklin, Tenn., this week for the Mason Rudolph Championship. The tournament, hosted by Vanderbilt, takes place Monday through Wednesday with one round each day at Vanderbilt Legends Club.

MTSU is coming off an 11th-place finish at Mississippi State's Mossy Oak Intercollegiate, where the Blue Raiders recorded their third-lowest 54-hole score of the season at 861. Their second-round score of 279 was the team's third-lowest of the year.

Middle Tennessee is looking for its third team title at the Mason Rudolph Championship and its first since 2011.

WEATHER FORECAST
The forecast for the tournament shows possible clouds for the first two rounds before clearing up on Wednesday.

NOTES

The Blue Raiders enter the tournament ranked No. 67 in the Golfweek Collegiate Team Rankings and No. 66 in the most recent Golfstat rankings.
Owen Stamper is ranked No. 79 in the country in the most recent Golfweek rankings and No. 131 by Golfstat, the only Conference USA player in the top 250 of either list.
Stamper's 205 (-11) at the Lake Las Vegas Invitational was a new career low. As of March 14, he is the No. 62 player in Division I according to Golfweek and No. 85 per Golfstat.
Stamper leads the Blue Raiders with a scoring average of 70.3.
Stamper, Markus Varjun and Michael Barnard have combined for six Conference USA Player of the Week awards, the most in a season since MTSU joined the league.
Kevin Jegers recorded individual victories in back-to-back tournaments in 2021-22, each time setting the program 54-hole record.
MTSU returns three of its four players who played in 30 rounds or more in '21-22, including Barnard, Jegers, and Owen Stamper.
The three newcomers to the '22-23 roster include a Power 5 transfer Tate Heintzelman (Indiana), and true freshmen Sheldon McKnight and Luke Perkins.
Also joining the Blue Raider program are former letterman Payne Denman, who returns as an assistant coach, and former MTSU tennis player Chris Edge, who will serve as a graduate assistant.

COACH'S COMMENTS: MARK MCENTIRE
"This is the biggest week of the year. We have a great team, and it's time for it all to come together. This is another great field and a test to see where we are with the best teams in the country."

LINEUP
1. Owen Stamper
2. Kevin Jegers
3. Michael Barnard
4. Markus Varjun
5. Gavin Clements

TOURNAMENT INFO

	Mason Rudolph Championship
Dates	Monday, April 10 - Wednesday, April 12
Course	Vanderbilt Legends Club Franklin, Tenn. Par 72, 7,100 yards
Format	18 holes each day
Teams (15)	Ball State, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Florida Atlantic, Furman, Liberty, Mercer, Middle Tennessee, Mississippi, Mississippi State, North Florida, Northern Illinois, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Wofford
Live Scoring	Golfstat

Middle Tennessee State University Athletics

Players Mentioned

Michael Barnard

Gavin Clements

Tate Heintzelman

Kevin Jegers

Sheldon McKnight

Luke Perkins

Owen Stamper

Markus Varjun

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