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Blessings Collegiate Invitational
Crowder sits T10, Blue Raiders 7th after second round at Blessings
10/4/2026 6:13:00 PM | Men's Golf
JOHNSON, Ark.- Middle Tennessee Men's Golf sits seventh after the second round of the Blessings Collegiate Invitational. The Blue Raiders dropped one spot after coming into day two sitting sixth.
A day removed from shooting a plus-12 84, Clay Pendergrass led the way for the Blue Raiders with a bounce back two-over 74. Pendergrass shined on the back nine at Blessings on Saturday, with three birdies and no bogeys.
Maddox Crowder, who entered the day T8 and kept himself within striking distance even after a five-over performance. The sophomore sits four-over for the tournament and is the highest Blue Raider on the leaderboard.
Connoer Henry had an inconsistent outing for Middle Tennessee, with three double bogeys and six bogeys being the catalysts towards a ten-over round. Henry is T31. Stiles Hunter is right on the coattails of Henry, adding a ten-over round as well. Hunter is T36 and is one stroke behind Henry at 14 over.
Rounding out the Blue Raiders that made the trip to Arkansas is Jake Hopper, sitting T43. Hopper dropped six spots after shooting an 11-over 83, bringing his total to 17-over for the tournament.
As a team, Middle Tennessee sits 39 strokes over par for the tournament and 27 over on the day. This is three strokes off sixth place Little Rock.
Coach's Comments (Head Coach Mark McEntire)
It was a tough test today, Head Coach Mark McEntire said. I am proud of the bounce back from Clay (Pendergrass) and Maddox (Crowder) played solid as well. We just made to many mistakes and got out of position which cost us some big numbers.
Next Up: The Blue Raiders will tee off the third and final round of the Blessings Collegiate Invitational on Monday morning. Tee time groupings will be announced on MT_MGolf socials.
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