MCALLEN, Texas – The Southeastern Louisiana University men's golf team split a pair of matches on the opening day of the South Texas Match Play Monday at McAllen Country Club.
Southeastern opened the day with a 4-1 victory over Stephen F. Austin. Abilene Christian topped SLU, 4-1, in round two. The Lions will now face East Texas A&M in the third-place match Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. Live scoring, provided by host UTRGV, will be accessible via the golf schedule page at
www.LionSports.net.
"We came out strong with a really good win this morning," Southeastern head coach
Lawrence Allan said. "I'm really proud of how our guys came through in a tight match to get us into the winner's bracket. We didn't play our best against the No. 1 seed this afternoon, but we're eager to bounce back tomorrow against another conference opponent in the third-place match."
In the win over SFA,
Griffin Dorr won 4&3 over the Lumberjacks' Cameron Hubbard. SLU's
Colby Sullivan finished 1 Up in a win over Cordell Knox, while
Ethan Dial won 2 Up over Stephen F. Austin's Sam Gargis.
Viggo Hed closed out the scoring for the Lions with a 4&2 win over Eyan Edsall.
Dorr was the lone Lion to earn a win in the loss to ACU. He finished 1 Up to best Colin Leonard of the Wildcats.
Round One Results
No. 2 UTRGV 5, No. 7 Nicholls 0
No. 6 East Texas A&M 3.5, No. 3 UIW 1.5
No. 1 Abilene Christian 5, No. 8 New Orleans 0
No. 4 Southeastern 4, Stephen F. Austin 1
Match 1 – Griffin Dorr (SLU) def. Cameron Hubbard (SFA), 4&3
Match 2 – Colby Sullivan (SLU) def. Cordell Knox (SFA), 1 Up
Match 3 – Ethan Dial (SLU) def. Sam Gargis (SFA), 2 Up
Match 4 – Viggo Hed (SLU) def. Eyan Edsall (SFA), 4&2
Match 5 – Matthew Hewitt (SFA) def. Preston Paulk (SLU), 4&3
Round Two Results
UTRGV 3, East Texas A&M 2
UIW 4.5, Nicholls 0.5
Abilene Christian 4, Southeastern 1
Match 1 – Griffin Dorr (SLU) def. Colin Leonard (ACU), 1 Up
Match 2 – Gregorie Hoyeau (ACU) def. Colby Sullivan (SLU), 2&1
Match 3 – Jack Hollingsed (ACU) def. Ethan Dial (SLU), 3 Up
Match 4 – Preston DeFriend (ACU) def. Viggo Hed (SLU), 3 Up
Match 5 – Jaime Lewis (ACU) def. Preston Paulk (SLU), 4&3
Stephen F. Austin 4, New Orleans 1
Round Three Schedule
1
st Place Match – ACU vs. UTRGV
3rd Place Match – Southeastern vs. East Texas A&M
5
th Place Match – Stephen F. Austin vs. UIW
7
th Place Match – Nicholls vs. New Orleans
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