Saturday, February 17
Greensboro, Ga.
TBD
Mercer University
vs
Michigan
Mercer Men to Face Michigan in Match Play Saturday
2/16/2018 11:54:00 AM | Men's Golf
Bears and Wolverines will clash at Great Waters Golf Club
MACON, Ga. – Mercer's top eight men's golfers will take on Michigan in a match play event at Great Waters Golf Club at Reynolds Lake Oconee in Greensboro, Ga. on Saturday.
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The Bears will go head-to-head with the Big Ten Conference foe's top eight golfers, including No. 24 nationally-ranked Kyle Mueller. Mercer opened its spring season with a fifth-place finish at the Martin Downs Collegiate in Palm City, Fla. on Tuesday.
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Event Information
Dates: Saturday, Feb. 17
Location: Greensboro, Ga. | Great Waters Golf Club at Reynolds Lake Oconee
Matches: Mercer (8) vs. Michigan (8)
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Match Breakdown
"Our guys are excited for the challenge of a match play event format," said head coach Kirk Kayden. "We don't get to do this very often, but it creates a very good team environment and encourages the players to really support one another.
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"Michigan is a great collegiate team, so this will be an outstanding test to see how we stack up. Our guys are playing with confidence and are looking forward to the opportunity."
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Follow the BearsÂ
For complete coverage of Mercer Men's Golf, please follow the Bears on social media at @MercerGolf (Twitter) and @MercerBears (Instagram) or visit the official home of Mercer Athletics at MercerBears.com.
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The Bears will go head-to-head with the Big Ten Conference foe's top eight golfers, including No. 24 nationally-ranked Kyle Mueller. Mercer opened its spring season with a fifth-place finish at the Martin Downs Collegiate in Palm City, Fla. on Tuesday.
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Event Information
Dates: Saturday, Feb. 17
Location: Greensboro, Ga. | Great Waters Golf Club at Reynolds Lake Oconee
Matches: Mercer (8) vs. Michigan (8)
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Match Breakdown
- Hayes Rule (NR) vs. Taisei Negishi (NR) | 12 p.m.
- Kiko Rosete (NR) vs. Charlie Pilon (#1132) | 12 p.m.
- Nolan Miller (#1435) vs. Connor Prassas (#1111) | 12:10 p.m.
- Brennan Bogdanovich (#1340) vs. Henry Spring (#977) | 12:10 p.m.
- Tyler Copp (#1114) vs. Brent Ito (#956) | 12:20 p.m.
- Jerry Ren (#890) vs. Ian Kim (#884) | 12:20 p.m.
- Stanton Schorr (#715) vs. Nick Carlson (#138) | 12:30 p.m.
- Spencer Ball (#434) vs. Kyle Mueller (#24) | 12:30 p.m.
- Match pairings are determined by similar individual national rank. Mercer and Michigan will both have eight golfers in the event.
- Winners are determined by number of holes won, not a stroke total.
- Eight total matches. First team to win five matches wins the overall event.
- In the event of a tie (4-4), the tiebreaker is based on margin of matches won.
"Our guys are excited for the challenge of a match play event format," said head coach Kirk Kayden. "We don't get to do this very often, but it creates a very good team environment and encourages the players to really support one another.
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"Michigan is a great collegiate team, so this will be an outstanding test to see how we stack up. Our guys are playing with confidence and are looking forward to the opportunity."
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Follow the BearsÂ
For complete coverage of Mercer Men's Golf, please follow the Bears on social media at @MercerGolf (Twitter) and @MercerBears (Instagram) or visit the official home of Mercer Athletics at MercerBears.com.
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