Bears Finish Strong at President’s Day Match Play

Tuesday, February 18

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Weston Hills CC)

7:42 a.m.

Mercer University

George Washington

Photo by: Todd Drexler

Bears Finish Strong at President’s Day Match Play

2/18/2020 12:54:00 PM | Men's Golf

Mercer shut out host George Washington, 6-0, in the consolation championship match

By: Stephen Waldman

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. – The Mercer men's golf team closed out its first competition with a convincing 6-0 shutout victory over host George Washington in the consolation championship match at the President's Day Match Play at Weston Hills Country Club on Tuesday morning.

The Bears finished the week at 2-1 after winning their final two matches by a combined score of 11-1. Sophomore Martin Plukka continued his strong start to the spring with his third victory of the week against Cliff Thompson, 1-and-1. Junior Tyler Copp also concluded the event without a loss as he defeated Luis Preciado, 1Up, to move to 2-0 for the tournament.

Mercer 6, George Washington 0
Spencer Ball def. Adrian Castagnola, 1Up
Ethan Werblo def. Jakub Hrinda, 4&2
Lino Galdin def. Hugo Riboud, 2&1
Jay Spivey def. Logan Othmer, 1Up
Martin Plukka def. Cliff Thompson, 2&1
Tyler Copp def. Luis Preciado, 1Up

COACH KAYDEN'S TAKE
"Today was a great day for the Mercer Bears golf program. It was a clean sweep as we won all six of our matches against George Washington. I'm obviously very proud of the guys efforts today. They're continuing to play good golf and move in a positive direction. We played well all week, so I'm very excited about the momentum we're building heading into the next event.

"Martin and Tyler both had great weeks for us, and it was an overall good team effort today. It's very tough to win all six matches in the match play format, and we were able to accomplish that."

Up Next
The Bears return to the links on March 2-3 when they return to the Sunshine State for the Fort Lauderdale Collegiate, hosted by Loyola (Md.), at the Fort Lauderdale Country Club.

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