Hoosiers Finish Third at Big Ten Match Play Championship

Saturday, February 4

Hammock Beach, Fla.

Indiana University

Michigan

Hoosiers Finish Third at Big Ten Match Play Championship

2/4/2023 5:45:00 PM | Men's Golf

PALM COAST, Fla. – The Indiana men's golf finished third overall after two rounds of play at the Big Ten Match Play Championships on Saturday at the Hammock Beach Resort.

Indiana fell to Michigan in the semifinal round of the tournament by a score of 3-2, snapping a two-year streak of winning the event. In the third-place match, the Hoosiers tied with Minnesota, 2.5-2.5, but based on strokes gained, the tiebreaker went the way of Indiana.

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
2023 Big Ten Match Play Championship • Palm Coast, Fla.
Hammock Beach Resort
Par 72 • 6,981 yards
Live Scoring via GolfStat

MORNING MATCH (Michigan – 3, Indiana – 2)
Hunter Thomson (MICH) def. Drew Salyers (IU), 1UP
Will Anderson (MICH) def. Mitch Davis (IU), 5&3
Noah Gillard (IU) def. Jude Kim (MICH), 2UP
Ben Hoagland (MICH) def. Eric Berggren (IU), 4&2
Harry Reynolds (IU) def. Yuqi Liu (MICH), 3&1

AFTERNOON MATCH (Indiana – 2.5, Minnesota – 2.5)
Drew Salyers (IU) and Harrison Arnold (MINN), halved
Lincoln Johnson (MINN) def. Mitch Davis (IU), 4&3
Noah Gillard (IU) def. Jacob Pedersen (MINN), 8&7
Antoine Sale (MINN) def. Eric Berggren (IU), 2UP
Harry Reynolds (IU) def. Bennett Swavely (MINN), 4&3

FROM THE MAYER
"Every match was a battle," head coach Mike Mayer said. "Unfortunately, we came up a little short in our semifinal match with Michigan.

"Noah Gillard was great in the final match. We will need that kind of effort from everyone going forward."

UP NEXT
Indiana will be back in action for the Colleton River Collegiate, hosted by Michigan State, from March 6-7 on the Nicklaus Course at the Colleton River Club in Bluffton, S.C.

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