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MAC Men's Golf Championship Central
Akron
Akron makes its 26th appearance at the MAC Championships, and the Zips have placed in the Top 5 nine times, including two program-best second place finishes in 2007 and 2014. Akron finished sixth overall last season. The 2018 MAC Championships lineup for the Zips includes junior Elliott Grayson, George Baylis, junior Jacob Appleby, junior Jacob Morgan and sophomore Mitchell McFarland. Grayson leads the squad into battle after posting a team-best 72.31 stroke average through 10 events and 29 rounds this season. He has led the Zips' scoring efforts in six events and will be making his third appearance at the MAC Championships.
Ball State
Ball State finished runner-up last year to Kent State at The Virtues Golf Club in Nashport, Ohio, and will take four of the same golfers to this year's event -- seniors Johnny Watts, Michael VanDeventer and Michael Makris, and junior Timothy Wiseman. Between the four of them, they have a combined 10 starts at the MAC Championships. Watts, the 2015 individual league champion as a freshman, finished third a year ago. He again paces the Cardinals this season with a 73.63 stroke average.
Bowling Green
Bowling Green will conclude the season as they compete in the Mid-American Conference Championships in Fort Wayne, Indiana Friday through Sunday. The Falcons have taken the MAC title five times along with three individual championships. Last season the Falcons carded a team score of 1201 to finish ninth. The Falcon Lineup will consist of Mitchell Kontak, Rodrigue Vie, Trey Walker, Nick Hofland and Pablo Heredia Iglesias. Kontak looks to finish his senior season strong as he has been climbing to the top of the Falcon pack throughout the year.
Eastern Michigan
The Eagles finished seventh at the 2017 MAC Championship, posting a three-day cumulative score of 1,192 (303-293-299-297). Weather was the story of the weekend with more than nine hours of play wiped off the slate due to Mother Nature during the tournament's 72 holes. Kyle Rodes paced the Green and White with a four-over 292 (69-71-75-77) to finish in eighth-place. Playing this weekend for EMU will be White, junior Beau Breault, freshman Cougar Collins, senior Nic Ross, freshman Ty Celone and sophomore Zach Sudinsky.
Kent State
As the 30th ranked team in the nation, Kent State enters the tournament as the favorites to repeat and go on to contend in the NCAA Tournament. The Golden Flashes have reached their elite national ranking through the team's depth. Three of the five golfers in the lineup are ranked in the national top-200, and all five players have led the team at some point this season. Senior Ian Holt is the 19th ranked player in the country and is one of four golfers in this year's field ranked among the top-150. Junior Bjarki Petursson is ranked at 161 and senior Chase Johnson is ranked the 196th player in the nation. 2017 MAC individual champion Gisli Sveinbergsson looks to repeat his success in this year's tournament, while freshman Josh Gilkison will make his first appearance in a postseason run.
Miami
Coach Zedrick’s line-up will consist of senior Patrick Flavin, redshirt junior Brian Ohr, sophomore Cam Solomon, along with freshmen Charlie Nikitas and Jack Herceg. The stroke play tournament will include four rounds played over three days. Teams will play two rounds on Friday starting at 8:30 am. Saturday will feature one round beginning at 8:00 a.m., with the final round coming Sunday starting at 8:00 a.m.
Northern Illinois
One Huskie who has been playing his best golf over the last two weeks is sophomore Jordan Less. After not making the lineup for the DA Weibring Intercollegiate and Missouri Tiger Invitational earlier this month, Less has played three of his last five rounds at even par or lower. He tied for eighth at last weekend's Robert Kepler Intercollegiate at Ohio State, posting a final round two-under par 69 to cap his best finish of the season. Redshirt-senior Joo-Young Lee is looking to leave his mark on the tournament this weekend. Lee tied for second at the 2016 MAC Championship, leading for a majority of the event. This season, Lee is leading NIU with a 73.67 stroke average that is eighth-best in the conference.
Ohio
The Bobcats have their sights set on capturing the 19th league tournament title in program history.Nettles will represent Ohio at the 2018 MAC Championships alongside redshirt junior David Yang (Huntersville, N.C.), junior Ben Sattler (Liberty Township, Ohio) and freshmen Zach Crawford (Vandalia, Ohio) and Austin Dyson (Dublin, Ohio) under the direction of 30th-year head coach Bob Cooley. Cooley will be retiring at the conclusion of the 2017-18 season. He has served as the program's head coach since 1988 and was promoted to Director of Golf in Sept. 2002, assuming administrative and coaching duties for both the men's and women's teams at Ohio. Cooley has guided his alma mater to nine top-five finishes at the Mid-American Conference Championships.
Toledo
UT's lineup this week will include sophomore Thomas Thurloway at #1, senior Stephen Watts at #2, junior Duncan McNeill at #3, senior Colin Joseph at #4 and junior Spencer Shoemaker at #5. The Rockets have won three league crowns in school history in 1964, 2002 and 2004. Toledo also posted runner-up finishes in 2013 and 2015. The Rockets feature a balanced lineup with five Rockets posting 74.4 stroke averages or lower. Sophomore Joe Bryce leads the way with a 72.8 scoring mark and is followed by McNeill (73.5), Watts (74.0), Thurloway (74.2), and Joseph (74.4). Bryce will sit out the MAC Championships this weekend unfortunately due to injury.
