UE Men Open Season Friday

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 EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Action gets underway for the University of Evansville men’s golf team on Friday with a trip to the Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational in Muncie, Ind.

Aces travel to Muncie, Ind.

Ball State will be hosting the tournament, which includes a total of 15 teams.  Joining the Cardinals and Purple Aces in the event are Butler, Central Michigan, Cleveland State, Dayton, Eastern Kentucky, IUPUI, Loyola, Marshall, Northern Kentucky, Oakland, Ohio, Purdue Fort Wayne and Wright State.

Delaware Country Club is the host course with the tournament opener on Friday with 36 holes.  A shotgun start commences play at 9AM ET.  Saturday’s final round will have tee times beginning at 9:30 AM ET.

An experienced UE squad returns all but one player from last season.  Nicholas Gushrowski paced UE in 2021-22 with a 76.64 stroke average.  His top-season finish was a tie for 5th place at the ASU Spring Classic.  Just behind him was Henry Kiel.  His season mark of 77.36 was second on the squad with Caleb Wassmer completing the season averaging 77.39 strokes per round.

Other returners include Michael Ikejiani, Masato Kato, Cody Mobley, Carson Parker, Eli Rohleder, and Isaac Rohleder.  Three newcomers join the Aces this season including Daniil Romashkin, Luke Schneider and Mason Taylor.