UE Men’s Golf travels to Bubba Barnett Intercollegiate

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Tournament hosted by Arkansas State

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Next up for the University of Evansville men’s golf team is a trip to the Bubba Barnett Intercollegiate in Arkansas.

RidgePointe Country Club is the host for the tournament that features two rounds on Monday and the final 18 holes on Tuesday.  Both days open with an 8 a.m. shotgun start.  Joining the Purple Aces in the event are Arkansas State, Belmont, Central Michigan, Houston Christian, Incarnate Word, Jacksonville State, Kansas City, Memphis, Murray State, New Orleans, Nicholls State, Oklahoma Christian, SE Louisiana, UT Martin and Texas A&M Commerce.

UE is coming off a stellar performance at the Valpo Fall Invitational where the team came home in second place.  Nicholas Gushrowski and Daniil Romashkin led the way for UE, tying for third on the individual side with 3-round totals of 219.  Both carded even scores of 72 in the final round to finish just two strokes behind second place finisher Artemiy Yalovenko of DePaul.

Andres Rodriguez finished in 11th place.  Posting a 73 in the third round, Rodriguez matched his low score of the weekend and completed the tournament with a 224.  Just two behind him was Caleb Wassmer.  He improved in each of the three rounds.  After opening the contest with an 80, Wassmer recorded a 74 in round two and had his best round of the weekend on Tuesday.  An even 72 gave him a 226, earning a tie for 14th.