Bowling Green State University Athletics
Sunday, February 4
Statesboro, Ga.
8:30 AM
Bowling Green State University
at
Georgia Southern Individual Collegiate
Men's Golf Kicks Off Spring Season
February 01, 2018 | Men's Golf
Statesboro, Ga. – The BGSU Men's Golf team kicks off its spring season at the Georgia Southern Collegiate Sunday and Monday. The invitational will take place at Georgia Southern University Golf Course in Statesboro, Ga. and is hosted by Georgia Southern University. The Falcons will share the course with 11 other schools including Alabama, Charlotte, College of Charleston, East Tennessee State University, Georgia Southern, Liberty, Ohio State, South Carolina, University of Alabama Birmingham and Wofford. BGSU's spring season will kick off with a shotgun start at 8:30 am Sunday for the first 36 holes of the tournament. Teams will play 18 holes on day two.
2017 FALL SEASON IN REVIEW
The Falcons concluded its 2017 fall season by competing in six tournaments, including one in Northwest Ohio -- The Inverness Intercollegiate hosted by Toledo. BGSU's depth was apparent throughout the fall as seemingly a different golfer led the Falcons each time out.
The team highlighted the fall season by winning the Mountaineer Intercollegiate in Bridgeport, W. Va. Max Rispler led BGSU to the championship by shooting 2-under par for the tournament. At the Wolf Run Intercollegiate, Nick Hofland led the Falcons with a strong third round. In his first collegiate meet, Inverness Intercollegiate, freshman Rodrigue Vie was the top finisher for the Falcons with rounds of 70-73. Mitchell Kontak finished at the top of the team standings for BG at the Autotrader Classic bolstered by a pair of 72s. Trey Walker tied for fifth place individually, recording 72-73 in the MTSU Classic. Pablo Heredia Iglesias led the Falcons to conclude the season at the Ka'anapali Collegiate Classic in Lahaina, Hawaii after firing a season-best 68 in the first round.
NEW HEAD COACH
John Powers will guide the Falcons in his first competition as Men's Golf Head Coach after joining the Falcons early in January. Powers is a 2010 graduate of Bowling Green State University, served as head coach at St. Bonaventure from 2011-14, and was most recently the associate head golf coach at Cleveland State, winning a Horizon League Championship with both the men's and women's programs.
TOURNAMENT LINEUP
The lineup for the weekend's invitational at the Georgia Southern Collegiate will include freshman Vie, sophomore Hofland, juniors Rispler, Walker and Heredia Iglesias and senior Kontak.
FROM COACH POWERS
"This is a great event to see where we stand coming out of the offseason. I look forward to seeing this team on the course for the first time as we start building toward the MAC Championship in April."
UP NEXT
The Georgia Southern Collegiate heads off the spring 2018 season for the Falcons followed by four tournaments including the Border Olympics (Mar. 9-10), the Greenbrier Invitational (Apr. 9-10) and the Robert Kepler Invitational (Apr. 21-22). The 2018 season will conclude with MAC Championships (Apr. 27-29) taking place in Fort Wayne, Ind.
2017 FALL SEASON IN REVIEW
The Falcons concluded its 2017 fall season by competing in six tournaments, including one in Northwest Ohio -- The Inverness Intercollegiate hosted by Toledo. BGSU's depth was apparent throughout the fall as seemingly a different golfer led the Falcons each time out.
The team highlighted the fall season by winning the Mountaineer Intercollegiate in Bridgeport, W. Va. Max Rispler led BGSU to the championship by shooting 2-under par for the tournament. At the Wolf Run Intercollegiate, Nick Hofland led the Falcons with a strong third round. In his first collegiate meet, Inverness Intercollegiate, freshman Rodrigue Vie was the top finisher for the Falcons with rounds of 70-73. Mitchell Kontak finished at the top of the team standings for BG at the Autotrader Classic bolstered by a pair of 72s. Trey Walker tied for fifth place individually, recording 72-73 in the MTSU Classic. Pablo Heredia Iglesias led the Falcons to conclude the season at the Ka'anapali Collegiate Classic in Lahaina, Hawaii after firing a season-best 68 in the first round.
NEW HEAD COACH
John Powers will guide the Falcons in his first competition as Men's Golf Head Coach after joining the Falcons early in January. Powers is a 2010 graduate of Bowling Green State University, served as head coach at St. Bonaventure from 2011-14, and was most recently the associate head golf coach at Cleveland State, winning a Horizon League Championship with both the men's and women's programs.
TOURNAMENT LINEUP
The lineup for the weekend's invitational at the Georgia Southern Collegiate will include freshman Vie, sophomore Hofland, juniors Rispler, Walker and Heredia Iglesias and senior Kontak.
FROM COACH POWERS
"This is a great event to see where we stand coming out of the offseason. I look forward to seeing this team on the course for the first time as we start building toward the MAC Championship in April."
UP NEXT
The Georgia Southern Collegiate heads off the spring 2018 season for the Falcons followed by four tournaments including the Border Olympics (Mar. 9-10), the Greenbrier Invitational (Apr. 9-10) and the Robert Kepler Invitational (Apr. 21-22). The 2018 season will conclude with MAC Championships (Apr. 27-29) taking place in Fort Wayne, Ind.
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