Falcons Halfway Through MAC Championships

Friday, April 27

Fort Wayne, Indiana

Bowling Green State University

MAC Championship

Photo by: Todd Drexler, sesportsmedia.com

April 27, 2018 | Men's Golf

By: By Larissa Leck, BGSU Athletic Communications

Fort Wayne, Indiana – The BGSU Men's Golf Team concluded day one of the 2018 MAC Championships hosted by Ball State. Completing two of four rounds in day one, the Falcons sit in eighth place after 36 holes carding a total of 631, +55 with rounds of 306 and 325.

DAY ONE RESULTS
ROUND THREE PAIRINGS
MAC CHAMPIONSHIPS PROGRAM
LIVE STATS

FROM COACH POWERS
"We had a lot of ups and downs today. The guys know they are fully capable, but need to stay focused on the shot that is ahead of them for all 18 holes."

TEAM STANDINGS

The tournament's host Ball State leads the field by four strokes, +19 after 36 holes.
The Falcons sit in eighth place out of nine teams with +55 after two rounds.
The Falcons stayed consistently ahead of Ohio throughout the first two rounds finishing 18 strokes lower than the Bobcats.
Bowling Green finished the first 18 holes two strokes ahead of Northern Illinois and dropped just under NIU in a tight second round.

BY THE NUMBERS

T15 – Rodrigue Vie – 154, +10 (74, 80)
T25 – Mitchell Kontak – 156, +12 (77, 79)
T30 – Pablo Heredia Iglesias – 159, +15 (72, 87)
T41 – Trey Walker – 164, +20 (83, 81)
T44 – Nick Hofland – 169, +25 (84, 85)

INDIVIDUAL STANDOUTS

Leading the Falcons, Vie carded +2 in round one and a total of +10 over two rounds.
Vie is tied in 15^th place with MAC standout golfers Patrick Flavin and Brian Ohr, both of Miami.
Both Vie and Kontak hold a total of five birdies in day one.
Iglesias shot three birdies in a row in to card even in round one.

UP NEXT
MAC play will continue Saturday with tee times beginning at 8 a.m. The Falcons' 2018 season will conclude Sunday with the fourth and final round of the 2018 MAC Championships.

FOLLOW THE FALCONS
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