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Rockets fall 4-2 in third place match

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Freshman Mike Lee looks at his ball rolling to the hole after his putt.

Jackson Rogers, Sports Reporter

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The University of Toledo men’s golf team opened their spring season on Monday at the fifth-annual Earl Yestingsmeier match play at the Lake Jovita Country Club in Florida. The Rockets finished in fourth place after a 4-2 defeat to Miami in the third-place match.

Toledo finished Day 1 with a record 1-0-1. As the No. 3 seed, the Rockets defeated No. 6 seed Dayton in the opening round by a score of 3.5-2.5.

Against the Flyers, sophomore Stephen Watts, sophomore Colin Joseph and freshman Spencer Shoemaker earned wins for the Rockets. Senior Otto earned a half point for UT after a draw in his matchup.

In the semis, the Rockets tied the No. 2-seeded Notre Dame 3-3. The Fighting Irish won the tiebreaker as a result of the combined margin of victory in their individual matches against the Rockets. That is, Notre Dame performed consistently better than the Rockets, even though a few big plays from the Rockets evened out the score in the end.

Watts, Black and freshman Cameron Mills picked up wins for Toledo against the Irish. Notre Dame won the match based on their combined 12-hole lead from Miguel Delgado and Kevin Conners.

Toledo faced No. 1 seed Miami on Tuesday in the third-place game.

Sophomore Colin Joseph picked up UT’s lone victory against the RedHawks and finished the tournament tied with classmate Stephen Watts for the team lead with two wins in three matches. Mills and Watts also earned one half point each for the Rocket in the 4-2 defeat.

The Rockets will return to the links on March 7, when they travel to Bluffton, SC in the Colleton River Collegiate hosted by Michigan State.

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