HCAC Men's Golf Championships (Rd. 1 & 2) Set to Tee Off this Weekend
2011 HCAC Scoring Leaders (click here)
Championship Program (click here)
Pairings/ Tee Times (click here)
Results after Round 2 (click here)
LEXINGTON, KY – The 2011 HCAC men’s golf tournament gets underway this weekend in Lexington, Kentucky. The men’s golf championship will be a 72-hole format with the first two rounds set for the 7,013 yard par 72 University Club of Kentucky in Lexington on Saturday and Sunday. The final rounds will take place at Anderson Country Club in Anderson, Indiana on April 30 and May 1.
The conference champion will earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III National Championships which will be held on May 10-13 in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Transylvania University will enter the tournament as the four-time defending champion and ranked No. 12 nationally. The Pioneers earned their fourth conference championship, defeating second place Franklin by 38 strokes last spring.
Transy recently earned the title at the Hanover Invitational on March 26-27. The Pioneers topped the field that featured seven HCAC schools, holding off second place Mount St. Joseph by 10 strokes.
Defending champion Hunter Frazier (Lexington, Ky./Christian) will look to claim MVP honors once again. Frazier holds the top scoring average in the HCAC this season, averaging 74.0 strokes per round. Transy junior Justin Tereshko (Madison, Ind./H.S.) placed second last spring, finishing five shots behind Frazier in the standings.
Transylvania has received very consistent play from several individuals, placing six players on the top ten scoring average list for the conference this spring.
Franklin’s Eric Whitaker (Coatesville, Ind./North Putnam) and Hanover’s Marcus El (Indianapolis, Ind./Pike) join Transy’s Frazier and Tereshko as returning All-HCAC selections from a year ago.
The top eight finishers after the four rounds are complete will earn All-HCAC honors. The top freshman finisher will receive the Freshman of the Year award. Action will get underway Saturday at 11:00 AM and Sunday at 8:30 AM.
