BOLIVAR, Mo. – Missouri S&T brought home its first-ever Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) Men’s Golf Championship on Tuesday, defeating University of Indianapolis at Silo Ridge Country Club.
Fourth-seeded UIndy started the day with a semifinal win over top-seeded University of Missouri-St. Louis, 4-1, to advance to the finals. Second-seeded S&T secured a 4-1 match victory over No. 3 Lewis University to solidify the championship matchup.
The Miners took down the Greyhounds, 4-1, in the finals of the medal/match play format. S&T claims the league’s automatic qualifying berth to advance to NCAA Championship action.
S&T’s Isaac To and Connor Benjamin jumped out to six-stroke advantages after three holes and never looked back. To finished with a score of 71 to earn the team’s first point, while Benjamin notched a 69 to put the Miners up 2-0.
Rizq Adam Rohizam (73) solidified the title victory for S&T, coming back from down four strokes to win by four strokes against Jackson Watkins. The final two groups were won by UIndy’s Alexander Nestun (74-76) and S&T’s Nicolas Estrada (69-71).
Match Play Semifinals
No. 4 Indianapolis def. No. 1 Missouri-St. Louis, 4-1
M1 – Drew Rowen, UINDY (70) def. Leo Baudry, UMSL (71)
M2 – Alexander Nestun, UINDY (70) def. Logan Mayo, UMSL (73)
M3 – Trigg Lindahl, UMSL (72) def. Joseph Armfield, UINDY (75)
M4 – Cameron Young, UINDY (70) def. Daniel Solavera, UMSL (71)
M5 – Jackson Watkins, UINDY (75) def. Benjamin Berger, UMSL (76)
No. 2 Missouri S&T def. No. 3 Lewis, 4-1
M1 – Jann Atendido, LEWIS (72) def. Cole Komyati, S&T (74)
M2 – Isaac To, S&T (70) def. Ty Doty, LEWIS (75)
M3 – Connor Benjamin, S&T (68) def. Cody Donovan, LEWIS (72)
M4 – Rizq Adam Rohizam, S&T (73) def. Ethan Hormann, LEWIS (75)
M5 – Nicolas Estrada, S&T (72) def. Dylan Gute, LEWIS (76)
Match Play Championship
No. 2 Missouri S&T def. No. 4 Indianapolis, 4-1
M1 – Isaac To, S&T (71) def. Drew Rowen, UINDY (78)
M2 – Connor Benjamin, S&T (69) def. Cameron Young, UINDY (80)
M3 – Rizq Adam Rohizam, S&T (73) def. Jackson Watkins, UINDY (77)
M4 – Alexander Nestun, UINDY (74) def. Cole Komyati, S&T (76)
M5 – Nicolas Estrada, S&T (69) def. Joseph Armfield, UINDY (71)