DADE CITY, Fla. - On the second day of play at the Ball State Earl Yestingsmeier Match Play event, the University of Dayton men's golf team dropped its second-round match with Ohio, 5-1, to finish in a tie for seventh place over. Sophomore
Nick Paxson posted his second-consecutive match win, 4&3 over Ohio's Grant Engel.
The two-day event was held at Lake Jovita Golf and Country Club on the par-72, 7,153-yard South Course.
Dayton will return to action Feb. 23-24 at the Wexford Intercollegiate in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, hosted by Francis Marion.
Ohio 5, Dayton 1Peyton White (OU) def. George Rohde (UD), 5&4
Nick Paxson (UD) def. Grant Engel (OU), 4&3
Brad Burgess (OU) def.
Thomas Goss (UD), 1 up
Ty Herriott (OU) def.
P.J. Malik (UD), 1 up
Drew Mynarski (OU) def.
Erron Vandemore (UD), 3&1
Brady Bohl (OU) def.
Craig Purpus (UD), 5&4