Huntington, West Virginia – The Flyers kicked off the 2019-20 season in fantastic fashion. After a fantastic three rounds of golf, Freshman Kyle Schmidt took home first place in the Joe Feaganes Marshall Invitational. This was the first event that the freshman has competed in. Senior Domenic Maricocchi finished in 2^nd place. This was a career best finish for Maricocchi. The Flyers finished in 2^nd overall with a score of 824 (-28) over the three days.
 
This historic tournament for the Flyers finished with them shooting a school record for lowest three rounds in a tournament.  

The Flyers finished with 65 birdies and 1 eagle over the course of the tournament. Schmidt led the Flyers with 16 birdies followed by Maricocchi with 15.
 
VCU finished in 1^st place with a total score of 821 (-31).


COACH'S COMMENT
"The team played excellent through the course of this first tournament" said Head Coach Gip Hoagland. "For the first tournament, you never really know what fully to expect, but the guys were able to come out and play solid golf. We played smart golf and did an excellent job on the greens. Going forward, we have a lot of momentum that we will hopefully carry with us into the GolfWeek Challenge next week in Iowa. I am really proud of how the team played." 


PLAYER'S COMMENT 
"I was extremely proud of our guys this week." said Senior Domenic Maricocchi. "We came out firing from the first shot on Monday and kept the foot on the pedal all 36 holes. That gave us the lead headed into day 2. In my 3 years playing at UD, I have never seen our team go so low. It was an all inclusive effort that led us into the second day with a two shot lead. We came out a little slow on the last round, but we found ourselves grinding on every single hole to fight back. I feel that everyone contributed down the stretch to get us back into 1st for a little while before falling short in the end by a few strokes. There were definitely a lot of positives to take away from this tournament. We took it low and kept the fighting spirit alive! On top of that, we got a win for Kyle and a second place finish for myself! We are looking forward to next week in Iowa." 

"Going into this tournament I didn't really know what to expect." said Freshman Kyle Schmidt. "Before the start of rounds 1 and 3, I was more nervous than usual. However, my teammates and coach helped calm me down and, once the rounds got going, things started falling into place. It was an exhausting 54 holes in the heat. However, as a team, we all fought hard and motivated each other to keep grinding. I'm grateful to be apart of such a great team and am looking forward to competing along side them the rest of the year. 


DAYTON PARTICIPANTS
1 Kyle Schmidt   65 + 69 + 68 = 202 (-11)
2 Domenic Maricocchi   67 + 65 + 71 = 203 (-10)
21 Blake Solomon   69 + 68 + 74 = 211 (-2)
31 Connor Quigley   70 + 70 + 72 = 212 (-1)
48 Hayden Zimmerer  71 + 76 + 70 = 217 (+4)
IND Ryan Clements (I)   74 + 68 + 73 = 215 (+2)


UP NEXT
The Flyers are back in action next week at the Golfweek Conference Challenge in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The Tournament begins on Sunday, September 15.  Any changes or updates to the schedule due to weather will be communicated via the team's Twitter account @DaytonMGolf and DaytonFlyers.com.