DADE CITY, Fla. - The University of Dayton men's golf team split its match-ups on the first day of the Earl Yestingsmeier Match Play Event hosted by Ball State. The three-round event is being play on the South Course of Lake Jovita Country Club at par 72 and 1,752 yards.

RESULTS
Quarterfinals
(8) DePaul vs. (1) Ball State, tied 3-3*
(4) Eastern Mich. def. (5) Loyola, 4-2
(3) Dayton def. (6) Xavier, 3.5-2.5
(7) Drake def. (2) Bowling Green, 4-2
*DePaul advances on first tiebreaker (margin of victory in matches won)

Consolation
(1) Ball State vs. (5) Loyola, tied 3-3*
(2) Bowling Green def. (6) Xavier, 4-2
*Ball State advances on first tiebreaker (margin of victory in matches won)














COACH'S COMMENT
"We were happy to get the win against Xavier in the morning session," commented head coach Gip Hoagland following today's matches. "We played very steady and did a lot of good things to come out ahead in a hard-fought match. In the afternoon against Drake, we actually played better. The team drove the ball well all day and made a decent amount of birdies. The match was back and forth all afternoon. At the end we needed to flip a couple of matches, which we tried to do but Drake just wouldn't let it happen. Tomorrow we have the opportunity to play for third place against at strong DePaul team. I expect the guys to come out full of energy and excited to fight hard for the win."

UP NEXT
In Tuesday's third place match, Dayton will square off against DePaul. The action will get underway at 8:30 a.m. You can follow along via live scoring updates HERE.