KISSIMMEE, Fla. - The University of Dayton men's golf team had two players earn top-10 finishes at the 2022 Atlantic 10 Conference Championship in sophomore
Henry May and freshman
Ben Cors. The three-round tournament was contested on the Watson Course at Union Resort and Golf Club at par 72 and 7,154 yards.
Davidson won its second-consecutive A-10 Championship title with a team score of 286-286-279=851 (-13) while VCU's Adrian Vagberg claimed medalist honors with a three-round score of 72-69-68=209 (-7). Dayton tied for sixth place overall with a score of 299-282-288=869 (+5).
DAYTON RESULTS
t-10th
Ben Cors 74-70-71=215 (-1)
t-10th
Henry May 74-71-70=215 (-1)
t-21st
Kyle Schmidt 79-69-70=218 (+2)
t-32nd
Ryan Clements 72-72-77=221 (+5)
44th
Blake Solomon 81-72-77=230 (+13)
KEY STATS
• 282 - Dayton's second-round team score equaled the low round of the day on Saturday
• 4.50 - junior
Kyle Schmidt average 4.50 on par five holes, second-lowest average among the field
• 173 - as a team, Dayton parred 173 holes which was third most among the field
ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
Senior
Ryan Clements was named to the A-10 All-Conference Team in voting among league coaches. Clements carried the team's low scoring average of the season and was the Flyers' top finisher in three of the team's final four regular-season tournaments.
COACH'S QUOTE
"Overall I am happy with our play. We played two really good rounds, good enough to win," commented head coach
Gip Hoagland following today's final round. "But, we didn't get the start we needed and dug a pretty big hole. Proud of the fight the team showed. Individually we had two guys finish in the top 10 this week which is always nice. I'm very proud of and happy for
Ryan Clements for earning All-Conference accolades this year.
"Congratulations to Davidson and coach Straub for winning the championship! We hope the Wildcats do well at the NCAA Regional and represent the A-10 well."
THANK YOU RYAN AND HAYDEN!
The University of Dayton athletic department would would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to departing team members
Ryan Clements and
Hayden Zimmerer for their hard work and dedication to the Dayton men's golf program. Best of luck to you in your future endeavors
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