University of Toledo
MAC Championships
Rockets Place Seventh at MAC Championships
5/2/2010 9:47:00 PM | Men's Golf
NASHPORT, OH - Toledo concluded its 2009-10 campaign on Sunday with a seventh-place finish at the 2010 Mid-American Conference Championship. The tournament was held at the par-72, 7,243-yard Longaberger Golf Club.
Senior Jerel Whiting paced the Rockets with an 11-over par 299 (75-73-71-80) to finish in a 13th-place tie. Freshman Josh Agin carded UT's best round of the day with a one-over 73 and tied for 19th place at 15-over par 303 (79-77-74-73). Rounding out Toledo's lineup were junior Jean-Hubert Trahan tied for 23rd place at 16-over par 304 (78-81-71-74), sophomore Michael Cermak tied for 37th place at 26-over par 314 (79-79-81-75) and junior Ben Boyer in 44th place at 32-over par 320 (79-81-81-75).
Led by the top three players in the individual standings, Kent State equaled a MAC men's golf record by winning its 18th MAC title with a 22-stroke victory. The Golden Flashes shot a two-over 290 in the final round to finish the tournament with a two-under 1150 (296-282-282-290) team score and claim their second straight championship. Juniors Brett Cairns and John Hahn shared individual honors at three-under 285 with sophomore Mackenzie Hughes one stroke back at two-under 286.
Kent State
has won 14 of the last 19 MAC Championships, and is now tied with Ohio for the
most men's golf MAC titles.
TEAM
STANDINGS
1.
Kent State 296-282-282-290=1150 (-2); 2.
Eastern Michigan 294-290-292-296=1172 (+20); 3. Akron 306-302-295-293=1196 (+44);
4. Miami 308-299-299-296=1202 (+50); 5. Ohio 309-305-294-304=1212 (+60); 6.
Northern Illinois 311-313-291-298=1213 (+61); 7. Toledo 311-310-297-301=1219 (+67); 8. Ball State 310-306-306-300=1222
(+70); 9. Bowling Green 320-300-298-314=1232 (+80)
TOP
FIVE INDIVIDUALS
T1.
Brett Cairns (KSU) 75-67-70-73=285 (-3); T1. John Hahn (KSU) 76-70-70-69=285
(-3); 2. Mackenzie Hughes (KSU) 72-72-70-72=286
(-2); 4. Cam Burke (EMU) 74-72-70-71=287 (-1); 5. Jeff Dick (NIU) 73-80-68-71=292
(+4)
TOLEDO
INDIVIDUALS
T13. Jerel Whiting 75-73-71-80=299 (+11); T19. Josh Agin 79-77-74-73=303 (+15);
T23. Jean-Hubert Trahan 78-81-71-74=304 (+16); T37. Michael Cermak 79-79-81-75=314
(+26); 44. Ben Boyer 79-81-81-79=320 (+32)
