Tuesday, May 5
Zionsville, Ind. - Holliday Farms Golf Club
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Mid-American Conference Championships
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Senior Bence Kotel tied for fifth place at the MAC Championships.
Bence Kotel Ties for Fifth Place at MAC Championships
5/5/2026 4:06:00 PM | Men's Golf
Senior earns spot on all-tournament team
ZIONSVILLE, Ind. – Senior Bence Kotel earned a spot on the all-tournament team by tying for fifth place on Tuesday at the 2026 Mid-American Conference Men's Golf Championships. Kotel finished three strokes out of first at the par-71, 7,349-yard Holliday Farms Golf Club in his final tournament as a Rocket.
Kotel played his first 11 holes at one-under par today before bogeying five of his final seven holes to drop to fifth place.
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Miami finished first in the nine-team field with a 54-hole score of 28-over-par 880 to become the fourth different school to win the conference title in the last four years. Northern Illinois finished second at 35-over par.
The RedHawks' Liam Nelson captured medalist honors by shooting even-par today to finish at four-over-par 217 for the tournament.
TEAM STANDINGS
1. Miami 296-289-295=880 (+28); 2. Northern Illinois 297-296-294=887 (+35); 3. Eastern Michigan 288-296-314=898 (+46); 4. Kent State 304-303-301=908 (+56); T5. Ball State 308-299-303=910 (+58); T5. Bowling Green 305-302-303=910 (+58); 7. Central Michigan 300-303-316=919 (+67); 8. Ohio 311-304-311=926 (+74); 9. TOLEDO 318-306-314=938 (+86)
TOP FIVE INDIVIDUALS
1. Liam Nelson (Miami) 70-76-71=217 (+4); 2. Rory McDonald O'Brien (EMU) 70-75-73=218 (+5); T3. Liam Curtis (KSU) 77-72-70=219 (+6); T3. Angelo Luciani (BGSU) 73-73-73=219 (+6); T5. Bence Kotel (TOLEDO) 76-69=76=221 (+8); T5. Patrick Raupp (NIU) 69-73-79=221 (+8); T5. Nathaniel Gray Lamont (Ohio) 75-77-69=221 (+8)
TOLEDO INDIVIDUALS
T5. Bence Kotel 76-69-76=221 (+8); 37. Mason Deal 80-78-81=239 (+26); 38. Marijn Hoogeveen 79-83-78=240 (+27); SUB. Braden Herstich 76-80=158 (+13) – Rounds 2&3; SUB. Solomon Petrie 83-83=166 (+24)-Rounds 1&3; SUB. Bence Bertenyi 86-85-N/A=171 (+29) – Rounds 1&2
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Kotel played his first 11 holes at one-under par today before bogeying five of his final seven holes to drop to fifth place.
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Miami finished first in the nine-team field with a 54-hole score of 28-over-par 880 to become the fourth different school to win the conference title in the last four years. Northern Illinois finished second at 35-over par.
The RedHawks' Liam Nelson captured medalist honors by shooting even-par today to finish at four-over-par 217 for the tournament.
TEAM STANDINGS
1. Miami 296-289-295=880 (+28); 2. Northern Illinois 297-296-294=887 (+35); 3. Eastern Michigan 288-296-314=898 (+46); 4. Kent State 304-303-301=908 (+56); T5. Ball State 308-299-303=910 (+58); T5. Bowling Green 305-302-303=910 (+58); 7. Central Michigan 300-303-316=919 (+67); 8. Ohio 311-304-311=926 (+74); 9. TOLEDO 318-306-314=938 (+86)
TOP FIVE INDIVIDUALS
1. Liam Nelson (Miami) 70-76-71=217 (+4); 2. Rory McDonald O'Brien (EMU) 70-75-73=218 (+5); T3. Liam Curtis (KSU) 77-72-70=219 (+6); T3. Angelo Luciani (BGSU) 73-73-73=219 (+6); T5. Bence Kotel (TOLEDO) 76-69=76=221 (+8); T5. Patrick Raupp (NIU) 69-73-79=221 (+8); T5. Nathaniel Gray Lamont (Ohio) 75-77-69=221 (+8)
TOLEDO INDIVIDUALS
T5. Bence Kotel 76-69-76=221 (+8); 37. Mason Deal 80-78-81=239 (+26); 38. Marijn Hoogeveen 79-83-78=240 (+27); SUB. Braden Herstich 76-80=158 (+13) – Rounds 2&3; SUB. Solomon Petrie 83-83=166 (+24)-Rounds 1&3; SUB. Bence Bertenyi 86-85-N/A=171 (+29) – Rounds 1&2
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