MAC Championships: Zips Climb Four Spots on Leaderboard with 1-Under Par Team Performance

Saturday, April 27

Club Walden | Aurora, Ohio

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University of Akron

Mid-American Conference

MAC Championships: Zips Climb Four Spots on Leaderboard with 1-Under Par Team Performance

April 27 | Men's Golf

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MAC Championship Tournament Central

AURORA - The Akron Zips men's golf team used a 1-under par 287 second round to climb for spots on the leaderboard as freshmen Beau Bayerl (Ashland, Ohio) and senior Elliott Grayson (Shelby, N.C.) carded 1-under par 71 scores Saturday afternoon.

Bayerl leads the Zips' scoring and ranks tied for ninth overall individually. On the second 18-hole run, he moved up nine spots and recorded 11 pars, four birdies and three bogeys. Bayerl opened the day with a 77 (+5), bringing his tournament total to 148 (+4).

Grayson bounced back from a 79 (+7) start with a 1-under par 71 tally. He collected 13 pars, four birdies and three bogeys. Grayson elevated 12 spots on the player leaderboard, moving from tied for 30^th to tied at 18^th overall with a 150 (+6) ledger.

Freshman Ignacio Puente (Seville, Spain) also moved up the leaderboard after a solid start. He climbed five spots, entering the final round tied at 13^th with a 149 (+5) effort. Puente followed a team-leading 77 (+5) first round with an even-par 72. He carded 13 pars and three birdies in the nightcap.

Sophomore Fabian Sunden (Sweden) and junior Mitchell McFarland (Wheelersburg, Ohio), rounded out the team scoring, both holding the same ranking as the end of round one. Sunden is tied at 22^nd overall with 78-73 – 151 (+7) while McFarland is still 40^th with an 83-76 – 159 (+15) tournament total.

Akron is currently one stroke behind third-place Toledo (+6, 303-294 - 597), and the Zips are scheduled to tee off at 8:30 a.m. as McFarland will get the Zips started followed by Sunden (8:40), Puente (8:50), Grayson (9:00) and Bayerl (9:10) on Sunday.

Kent State overcame a six stroke deficit in round two, tying Eastern Michigan for the top slot with a pair of 581 (+5) scores.

4 Akron, U. of (+22) 311-287 -
T9 Beau Bayerl (+4) 77-71 - 148
T13 Ignacio Puente (+5) 77-72 – 149
T18 Elliott Grayson (+6) 79-71 - 150
T22 Fabian Sundén (+7) 78-73 - 151
40 Mitchell McFarland (+11) 83-76 – 159 (+15)

Team Scoring
T1 Kent State 300-281 - 581 (+5)
T1 Eastern Michigan 294-287 - 581 (+5)
3 Toledo 303-294 - 597 (+21)
4 Akron, U. of 311-287 - 598 (+22)
5 Bowling Green State 307-295 - 602 (+26)
T6 Ohio 310-293 - 603 (+27)
T6 Miami University(OH) 306-297 - 603 (+27)
8 Ball State 307-297 - 604 (+28)
9 Northern Illinois 320-289 - 609 (+33)

Top 5 Players
1 Duncan McNeill Toledo 71-68 - 139 (-5)
T2 2 Gisli Sveinbergsson Kent State 71-71 - 142 (-2)
T5 T3 CJ Jones Ball State 74-70 - 144 (E)
4 T3 Will Kurtz Kent State 73-71 - 144 (E)
T5 5 Zach Sudinsky Eastern Michigan 74-71 - 145 (+1)