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Men’s Golf Takes Fifth at Yestingsmeier Match Play

DADE CITY, Fla. (EMUEagles.com) — After two days of competition, the Eastern Michigan University men's golf team wrapped up competition the Earl Yestingsmeier Match Play with a fifth-place finish, defeating the second-seeded Flyers of the University of Dayton in the consolation round.

The Eagles ended the round even with UD with a score of 3.0-3.0, but were granted the victory by virtue of a tiebreaker. Freshmen Sam Yono II (West Bloomfield, Mich.-Brother Rice) and Nathaniel Gray Lamont (Guelph, Ontario-Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute) each posted 3&2 decisions, while junior Patrick Deardorff (Clarkston, Mich.