Central Michigan University Athletics
Tuesday, February 7
Dade City, Fla.
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Central Michigan University
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Earl Yestingmeier Match Play
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Jaehn, Phillips Post Wins for Men's Golf in Match Play Finale
2/7/2023 5:04:00 PM | Men's Golf
DADE CITY, Fla. – Any time they set foot on a golf course is a chance to learn, improve, and look to the future.
The Central Michigan men's golf team closed the Ball State Earl Yestingmeier Match Play at Lake Jovita Golf & Country Club on Tuesday with a 3-2-1 loss to Western Kentucky.
The Chippewas entered the event as the No. 8 seed and on Monday fell to top-seed Ball State and then to No. 5 Eastern Michigan. Western Kentucky was the third seed.
The Yestingmeier closed the first road trip of CMU's spring season, which opened last week with a 15th-place finish in a very strong field at the Arizona Intercollegiate.
"What you see on the scoreboard is not really indicative of the trajectory that we are on," said CMU coach Kevin Jennings, whose team comprises all freshmen as the program reboots after a 37-year hiatus. "I'm seeing a lot of good things against some strong competition. There's a lot of (good) things, collectively, as far as ball striking, chipping and learning.
"The players feel that their future is very bright because of the fact that most of the guys that we're competing against are not freshmen. Regardless of what's on the scoreboard – it's not about winning and losing, it's about learning.
"We're taking away a lot of positives and we understand what we're doing and we feel strongly and we're confident moving forward with what we learned."
The Chippewas got victories against Western Kentucky from Ethan Jaehn and Easton Phillips, and CMU's Philippe Yturralde earned a draw.
Jaehn posted a 2 and 1 win over Nic Hoffman and Phillips posted a 1 up victory over Will Stewart. Yturralde drew with Riley Grindstaff.
Also for the Chippewas on Tuesday, Jeffrey Andrus dropped a 3 and 2 decision to Luke Fuller; Orlando Coons fell, 2 and 1, to Connery Meyer; and Nicholas Kilgore bowed, 1 down, to Landon Carner.
Despite falling in all three matches, the Chippewas were, by and large, competitive throughout the entire two-day event.
Match play can be an entirely different animal than stroke play and, in squaring off with Ball State and with Eastern Michigan, the young CMU players got an intimate look at what competing in the Mid-American Conference is like.
"We got a little experience in a very competitive environment," Jennings said. "The level of intensity of match play, we learned a few things about how to practice and compete a little differently through this and we're looking forward to applying that going forward.
"The level of intensity from the (fall season) to this spring has elevated. Even in Arizona, our scores weren't indicative of the way I felt that the guys competed. To me, it shows that they have the presence of mind and the mental state of what they want to do and what they want to accomplish."
The Chippewas return to action on March 4-5 at the Desert Mountain Intercollegiate, hosted by Michigan, in Scottsdale, Ariz.
The Central Michigan men's golf team closed the Ball State Earl Yestingmeier Match Play at Lake Jovita Golf & Country Club on Tuesday with a 3-2-1 loss to Western Kentucky.
The Chippewas entered the event as the No. 8 seed and on Monday fell to top-seed Ball State and then to No. 5 Eastern Michigan. Western Kentucky was the third seed.
The Yestingmeier closed the first road trip of CMU's spring season, which opened last week with a 15th-place finish in a very strong field at the Arizona Intercollegiate.
"What you see on the scoreboard is not really indicative of the trajectory that we are on," said CMU coach Kevin Jennings, whose team comprises all freshmen as the program reboots after a 37-year hiatus. "I'm seeing a lot of good things against some strong competition. There's a lot of (good) things, collectively, as far as ball striking, chipping and learning.
"The players feel that their future is very bright because of the fact that most of the guys that we're competing against are not freshmen. Regardless of what's on the scoreboard – it's not about winning and losing, it's about learning.
"We're taking away a lot of positives and we understand what we're doing and we feel strongly and we're confident moving forward with what we learned."
The Chippewas got victories against Western Kentucky from Ethan Jaehn and Easton Phillips, and CMU's Philippe Yturralde earned a draw.
Jaehn posted a 2 and 1 win over Nic Hoffman and Phillips posted a 1 up victory over Will Stewart. Yturralde drew with Riley Grindstaff.
Also for the Chippewas on Tuesday, Jeffrey Andrus dropped a 3 and 2 decision to Luke Fuller; Orlando Coons fell, 2 and 1, to Connery Meyer; and Nicholas Kilgore bowed, 1 down, to Landon Carner.
Despite falling in all three matches, the Chippewas were, by and large, competitive throughout the entire two-day event.
Match play can be an entirely different animal than stroke play and, in squaring off with Ball State and with Eastern Michigan, the young CMU players got an intimate look at what competing in the Mid-American Conference is like.
"We got a little experience in a very competitive environment," Jennings said. "The level of intensity of match play, we learned a few things about how to practice and compete a little differently through this and we're looking forward to applying that going forward.
"The level of intensity from the (fall season) to this spring has elevated. Even in Arizona, our scores weren't indicative of the way I felt that the guys competed. To me, it shows that they have the presence of mind and the mental state of what they want to do and what they want to accomplish."
The Chippewas return to action on March 4-5 at the Desert Mountain Intercollegiate, hosted by Michigan, in Scottsdale, Ariz.
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