MGOLF: Baylor Men’s Golf Closes Big 12 Match Play with Second-Consecutive Win

[Roberts, Matt]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Oct. 13, 2021

Baylor Men’s Golf Closes Big 12 Match Play with Second-Consecutive Win
Bears Cap Off Tournament with Strong Showing Against Kansas State
For more information contact: Matt Roberts, 254-227-2280, WM_Roberts at Baylor.edu<mailto:WM_Roberts at Baylor.edu>

HOCKLEY, Texas – Baylor men’s golf closed its fall slate with a victory on Wednesday over Kansas State in the Championship session of the Big 12 Match Play.

Johnny Keefer picked up his third win of the week in dominating fashion, beating Kansas State’s Tim Tillmanns 6&5 to finish 3-1-1 in his five matches at Houston Oaks.

Sophomore Luke Morgan kept his momentum going on Wednesday afternoon breaking a tie through eight holes to take a one-up lead on Luke O’Neill. Morgan would win four of his next five holes before officially putting the match away after 14 with a 5&4 victory.

Playing alongside Morgan, Luke Dossey had a back-and-forth match with Cooper Schultz that featured 11 ties and five lead changes. Dossey’s par on his 17th hole of the day gave him a one-up lead with one hole to play. With the two players scoring matching fives on the last hole, Dossey won one-up.

With three points secured, Baylor needed just one win in its final two matches to secure the session victory. Brandon Hoff closed strong with a four at the par-4 17th for his second win of the week and locked up the match for the Bears by a final of 4-2.

Hoff’s playing partner, Mark Reppe, went into the final hole tied in his match, before falling one-up to Nicklaus Mason.

Freshman Zach Heffernan collected his first-career win Tuesday afternoon but fell 3&1 during Wednesday’s championship session.

After tying for fourth in pool play, the Bears finished ninth overall with the win over K-State. The University of Texas won the event with a 3-2-1 win over Texas Tech in the championship match.

HIGHLIGHTS

•       Every player in the lineup recorded at least one win during the five sessions

•       Three players recorded their career-first match wins this week

•       Johnny Keefer’s 24 birdies tied him for the seventh-most in the field.

•       Mark Reppe recorded 21 birdies for the week, which was among the top-15 in the field

•       Luke Dossey finished with 56 pars, which was tied for seventh-best in the field.

STAT OF THE DAY

Johnny Keefer won his 10th-career match on Wednesday. After a 3-1-1 week, he is now 10-3-2 all-time in match play.

WHAT’S NEXT

The Bears are finished with team events for the fall and will return to action Feb. 14, 2022 at the Border Olympics in Laredo, Texas. For more information on Baylor Men’s Golf, follow @BaylorMGolf on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

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Matt Roberts | Associate Director of Athletic Communications | Baylor University
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