Marquette University Athletics
BIG EAST Men's Golf Championship Tees Off Sunday
4/18/2008 12:00:00āÆAM | Men's Golf
April 18, 2008
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MILWAUKEE -- Twelve men's golf teams will take to the links at Traditions Golf Club in Hebron, Ky. for the 2008 BIG EAST Championship, which begins Sunday, April 20. Marquette University, led by junior Mike Van Sickle and seniors Ted Gray and Michael Bielawski, will compete for three days to determine who will receive the league's automatic bid to the NCAA regional tournament.
2008 BIG EAST Men's Golf Championship
April 20 - 22, 2008 Traditions Golf Club (www.traditionsgolfclub.com)
Hebron, Ky.
Par 72 / 7,103 Yards
Live Scoring available at Golfstatresults.com
Participating Teams (12): Seton Hall, USF, Marquette, Connecticut, Cincinnati (host), Louisville, Villanova, Notre Dame, Georgetown, St. John's, Rutgers, DePaul.
About the Course: Located about 12 miles away from downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, tucked away in the hills of northern Kentucky, the par 72 Traditions Golf Club one of the longest courses MU will have played this season at 7,103 yards. The course rating is 74.4 with a slope rating of 138 on Bent grass. It opened in 1992.
Last Time Out: Mike Bielawski carded his best round of the season and tied Mike Van Sickle for third overall with a four-under par 212. Van Sickle has now posted five straight rounds of par-or-better, accomplishing the feat 25 times in his junior campaign and 57 times for his career, both school records. As a team, the Golden Eagles were one stroke back from No. 48 Augusta State and finished fourth overall with a six-over 870. MU has boasted eight top-five finishes in 10 events thus far in 2007-08.
About the Field: MU has gone head-to-head with all but three BIG EAST schools this season (Louisville, Notre Dame, Georgetown), posting a 13-0 record in those events, including 3-0 against DePaul and this weekend's host, Cincinnati. Defending tournament champion Louisville is the highest ranked team heading into the event. The Cardinals are ranked No. 28 in the country, according to Golfstats' latest head-to-head ratings. No. 70 MU is the second-highest rated team in the field.
Ins & Outs: Mike Van Sickle's six-under 66 in last year's opening round tied a BIG EAST Championship record. He finished at five-under 211, two strokes behind medalist Daryl Fathauer of Louisville. Marquette finished fourth overall and Louisville won the 2007 event, which was held at Cardinal Club Course, UofL's home site.
