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It's good to see another UC sport doing well (in addition to the track and field teams).

This looks like a decent field of schools UC is competing against.

DORADO, P.R. -- Four Bearcats carded under-par scores to help the squad cut six strokes off an already-impressive first day to take over first place heading into Tuesday's final round at the Dorado Beach Collegiate.

Cincinnati holds a four-stroke lead over Duke, which improved by 12 strokes in its own right to jump from third to second. Host UNC Greensboro fell from first to third, sitting 12 strokes behind the Bearcats.

Freshman Ryan Ford remains in a tie for first with an 11-under 133. Ty Gingerich (ffith) went from a 70 to a 65, which matched Ford's first round for the lowest of UC's season. He had eight birdies over a 10-hole span. Rylan Wotherspoon and William McDonald gave Cincinnati its fifth birdies of the week as well.

McDonald's 5-under 67 was a career-low, including his Arkansas stint. He is eighth to mark UC's third top-10 contender, while Sam Jean is tied for 17th and Rylan Wotherspoon is 37th.

"Another great performance by this team today," head coach Doug Martin said. "We have worked extremely hard this offseason to be prepared to compete. We continued our great execution today throughout the round. We have played the par-5s really well this week, knowing how important it would be for a successful week. It will be very important to come out fighting from the jump tomorrow."

Individually, Wyatt Plattner holds a 17th-place tie at 5-under 139.

UC ended the fall with back-to-back tournaments in which its best round was its last.

Team Leaderboard
1. Cincinnati (544)
2. Duke (548)
3. UNCG (556)
4. Augusta (561)
5. Virginia (564)
6. Auburn (565)
7. Boston College (567)
T8. Ball State (570)
T8. Drexel (570)
T8. Kennesaw State (570)
T8. West Virginia (570)
T8. Rutgers (570)
13. Old Dominion (584)
14. Army (617)



https://gobearcats.com/news/2023/2/27/me...orado.aspx

They've already won ... They are playing golf in Puerto Rico.

Going to win the tournament that includes the number 2 team in the country, the number 10 team in the country and the number 32 team in the country. Looks like Ryan Ford is going to finish a couple of strokes off the leader (he's in second). Hell of a weekend for UC Golf.

https://rankings.golfweek.com/rankings/default.asp?T=mt

https://results.golfstat.com/public/lead...&tid=25511

Just closed out their win, which will likely vault them into the Top 25. When I think of the Day One Ready Campaign, I'm admittedly focused on things like the Indoor Practice Facility and NIL, but competing in all sports is huge. And UC has been making impressive strides in sports where the Big 12 excels - Track and Field, Cross Country, golf, and Swimming and Diving. Definitely have some work to do with Baseball, Women's Hoops, etc.....

(02-28-2023 02:26 PM)geef Wrote:  Just closed out their win, which will likely vault them into the Top 25. When I think of the Day One Ready Campaign, I'm admittedly focused on things like the Indoor Practice Facility and NIL, but competing in all sports is huge. And UC has been making impressive strides in sports where the Big 12 excels - Track and Field, Cross Country, golf, and Swimming and Diving. Definitely have some work to do with Baseball, Women's Hoops, etc.....

Bolded, yes, all this is very exciting as we make our way to competing in the Big 12. We're seeing teams win in Bearcat Red and Black in sports that never crossed our minds in the past.

This is what big-time athletics can mean to a University and its fans. Winning brings more talent, more fans, and more student enrollment. The best is yet to come for UC.

(02-28-2023 03:25 PM)OKIcat Wrote:  

(02-28-2023 02:26 PM)geef Wrote:  Just closed out their win, which will likely vault them into the Top 25. When I think of the Day One Ready Campaign, I'm admittedly focused on things like the Indoor Practice Facility and NIL, but competing in all sports is huge. And UC has been making impressive strides in sports where the Big 12 excels - Track and Field, Cross Country, golf, and Swimming and Diving. Definitely have some work to do with Baseball, Women's Hoops, etc.....

Bolded, yes, all this is very exciting as we make our way to competing in the Big 12. We're seeing teams win in Bearcat Red and Black in sports that never crossed our minds in the past.

This is what big-time athletics can mean to a University and its fans. Winning brings more talent, more fans, and more student enrollment. The best is yet to come for UC.

Not to mention more free exposure. When Austin Squires made his run at the US Amateur a few years ago, UC got a ton of play...it wouldn't hurt to have one of these guys break through into the professional golf landscape. Sam Jean already has his Canadian Tour Card and I believe he could qualify with a strong spring campaign based on his college individual ranking as well.

As long as we're talking about golf, Jim Herman finished 14th in The Honda Classic last weekend.

(02-28-2023 04:37 PM)Captain Bearcat Wrote:  As long as we're talking about golf, Jim Herman finished 14th in The Honda Classic last weekend.

And he has made 2/4 cuts so far this year and is already a quarter milly in the black for the saeson. Well on his way to keeping his card for a 12th straight year.

Good stuff! Keep it rolling