Coombs & Lewis Rally For Top-10 At TSU Big Blue Intercollegiate

Monday, April 11

Nashville, Tenn.

Murray State

Tennessee State

Photo by: Dave Winder-Murray State Athletics

Coombs & Lewis Rally For Top-10 At TSU Big Blue Intercollegiate

4/12/2022 2:57:00 PM | Men's Golf

Final Results (PDF)

The Racers’ men’s golf team moved up two spots for a fifth-place finish at the Hermitage Golf Club in Nashville

The Murray State men's golf team came home with a fifth-place finish after posting three scores of par or better in the final round of the TSU Big Blue Intercollegiate at Hermitage Golf Club in Nashville, Tennessee.

In a field of 13 teams tackling the President's Reserve course, the Racers tied Wright State for the low round of the event as each carded a 1-over-par 285 Tuesday in the final round. The Racers posted team scores of 307-285=592 to place fifth and five shots clear of sixth place Longwood (597) and nine shots up on seventh place Stetson (601). The Racers' final round brought them to one shot of fourth place Belmont (591). Wright State (577) won the team title with Tennessee Tech (581) and UT Martin (590) completing the top-3.

Murray State's Connor Coombs and Trey Lewis paced the Racers with a pair of 10^th place finishes as Coombs carded scores of 76-71=147 and Lewis 77-70=147. Tyler Powell was the biggest mover for MSU in the final round with a 3-under-par 68 improving his standing from 60^th to 26^thplace. Powell's score line of 82-68=150 was his career-low round as a Racer and the best round of the TSU event. MSU's Kamaren Cunningham also finished 26^th on scores of 75-76=150 and Walker Beck had a 44^th place showing on scores of 80-76=156.

MSU's Quinn Eaton played the event as an individual and had a score line of 77-79=156 for a spot in 44^th place, while Carson Holmes placed 62^nd on scores of 83-78=161.

The Racers now prepare for the Ohio Valley Conference Championship (April 24-27) at Dalhousie Golf Club in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

Post-Round Notes

With a 1-over-par 285 at the Hermitage, the Racers were close to having their second sub-par round in 2021-22.
MSU had a 2-under-par 286 (Oct. 12) at the Bubba Barnett Intercollegiate at RidgePoint Country Club in Jonesboro, Arkansas.
The TSU Big Blue Intercollegiate was reduced to a 36-hole event after heavy rains fell in Nashville overnight. The second round was suspended Monday and finished Tuesday morning.
The Racers have had recent success at The Hermitage, now with sixth-straight top-5 showings.
MSU finished second-place in 2016, 2019 and 2021.
Tyler Powell's 3-under-par 68 is his best collegiate round in total and strokes under par as he played his 33^rd career round at Murray State.
Powell's previous low was a 1-under-par 72 at Ellendale Country Club (March 28) in Houma, La.
Coombs recorded his fourth top-5 finish in the 2021-22 season.
Coombs entered the event with the seventh ranked scoring average in the Ohio Valley Conference at 72.9.
Wright State's Tyler Goecke was the medalist champion on scores of 70-71=141.

TSU Big Blue Intercollegiate
Hermitage Golf Club – President's Reserve course
Nashville, Tenn. - April 11-12, 2022
Final Scores

Team
Wright State 292 285 577 +9
Tennessee Tech 295 286 581 +13
UT - Martin 296 294 590 +22
Belmont 300 291 591 +23
Murray State 307 285 592 +24
Longwood 299 298 597 +29
Stetson 306 295 601 +33
Arkansas-Pine Bluff 313 298 611 +43
Evansville 315 299 614 +46
John A. Logan College 311 312 623 +55
North Carolina A & T 313 313 626 +58
Tennessee State U. 325 302 627 +59
Alabama A&M 327 328 655 +87

5 Murray State 307 285 592
T10 Connor Coombs (1) 76 71 147
T10 Trey Lewis (5) 77 70 147
T26 Kamaren Cunningham (2) 74 76 150
T26 Tyler Powell (4) 82 68 150
T44 Walker Beck (3) 80 76 156
T44 Quinn Eaton (I) 77 79 156
T62 Carson Holmes (I) 83 78 161

About Murray State Athletics
Located in Murray, Kentucky, the athletics department of Murray State University is a NCAA Division I member and plays in the Football Championship Subdivision. The Racers have 15 programs including men's teams for baseball, basketball, cross country, football and golf and women's teams for basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, track & field and volleyball, as well as a mixed gender rifle team. Currently a member of the Ohio Valley Conference, the Racers will join the Missouri Valley Conference on July 1, 2022 and the Missouri Valley Football Conference in 2023.