Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
Wright State went into the final round of the Horizon League golf tourney with just a four-stroke edge on defending champ Purdue Fort Wayne. And the Raiders might have uttered a collective uh-oh when that lead was quickly cut in half.
But while his five-player lineup includes a freshman and two sophomores, coach Conner Lash liked how his team was handling their early stress, never losing sight of the goal.
“These guys were committed to just sticking with their routine and playing their own game. It’s really easy to look at what all the other teams are doing. But they just stayed in their lane,” Lash said.
“We knew it was going to come down to the end. We talked about it last night: ‘Expect a dogfight out there. You’ve got to stay positive and keep chugging along.’ They did a good job of playing till the very end.”
The Raiders blew away the field with a sizzling final nine holes on their way to an 18-stroke victory Monday, finishing with an 8-under-par 856 for their third win in the last five tourneys and eighth overall.
They earned the league’s automatic NCAA tourney bid and will find out their regional destination when bracket is revealed at 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 1, on the Golf Channel.
