Ball State University Athletics
Men's Golf Hosts EY Memorial Starting Friday
April 13, 2016 | Men's Golf
MUNCIE, Ind. -- The Ball State men's golf team will host the Earl Yestingsmeier Memorial Invitational Friday and Saturday at Delaware Country Club.
The 12-team tournament includes two rounds Friday with a 9 a.m. shotgun start and the final round Saturday with tee times starting at 8 a.m. Live scoring is available at golfstat.com.
Team lineups for the tournament feature six players, with the top five scores counting in each round on the par-70, 6,438-yard layout.
Ball State will field two teams for the event and will be joined by Butler, Cleveland State, Dayton, IPFW, IUPUI, Loyola Chicago, Oakland, Ohio, Valparaiso and Wright State.
The lineup for the Cardinals' "A" team features Johnny Watts, Michael VanDeventer, James Blackwell, Keegan McKinney, Timothy Wiseman and Michael Makris.
The "B" team from Ball State includes Tyler Pearson, Tyler Ostrom, Derek Kundenreich, Albert Jennings, Colin Proctor and Quentyn Carpenter.
The Cardinals tied for sixth place out of 13 teams over the weekend in their most recent action at the Hoosier Collegiate at Otter Creek. Watts (T-10), Blackwell (T-23) and VanDeventer (T-23) all posted top-25 finishes at the event.
The Earl Yestingsmeier Memorial Invitational is the team's final tune-up for the Mid-American Conference Championships. The tournament, which began as the Ball State Invitational during the 1974-75 season, is back after a one-year hiatus.
It is named in honor of former Ball State men's golf coach Earl Yestingsmeier, who passed away in 2014 at age 80. Yestingsmeier spent 36 seasons leading the Ball State men's golf program, including 31 in a dual role as sports information director and golf coach.
He guided the Cardinals to 107 tournament titles and 11 NCAA Tournament appearances during his tenure. For his success, he was enshrined in the Ball State Athletics, Golf Coaches Association and Indiana Golf halls of fame.
