The Navy men's golf team will head to the Midwest this weekend where it will play in the 14-team Hoosier Collegiate Invitational. Hosted by Indiana University, the two-day, 54-hole tournament will be held at the Pfau Golf Course (par-71, 7,265 yards) with 36 holes of action scheduled for Saturday (9:00 am / shotgun start), followed by the final 18 holes on Sunday (8:30 am / No. 1 & No. 10 tees).

Tournament Details
Event: Hoosier Collegiate Invitational, hosted by Indiana University
When: Saturday-Sunday, April 8-9
Where: Par-71, 7,432-yard // Pfau Golf Course, Bloomington, Ind..
The Field: 14 teams (Golfstat rankings, as of 4/4) - Butler (174), Central Arkansas (195), Central Michigan (262), Chattanooga (42), Dayton (160), DePaul (206), Eastern Michigan (217), Illinois State (108), Indiana (64), IUPUI (242), Murray State (261), Navy (239), Southern Illinois (178), Valparaiso (152)
Format: Play 5, Count 4
Follow The Action: Golfstat.com

Navy's Lineup
(Golfer / Yr / Hometown / 2022-23 avg.)
1. Chip Deegan (Fr / Newport Beach, Calif. / 73.00)
2. Keegan Shreves (Sr / Potomac, Md. / 73.64)
3. Jack Tarzy (Fr / Medford, N.J. / 73.20)
4. Benjamin Valdez (So / Stevenson Ranch, Calif. / 76.00)
5. Braxton Tracy (Sr / Huntersville, N.C. / 74.63)

Rounds 1 & 2 Pairings
Group 1 / Indiana, Chattanooga, Illinois State
Group 2 / Dayton, Southern Illinois, Valparaiso
Group 3 / Butler, Central Arkansas, DePaul
Group 4 / Eastern Michigan, IUPUI, Navy
Group 5 / Central Michigan, Murray State, select individuals

Tournament Notes
• The 2023 edition of the Hoosier Collegiate Invitational marks the third-consecutive year Indiana has hosted the event. Cincinnati and Illinois both shot a 6-over par 858 to tie for the team title at last year's event (played in the fall), while IU's Drew Salyers claimed medalist honors with a 5-under par 208. Michigan State took the title in April of 2021 with a 33-over par 885. The Spartans' James Piot captured medalist honors with a 2-over par 215.
• There are 2 teams among the field ranked inside the top 100 in the latest GolfStat poll (April 4) - No. 42 Chattanooga and No. 64 Indiana
• Indiana junior Drew Salyers (No. 29) is the highest-ranked player in the field, per GolfStat. The next-highest rated player is Indiana senior Mitch Davis (No. 215). Chattanooga (Garrett Engle / So / No. 249) is the only other school represented by a player inside the top 250 of the individual rankings.

Last Time Out
• Jack Tarzy and Braxton Tracy each had top-20 finishes to lead Navy to an eighth-place finish last Monday at the Columbia Spring Invitational played at the Rolling Green Golf Club in Springfield, Pa.
• Despite improving its second-round mark in the afternoon by over 10 strokes, Navy moved up just one spot alongside Penn (374-367) in the final standings with a 41-over par 741 (377-364).
• Tarzy was Navy's most consistent golfer of the day, putting together rounds of 72 and 74 to tie for 20th with a 6-over par 146.
• Tracy was superb in the final round where he finished 1-under to secure his first-collegiate top-20 finish, matching Tarzy's 6-over par 146. His previous best finish was a 33rd-place mark of 12-over par 156 (78-78) at the Lehigh Invitational his rookie campaign. The veteran golfer's 69 marked the lowest round of his career, while his 6-over par 146 marked his lowest 36-hole score in total and in relation to par.
• Chip Deegan, who garnered individual medalist honors for the first time in his career a week prior at the Golden Horseshoe Intercollegiate, tied for 41st with his 10-over par 150 (74-76). Benjamin Valdez also finished 10-over, putting together rounds of 77 and 73.
• Rounding out the lineup for the Mids were team captain Keegan Shreves in 49th (77-74, 151) and Owen Huntington in 61st (79-74=153).

### Go Navy ###