NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The Hartford men's golf team heads to Yale and Sacred Heart this weekend for its final tune-ups before the Big Sky Championship. The Hawks will first play two rounds at the Yale Spring Open on Saturday beginning at 7:20 a.m., before they head to the Sacred Heart Invitational for two more rounds on Sunday and Monday.
YALE SPRING OPEN INFORMATION
DATE: Saturday, April 13
COURSE: The Course at Yale
LOCATION: New Haven, Conn.
PAR/YARDAGE: 70/6,825
TEAMS: Brown, Bucknell, Fairfield, Fordham, Hartford, Harvard, Penn, Siena, St. Bonaventure, St. John's, Yale
SACRED HEART INVITATIONAL INFORMATION
DATES: Sunday, April 14 – Monday, April 15
COURSE: Great River Golf Club
LOCATION: Milford, Conn.
PAR/YARDAGE: 72/6,313
TEAMS: Hartford, Hofstra, Iona, LIU, Manhattan,Sacred Heart
HARTFORD NOTES
- Sophomore Eric Evans, who posted three top-15 finishes during Hartford's fall slate, enters this weekend's tournaments with a team-best 73.14 scoring average
- Making more than a three-stroke improvement from his rookie campaign, Evans' stroke average this season is currently the fourth-best mark in program history
- Junior Elias Gross shot an even-par 216 to lead Hartford with a 12th-place finish at the FAU Spring Championship last month, while Evans was the Hawks' second finisher (t-42nd) with a 4-over 220
- Gross currently ranks second on the team with a 74.73 stroke average
NEXT ON TAP
The Hawks head to Boudler Creek, Nev., for the Big Sky Championship. The three-day event, which determines the conference's individual and team automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament, begins on Friday, April 26, at Boulder Creek Golf Club.
