The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
UAB Men’s Golf Ranked No. 25 in Initial Golfstat.com Poll
10/16/2019 9:47:00 AM | Men's Golf
BIRMINGHAM - The UAB men's golf team is nationally ranked No. 25 in the initial Golfstat.com poll which was released Wednesday morning by the official publication.
This is the highest the Blazers have been ranked since finishing the 2013-14 season at No. 19 in the final Golfstat.com rankings.
"We are really pleased with the start of our season," head coach Mike Wilson said. "There has been a lot of solid golf played by several guys on the team. It is nice to be ranked in the top 25, and with continued good play we know we can move up the rankings."
Individually, UAB has three players ranked, two of which are inside the top 100, led by redshirt senior William Walker III who is No. 55. In his three tournaments this season, Walker III has placed 3rd, 8th and 15th.
Fellow senior Murray Naysmith checks in at No. 97 and has also not finished any lower that 15th in a tournament this year (5th, 8th, 15th). Junior Ben Reichert rounds out the trio of ranked Blazers at No. 209.
UAB has competed in three tournaments this fall and has a second place finish and two fourth place finishes, which gives the Blazers an overall record of 35-7-0.
The Blazers are coming off a fourth place finish at one of the top tournaments in the country, the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate, in which UAB defeated No. 23 Arkansas, Alabama, Ole Miss and Minnesota.
UAB returns to the course this weekend to participate in the Quail Valley Collegiate Invitational hosted by No. 7 Notre Dame in Vero Beach, Fla.
Golfstat.com Top 25 (Poll No. 1):
1. Georgia Tech
2. Texas Tech
3. Oklahoma
4. Wake Forest
5. BYU
6. SMU
7. Notre Dame
8. Arizona State
9. Pepperdine
10. Duke
11. Baylor
12. Louisville
13. North Carolina
14. Oregon State
15. Clemson
16. Texas A&M
17. Arizona
18. Georgia
19. Washington
20. Colorado State
21. Vanderbilt
22. Texas
23. Arkansas
24. Auburn
25. UAB
This is the highest the Blazers have been ranked since finishing the 2013-14 season at No. 19 in the final Golfstat.com rankings.
"We are really pleased with the start of our season," head coach Mike Wilson said. "There has been a lot of solid golf played by several guys on the team. It is nice to be ranked in the top 25, and with continued good play we know we can move up the rankings."
Individually, UAB has three players ranked, two of which are inside the top 100, led by redshirt senior William Walker III who is No. 55. In his three tournaments this season, Walker III has placed 3rd, 8th and 15th.
Fellow senior Murray Naysmith checks in at No. 97 and has also not finished any lower that 15th in a tournament this year (5th, 8th, 15th). Junior Ben Reichert rounds out the trio of ranked Blazers at No. 209.
UAB has competed in three tournaments this fall and has a second place finish and two fourth place finishes, which gives the Blazers an overall record of 35-7-0.
The Blazers are coming off a fourth place finish at one of the top tournaments in the country, the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate, in which UAB defeated No. 23 Arkansas, Alabama, Ole Miss and Minnesota.
UAB returns to the course this weekend to participate in the Quail Valley Collegiate Invitational hosted by No. 7 Notre Dame in Vero Beach, Fla.
Golfstat.com Top 25 (Poll No. 1):
1. Georgia Tech
2. Texas Tech
3. Oklahoma
4. Wake Forest
5. BYU
6. SMU
7. Notre Dame
8. Arizona State
9. Pepperdine
10. Duke
11. Baylor
12. Louisville
13. North Carolina
14. Oregon State
15. Clemson
16. Texas A&M
17. Arizona
18. Georgia
19. Washington
20. Colorado State
21. Vanderbilt
22. Texas
23. Arkansas
24. Auburn
25. UAB
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