Men’s Golf Travels to the Magnolia State for 16th Annual Sam Hall Intercollegiate

First Round Pairings

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – After a hot start to the 2018-19 season last weekend at the Golfweek Program Challenge in South Carolina, the Stephen F. Austin men's golf team returns to the links for competition Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 17-18 for the 16th Annual Sam Hall Intercollegiate. Hosted by the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, the tournament is one of five the Lumberjacks compete in this fall and the second of three in the month of September.

The Format
The Sam Hall Intercollegiate is a two-day, 54-hole event with the first two rounds played on Monday, Sept. 17 and the final 18 holes taking place Tuesday, Sept. 18. The tournament will feature an 8:30 a.m. CST shotgun start Monday, followed by a double-tee start Tuesday beginning at 8 a.m. from holes one and 10.

The Course
Held at the Hattiesburg Country Club, all three rounds will be played on a par-71, 6,902-yard course. The front nine holes are comprised of 3,423 yards of play, while the back nine have 3,479 yards of green.

The Tournament Field
In addition to tournament host Southern Miss from Conference USA, four other Southland Conference men's golf teams will converge in Hattiesburg. Central Arkansas, New Orleans, Nicholls and Southeastern Louisiana will join SFA for a total of five Southland programs representing the league at the Sam Hall Intercollegiate. Bowling Green from the Mid-American Conference, Florida Gulf Coast from the Atlantic Sun Conference, Mercer and Samford from the Southern Conference, Winthrop from the Big South Conference, Missouri State from the Missouri Valley Conference and Troy from the Sun Belt Conference complete the 13-team tournament field.

The Lineup
Seniors Angelo Leyvani and Jake Hendrix will lead a talented starting lineup for the 'Jacks this week. The duo will be joined by sophomore Steven Fabik and freshmen Isiah Henderson and Jacob Garcia for SFA's starting five golfers. Garcia, along with freshman Johannes Gudmundsson who will be competing as an individual, will both be making their collegiate debuts. Gudmundsson, a native of Reykjavik, Iceland, begins his Lumberjack career after a successful amateur golf career and student at the Commercial College of Iceland. Fellow freshman Trent Lutze will also be competing as an individual at the Sam Hall Intercollegiate.

Tee Times
SFA has been paired with Central Arkansas and Missouri State for Monday morning's opening round, while Gudmundsson will tee off with Aaron Walker of Samford and Logan Kuehn of Southeastern Louisiana and Lutze with Samford's Hunter Hickingbotham and Troy's Bryson Bianco. All seven Lumberjack golfers will tee off at 8:30 a.m. with the shotgun start as Leyvani will be starting at hole four, Fabik and Hendrix at hole five, Henderson at hole six, Garcia at hole seven, Gudmundsson at hole 12 and Lutze at hole 18.

Last Week
At the True Blue Golf Club on Pawleys Island, South Carolina, last week, SFA tied for a runner-up finish among 14 teams and shot an impressive 14-under 850 for the three rounds. Three different 'Jacks finished in the top 20 as Leyvani (9-under 207) shot all three rounds under par en route to tying for fourth place. He claimed a 4-under 68 in the second round and posted a 5-under 67 in round three. Both Hendrix (3-under 213) and Fabik (2-under 214) recorded first and third rounds under par with Hendrix tying for 15th among a 69-man tournament field and Fabik tying for 20th. In his first ever collegiate golf tournament, Henderson (even-par 216) tied for 29th by shooting a 2-under 70 in the opening round and carding a 1-under 71 on the final 18 holes.

Up Next…
The 'Jacks will continue their September journey and compete in a tournament for the third consecutive week next Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 24-25 at Colorado University's Mark Simpson Colorado Invitational at the Colorado National Golf Club in Erie, Colorado.

Stay tuned to SFAJacks.com, as well as SFA's social media platforms, for complete coverage of Lumberjack golf throughout the fall.

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