by Pierce Yarberry

ODU Looks To Turn Late-Season Surge Into Sun Belt Success

ODU Looks To Turn Late-Season Surge Into Sun Belt SuccessODU Looks To Turn Late-Season Surge Into Sun Belt Success
Pierce Yarberry

MADISON, Miss. – Old Dominion men’s golf begins play at the Sun Belt Conference Championship on Monday at Annandale Golf Club. The course at Annandale has a par of 72 and is 7,157 total yards.

The Sun Belt Championship starts with three rounds of stroke play running from this Monday through Wednesday, with teams teeing off from split tees beginning at 9:30 a.m. ET. The top four teams will then advance to match play on Thursday, with the No. 1 seed facing the No. 4 seed and the No. 2 and No. 3 seeds squaring off in the other semifinal. The championship match will then tee off following the conclusion of the semifinal matches. 

All 14 teams in the conference will compete in the tournament. Fans not in attendance will be able to stream all three rounds of stroke play, as well as Thursday’s semifinal and championship matches, on ESPN+. Live stats will also be available on Scoreboard by Clippd.

The Monarchs’ lineup will consist of Cullen Campbell, Jakub Sutor, Kaijun Ma, Joe MacPherson, and Quin Covington with James Page listed as an alternate. Campbell has played in all nine tournaments so far and leads the team with a 73.56 stroke average. Ma is next at 74.22, followed by Covington (74.43) and Jakub Sutor (74.52).

For Monday’s opening round, the Monarchs will be playing alongside Marshall and will tee off from the 10th hole between 11-11:36 a.m.

ODU enters the tournament coming off of three-straight Top-10 finishes to cap off the regular season. After placing sixth at the ECU Intercollegiate and seventh at the Cutter Creek Intercollegiate, the Monarchs came in third place at App State’s Irish Creek Collegiate.

At last year’s Sun Belt Championship, Old Dominion finished 13th as a team with a 22-over par 886. Jacob Gunther led the Monarchs with an even 216, tying him for 18th. Cullen Campbell was next for ODU, tying for 41st at four-over 220. Philip Minnehan tied for 54th at seven-over 223, Ma turned in an 11-over 227 to tie for 66th, and Sutor ended up 70th at 19-over 235.

The Course

Annandale Golf Club

Par: 72

Yardage: 7,157

Tournament Field

App State

Arkansas State

Coastal Carolina

Georgia Southern

Georgia State

James Madison

Louisiana

Marshall

Old Dominion

South Alabama

Southern Miss

Texas State

Troy

ULM 

ODU Lineup

Cullen Campbell

Jakub Sutor

Kaijun Ma

Joe MacPherson

Quin Covington

James Page*

*Alternate