DADE CITY, Fla. – The Bowling Green Men's Golf Team finished their first tournament of the 2025 competitive spring season. In match-play the Falcons went 2-1-0 with round two and three wins over the Central Michigan Chippewas and USC Upstate Spartans. The two-day event was held at Lake Jovita Country Club, a par 72, 7121-yard course in Dade City, Fla. 

In the Falcons first match against Loyola-Chicago, senior Luke Evans started strong going up by one early on hole No.3 before extending the lead to as many as three strokes by hole No. 12. Evans ended up winning his match up by one stroke. 

Against the Central Michigan Chippewas, Hudak, Johnson and freshman Andrew Lee all went up big on their match ups. Hudak defeated his match-up by seven strokes, while Johnson won by four and Lee defeated his opponent by nine strokes. Senior Zander Gibson finished even with his match-up but defeated his opponent by a stroke on the final hole to clinch the win for the Falcons. 

In the third match-up against the USC Upstate Spartans, the Falcons started strong through the front nine before USC Upstate came back through the back nine, before BGSU pulled away to secure their second win of the tournament. In the Hudak, Johnson and Evans match-up, the trio went down early through the first nine before coming back to win their match-up and secure three points for the Falcons.  On hole No.14 and 15 and the final two holes of the match, Evans defeated USC Upstate's Clayton Taylor by a score going -1 under par to secure the win for the Orange and Brown. Notably, Lee defeated Caden Sanders of USC Upstate after shooting at or below par through the final nine holes. 

Notables 

• The Falcons picked up wins over Central Michigan (3-5-2.5) and USC Upstate (4.5-1.5)
• BGSU finishes as the second highest finisher from the Mid-American Conference behind Ball State, while also defeating fellow Mid-American Conference School Central Michigan
• Bowling Green finished second in pars with 179
• Senior Darin Hudak finished fourth in the tournament with a 3.89 stroke average on par 4 holes, while graduate Evan Johnson finished tied for seventh with a 3.96 stroke average. 
• Darin Hudak, Evan Johnson, Luke Evans and Andrew Lee all won two out of three matchups 

Team Results 
1. Richmond – 2-0-1
2. Ball State – 1-0-2
2. Loyola-Chicago – 2-1-0
4. Dayton – 1-1-1
5.Bowling Green State University – 2-1-0
6. USC Upstate – 1-2-0
7. Central Michigan – 1-2-0
8. Evansville – 0-3-0 

Individual Results 

• Darin Hudak – 2-1-0
• Evan Johnson – 2-1-0
• Luke Evans – 2-1-0
• Andrew Lee – 2-1-0
• Zander Gibson – 0-1-2
• Ethan Irvine – 0-3-0

Up Next 
Bowling Green will be back in action next week on Feb.16-Feb. 18 as they travel to Mesquite, Nev., for Eastern Kentucky's Mesquite Desert Classic