Red Raiders Finish Strong in Day 2 of Big 12 Match Play Tournament

The Texas Tech Red Raiders men's golf team finished Monday's Day 1 of the Big 12 Match Play Tournament undefeated. On Tuesday during Day 2, they fell short against Colorado in the morning bout but returned in the afternoon to win their second match against Cincinnati at Houston Oaks Country Club.

That means Texas Tech will play in the fifth-place match on Wednesday morning against Oklahoma State to end the event for the Red Raiders.

After losing 1-1-3 to the Buffaloes, the Red Raiders fell into a tie for first place in Pool D - which also has Baylor, Colorado and TCU. It put Texas Tech into a tie with the Bears based on their total of six points after wins over Baylor and TCU on Monday during Day 1 play.

Because of the tie-breaker rules which utilize total match points, it didn't matter that the Red Raiders had already beaten Baylor. Baylor led based on 8.5 total points to Tech's 7.5. It also put the semifinal match on Tuesday afternoon out of reach for the Red Raiders.

In the second match, Texas Tech beat Cincinnati 3-2-0. Charlie DeLong won his third overall match of the event while Sean Keeling won his first.

All teams will tee off on Wednesday at 7:45 a.m. CT to wrap up the tournament.

Monday AM Session:

• Pool A
  • Arizona State def. Cincinnati, 4-1-0
  • Iowa State-off
• Pool B
  • Oklahoma State def. UCF, 3-1-1
  • Kansas def. K-State, 3-2-0
• Pool C
  • Utah tied West Virginia, 2-2-1
  • BYU def. Houston, 3-1-1
• Pool D
  • TCU def. Colorado, 5-0-0
  • Texas Tech def. Baylor, 2-1-2
    • (TTU) tied D. Wrighton (BU)
    • (TTU) def. J. Appel (BU), 5&4
    • D. Ovard (BU) def. (TTU), 1UP
    • (TTU) tied V. Stjernfeldt (BU)
    • (TTU) def. Z. Heffernan (BU), 5&3

Monday PM Session:

• Pool A
  • Cincinnati def. Iowa State, 4-1-0
  • Arizona State-off
• Pool B
  • Oklahoma State tied K-State, 2-2-1
  • Kansas tied UCF, 1-1-3
• Pool C
  • BYU def. West Virginia, 4-1-0
  • Utah def. Houston, 4-1-0
• Pool D
  • Baylor def. Colorado, 3-2-0
  • Texas Tech def. TCU, 3-2-0
    • (TTU) def. J. Beauchamp (TCU), 4&3
    • C. Wylie (TCU) def. (TTU), 2&1
    • (TTU) def. T. Witt (TCU), 4&3
    • (TTU) def. J. Pagdin (TCU), 2&1
    • S. Roden (TCU) def. (TTU), 4&3

Tuesday AM Session:

• Pool A
  • Arizona State tied Iowa State, 2-2-1
  • Cincinnati-off
• Pool B
  • Kansas def. Oklahoma State, 3-2-0
  • K-State def. UCF, 3-1-1
• Pool C
  • BYU def. Utah, 3-1-1
  • Houston def. West Virginia, 3-1-1
• Pool D
  • Baylor def. TCU, 3-1-1
  • Colorado def. Texas Tech , 3-1-1
    • (TTU) def. D. McDermott (CO), 5&3
    • J. Biwer (CO) def. (TTU), 3&2
    • (TTU) tied T. Holbrook (CO)
    • B. Knight (CO) def. (TTU), 1UP
    • F. Eisenbeis (CO) def. (TTU), 2UP

Tuesday PM Session:

• Pool A winner vs. Pool D winner
  • Baylor def. Arizona State, 3-2-0
• Pool B winner vs. Pool C winner
  • BYU def. Kansas, 3-1-1
• Pool A second place vs. Pool D second place
  • Texas Tech def. Cincinnati, 3-2-0
    • M. Senn (Cincy) def. (TTU), 4&3
    • (TTU) def. W. McDonald (Cincy), 3&2
    • (TTU) def. C. McNeely (Cincy), 5&3
    • R. Ford (Cincy) def. (TTU), 2UP
    • (TTU) def. R. Wotherspoon (TTU), 1UP
• Pool B second place vs. Pool C second place
  • Oklahoma State tied Utah, 2-2-1
• Pool A third place vs. Pool D third place
  • Iowa State def. TCU, 3-2-0
• Pool B third place vs. Pool C third place
  • Kansas State def. Houston, 3-2-0
• Pool B fourth place vs. Pool C fourth place
• West Virginia def. UCF, 3-2-0

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Wednesday AM Session:

• Championship Match
  • Baylor vs. BYU
• 3rd Place Match
  • Arizona State vs. Kansas
• 5th Place Match
  • Texas Tech vs. Oklahoma State
• 7th Place Match
  • Utah vs. Cincinnati
• 9th Place Match
  • Iowa State vs. Kansas State
• 11th Place Match
  • TCU vs. Houston
• 13th Place Match
  • West Virginia vs. Colorado