Rachal Paces Ravens in Delaware Country Club Shootout

The Anderson University men's golf team earned 10th place in the Delaware Country Club Shootout on Friday in Muncie.

Anderson competed in 36 holes in one day. Jackson Rachal tied for 31st with a score of 152. The freshman from Lebanon, Ohio carded rounds of 71 and 81 on the par-70 layout at Delaware Country Club. Rachal joins Luke LeBourdais as the second person in the last 13 years to produce a round of +1. His 36-hole relative-to-par of +12 marks the program's lowest since 2016.

Freshman Ethan Kerr fired a hole-in-1 on the 162-yard Hole 6.

Anderson put together a team score of 636 (+76) with a Round 1 score of 323 (+43) and a 10-stroke improvement in Round 2 with a 313 (+33).

COACH DIJON KNIGHT'S COMMENTS

• Despite finishing 10th of out 11 teams in the Delaware Country Club Shootout, I'm pleased with our team's ability to stay the course and improve as the day went on. We still are looking for that consistency from round to round from everyone, but to compete for 36 holes straight is no easy task. I was able to see improvement in our scores from the first round compared to the second.
• Freshman Jackson Rachal is starting to gain some confidence and is solidifying his spot in our lineup after scoring a 71 (+1) being tied for ninth place after Round 1. Perhaps fatigue set in some in the second round as he posted an 81 in Round 2. However, most importantly for me is to see the growth for him from his first college tournament to his second.
• Freshman Ethan Kerr perhaps had the highlight of the day, scoring an ace on Hole 6 in his first ever college competition.

NOTABLE PERFORMANCES

• Jackson Rachal – (71-81-152, +12) – T-31 – Second Round of (+1) in Program since 2011, Program's Lowest 36-Hole Relative-to-Par since 2016
• Luke LeBourdais – (78-82-160, +20) – T-53
• Owen Mockabee – (87-74-161, +21) – 56th Place – 18-Hole Relative-to-Par (+4) Personal Record
• Connor Keith – (87-76-163, +23) – 59th Place – 18-Hole Relative-to-Par (+6) Personal Record – 36-Hole Relative-to-Par Personal Record
• Maverik Mollenkopf – (90-86-176, +36) – 71st Place
• Jacob Stevens – (89-93-182, +42) – T-74
• Ethan Kerr – (95-95-190, +50) – 76th Place – Collegiate Debut – Hole-in-1 on Hole 6

UP NEXT

Anderson battles in the two-day Stateline Shootout, beginning on Saturday, Sept. 30 at Miami Whitewater Forest Golf Club in Harrison, Ohio.