Men's Golf

UTA'S ZACK FISCHER WINS WESTERN JUNIOR

6/22/2009

UTA golfer Zack Fischer has carried over his fine play from the Mavericks season to his summer campaign as he took home the title last week from the 2009 Western Junior Championship at the University of Texas Golf Club in Austin.

UTA'S BOBBY MASSA SELECTED TO THE PING ALL-REGION TEAM

6/9/2009

The Golf Coaches Association of American selected UT Arlington's Bobby Massa to their PING All-Central Regional team.

MICHAEL VAN deVENTER EARNS SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE ALL-ACADEMIC HONORS

05/26/2009

UT Arlington junior golfer Michael Van deVenter has been selected to the Southland Conference's men's golf All-Academic team. Van deVenter makes his second consecutive appearance on the men's golf all-academic team. A native of Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa, Van deVenter is a finance major with a team-high 3.57 GPA.

UTA RECORDS BEST NCAA REGIONAL FINISH IN PROGRAM HISTORY AS TEAM FINISHES EIGHTH

05/16/2009

The UTA golf team came into Saturday's final round of the NCAA Golf Regional in Austin with a chance to make its first appearance in the NCAA Finals. Five shots and four teams stood between the Mavs and a trip to the Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio at the end of the month and for a brief while Saturday afternoon, the Mavericks were one of the five teams that was headed to the national tournament. But a pair of double bogeys in the span of 15 minutes dashed UTA's hopes as they finished eighth which was the highest finish an UT Arlington team has ever posted in seven NCAA Regional appearances.

MAVERICKS MAKE MOVE ON DAY TWO OF NCAA GOLF REGIONALS

05/15/2009

What a difference a day made for the UTA golf team at the NCAA Regionals at The University of Texas Golf Club in Austin. After shooting a disappointing score of 24-over par in Thursday's first round, the Mavericks stormed back with a six-over score of 290 Friday to put themselves back in the hunt for one of five spots in the NCAA Finals at the end of May. UTA's score tied for the fourth best of the day on the wind-blown course that was not going to give up any low scores. The host Longhorns had the best round with a one-over score of 285 and that was followed by Florida's three-over and UNLV's five-over totals. UTA's score was tied by California, with whom the Mavericks played with Friday.

ZACK FISCHER IN TIE FOR SIXTH AT NCAA GOLF REGIONAL

05/14/2009

If all five members of the UTA golf team could have played like the Mavericks Zack Fischer, they would be in position to move into their first ever NCAA final in a few weeks. That was not the case however and the Mavericks will have a good deal of work to do in the last two rounds to make that NCAA finals appearance in Toledo, Ohio at the end of May. Fischer was the lone bright spot for UTA Thursday at The University of Texas Golf Club in Austin as he fired an even par 71 and is in a tie for sixth place after the first round.