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Horizon League Championship
- From WSU Website
- HOWEY-IN-THE-HILLS, FL – The Wright State golf team captured its seventh Horizon League Championship on Tuesday at the Mission Inn Resort & Club in Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida, punching its ticket to the NCAA Championship for the sixth time in program history.
 
Mathiesen_WinsAdditionally, Mikkel Mathiesen was the 2022 Horizon League individual champion with his 13-under total, marking the first time a Raider has won the individual title since former Wright State standout Ryan Wenzler in 2016. Mathiesen's individual title is the seventh overall individual Horizon League honor in Wright State history, giving the Raiders the most individual champions in League history.
 
Mathiesen carded six birdies in his bogey-free final round, including on the 18th hole, to finish with a round of 65 on Tuesday, the new lowest round in Horizon League Championship history. Mathiesen's three-round score of 203 set a new Horizon League record for lowest 54-hole individual score, shattering the previous mark of 210 that had been carded on four occasions.
 
Tyler Goecke, who finished second individually at eight-under, carded a three-round total of 208 to also break the previous Horizon League low round mark.
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Wright State will find out its NCAA Regional destination during the NCAA Division I Men's Golf Selection Show on Wednesday, May 4 at 4 p.m., which will be televised by the Golf Channel. The NCAA Regionals will take place May 15-18 at six regional sites, with the National Championship teeing off May 27-June 1 in Scottsdale, Arizona.
 
The Raiders led wire-to-wire this week in Florida to notch their ninth team title of the season, a program record, and their second Horizon League championship in the last three years the tournament was held. Wright State also previously won the Horizon League Championship in 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003 and 2004 before breaking the 15-year drought with the 2019 title. The seven team Horizon League titles are tied for the second-most in League history.
 
Mathiesen was on fire on Tuesday, finishing at 13-under overall thanks to his final round seven-under 65, carding seven birdies in a bogey-free round to jump to the top of the leaderboard and capture the individual title. Mathiesen began the final round one shot back of Goecke, who finished at eight-under overall in second with a one-under 71 on Tuesday following a round that featured four birdies and a trio of bogeys.
 
Cole Corder finished tied for ninth at three-over following his three-over 75 on Tuesday, while Bryce Haney carded a one-over 73 on his final day to finish at five-over for the tournament and tied for 15th overall. Davis Root rounded out the Raider lineup with a three-over 75 on Tuesday to end the week tied for 22nd at 10-over overall.
 
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