Men's and Women's Golf Take on MEC Championship Field

ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University men's and women's golf teams compete at the Mountain East Conference Championship at the Resort at Glade Springs Monday through Wednesday on the Cobb Course.

LIVE COVERAGE
The Mountain East Conference will provide live scoring on Clippd.

Women's Live Scoring
Men's Live Scoring

FALL SEASON ROUNDUP
The Concord women have recorded two top-five finishes in three events this fall. CU finished second at the Fairmont State Invite September 16-17 and placed fifth at the West Virginia Wesleyan Invite at the end of September in the final tune-up. As a team, the Mountain Lions posted season-best scores of 355 and 356 at FSU. Concord is averaging 375.5 through six rounds. Individually, graduate student Mary Denny has posted rounds in the 70s in two of her last three rounds. Senior Anna Fry comes into the MEC Championship having fired four consecutive rounds in the 90s, including an 89 at Fairmont State. And freshman Sara Matos Tamargo has posted a pair of 87s this fall, including the opening round of the West Virginia Wesleyan Invite.

On the men's side, freshman Jonah Willson has paced Concord. The Daniels, West Virginia native has been steady with all nine of his rounds between 74 and 79. All told, the scoring average for Willson is 76.6. He enters the MEC Championship off back-to-back 74s at West Liberty. Senior Indiana Eades has also been stellar this fall, averaging 78.5. Eades holds the lowest single-round for CU this season with a 72 during the second round of the West Liberty Invite. Freshman Kelly Pimenov II has shot his best two rounds of the season ahead of the MEC Championship (75, 78). CU's team average is 317.6 with the best round being a 298 at WLU.

MEC CHAMPIONSHIP NOTES
The MEC Championship is being held at Glade Springs for the first time since 2019. The last time it was held 30 minutes from CU's campus, the Mountain Lion men were the team champions.

At last year's MEC Championship, Eades led the way for Concord as he shot rounds of 76 and 80 to make the third-round cut. Eades placed in a tie for 18^th. Eades and fellow senior Payton Watts are the only two Mountain Lions that have experience at the MEC Championship. On the men's side, the defending team champion is Davis & Elkins and the individual medalist from last season was West Virginia Wesleyan's Francisco Taboada who is no longer with the program. CU's roster for the MEC Championship is Eades, freshman Coltan Farrell, Pimenov II, Watts and Willson make up the men's field for Concord.

Denny and Fry bring championship experience from years' past to the MEC Championship. In nine rounds of competition, Denny has averaged 84.1 at the conference tournament. Fry posted a second-round score of 89 at last year's MEC Championship, one of three rounds in the 80s for the Wayne, West Virginia native last season. Freshmen Autumn Bowles, Alexandria Denny and Matos Tamargo have their first go-arounds at the MEC Championship. Glenville State was the team champion last year while there will be a new individual champion after GSU's Lexis Fickel has moved on from 2023.