Complete Results | Season Stats.

LAREDO, Texas (EMUEagles.com) – The Eastern Michigan University men's golf team finished strong with a final round 303 at the 68th Annual Border Olympics, Feb. 23. In a field featuring four top-45 teams and four of the top-100 collegiate players, Eastern tied Lamar University for 15th-place with a two-day cumulative score of 925 (304-318-303).

Senior Ty Celone (Long Sault, Ontario, Canada-St Joseph's Catholic) led the way for the Eagles, finishing tied for 43rd with a 227 (73-77-77). The Long Sault, Ontario, Canada product has now posted 23 top-50 showings during his EMU career.

Senior Cougar Collins (Caledon, Ontario, Canada-Mayfield Secondary) tied for 63rd with a 231 (73-78-80), while redshirt junior Zack Mason (Toronto, Ontario, Canada-Blyth Academy Lawrence Park) notched Eastern's best round of the tournament with a 72 to finish tied for 77th with a 234 (82-80-72).

Freshman MJ Smith (Rockford, Ill.-Winnebago) rebounded with a 74 in the final round to notch a 240 (83-83-74) in his collegiate debut, while senior Tyler Rayman (Otsego, Mich.-Otsego) added a 244 (76-88-80).

No. 26 Texas A&M captured the team title at 862, while No. 9 Texas finished at 870. Sam Houston State (885), ULM (887), UTSA (888), No. 13 Baylor (889), Illinois State (893), No. 43 Kent State (897), and New Mexico State (900) rounded out the top-10 leaders.

Texas A&M's Dan Erickson and Texas' Hunter Ostrom tied after 54 holes at 4-under (212) with Erickson winning medalist honors on the second hole of a playoff.

Overall, it marked the team's first competition against other schools since Head Coach Bruce Cunningham's crew took part in the Colleton River Collegiate, March 2-3, 2020.

Cunningham's crew returns to action at the Colleton River Collegiate, March 8-9, in Bluffton, S.C.

Eastern Michigan Individual Results:
Pl.    Player    Scores
t-43.     Ty Celone    73-77-77=227
t-63.     Cougar Collins     73-78-80=231
t-77.     Zack Mason     82-80-72=234
89.     MJ Smith     83-83-74=240
91.     Tyler Rayman     76-88-80=244

Team Scores:
Pl.    Team    Scores
1.    No. 26 Texas A&M    285-293-284=862
2.    No. 9 Texas    291-290-289=870
3.    Houston    294-291-288=873
4.    Sam Houston    295-288-302=885
5.    ULM    290-309-288=887
6.    UTSA    298-296-294=888
7.    No. 13 Baylor    296-302-291=889
8.    Illinois State    294-297-302=893
9.    No. 43 Kent State    296-301-300=897
10.    New Mexico State    308-296-296=900
11.    Abilene Christian     302-298-302=902
12.    Michigan    302-299-302=903
13.    Louisiana    295-306-303=904
14.    Rice    321-296-297=914
t-15.    Eastern Michigan    304-318-303=925
t-15.    Lamar    307-308-310=925
17.    Bowling Green     316-309-310=935
18.    Houston Baptist    314-312-313=939