The Nebraska men’s golf team will travel to Urbana-Champaign, Ill. for the Fighting Illini Spring Collegiate April 22-23 to wrap up the regular season.
Hosted by the University of Illinois at the newly renovated Atkins Golf Club (Par 71, 7,538 Yards), the tournament will serve as a tune-up for several Big Ten teams before Big Ten Championships in Galloway, N.J. at the Galloway National Golf Club later this month.
No.3 Illinois comes in as the heavy favorite, along with No. 32 Northwestern. The Fighting Illini are led by Adrien Dumont de Chassart, the reigning Big Ten Golfer of the Year and the No. 6 ranked player nationally according to Golfstat.
Along with the Big Red and the two Illinois schools, Indiana, Michigan and Michigan State are the other Big Ten programs set to compete. Ball State, Eastern Michigan, and Loyola Marymount round out the nine-team field.
Nebraska has steadily improved their play this spring, which culminated in the best round in school history (274, -14) in the second round of the Tiger Collegiate in Columbia, Mo. April 10. Leading the charge for the Huskers was Gentry Scheve, who set new career-bests with a six-under 66 (-6) in his second round, a final tally of 208 (-8), and a final individual finish of 12th. The junior from Emporia, Kan. carries a 73.11 stroke average through nine rounds in 2022-23, also on pace for the best average of his career thus far.
Will Marshall, who qualified in the No.1 spot in the Nebraska lineup for the fourth straight tournament, carries a 73.08 stroke average through 23 rounds in 2022-23. He has set multiple career-best marks this spring, including a new 54-hole best at the Tiger Collegiate (210, -6). He also golfed to a 67 (-5) at the Seahawk Intercollegiate March 27, and has finished inside the top-25 four times.
Two more Huskers who set new career-bests at the Tiger Collegiate and will appear in the lineup this weekend are Reed Malleck (Jr., York, Neb.) and Davis Johnson (Fr., Chaska, Minn.). Malleck tied his career-low round of three-under 69, along with a his first career top-25 finish. His three-round aggregate of 211 (-5) also was a new low.
Johnson will make his second straight lineup appearance after making his lineup debut in Missouri last week. He tied his career-low round of 71 (-1) and golfed to a final score of 218 (+2), also a high…
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