TOPEKA, Kan. -- After an extended weekend in Arizona, the Washburn Ichabod men's golf team returns to Kansas for two consecutive weeks, starting with the Fort Hays State Tiger Classic from Mar. 31-Apr. 1.

LIVE SCORING

Live results and tournament information can be found at
https://scoreboard.clippd.com/tournaments/232971

WHO'S INVITED

All MIAA schools that sponsor men's golf will be in attendance in Hays. Several schools from the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference will join, as well as Northwestern Oklahoma State from the Great American Conference and Colorado School of Mines and CSU-Pueblo out of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.

COURSE INFO

The 18-hole course at the Smoky Hill Country Club facility in Hays, Kansas features 6,165 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 71. The course rating is 70.4 and it has a slope rating of 127. Designed by Greg H. Nash, ASGCA, the Smoky Hill golf course was established in 1961.

ICHABOD LINEUP

Marco Anderson, Blake Saffell, James Hill, Quinn Earwood,  and Hayden Beck will make starts for the Ichabods. Beck will make his spring debut after posting a 74.29 scoring average in the fall portion of the schedule. Zachary Haydamack will play as an individual.

LAST TIME OUT

(Mar. 25, 2025) GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- The Washburn Ichabod men's golf team completed its Arizona swing with an 8th-place finish at the Stack Cougar-Burro Collegiate on Tuesday. The Ichabods posted a 3-under 285 as a team in the third round, which was played at the Golf Club of Estrella. The Ichabods will return to Kansas for the FHSU Tiger Classic from March 31-April 1. 

Blake Saffell posted the low round of the day for the Ichabods, firing a 4-under 68 to move into a solo 14th place for the tournament. Saffell made five birdies on the day with only one bogey to finish with an even-par 216 for the event. 

Marco Anderson was the highest finisher on the leaderboard for Washburn, shooting a final-round 3-under 69 to tie for 9th place. Anderson made birdie at three of the four par-5s on the course. 

Lane Workman finished the event with a 1-over 73 to tie for 68th place. Workman, who found three birdies in the round, improved eight strokes from his second-round score. 

Zach Vandervoort posted a 3-over 75 to finish in a tie for 59th place. Vandervoort made back-to-back birdies at the 12th and 13th holes. 

James Hill finished tied for 54th after a 4-over 76 in his final round. Hill made birdie at the par-4, 424-yard 6th hole in the round. 

Playing as an individual, Quinn Earwood posted his lowest round of the tournament with a 1-over 73 to finish in a tie for 35th place. Earwood made birdies at the 8th and 17th holes with only three bogeys on the day. 

As a team, the Ichabods finished with a 54-hole score of 887, one stroke behind 7th-place Stanislaus State. Colorado Christian claimed the team title in dominant fashion, posting a score of 831, 36 shots ahead of 2nd-place Colorado Mesa.

COACHING

Former Ichabod golfer Ronnie McHenry is in his fourth season as the men's head coach in 2024-25 after spending two seasons as the team's volunteer assistant taking over the Washburn program in 2021. Prior to the start of the 2024-25 season, with the addition of the Ichabod women's golf program, he added the title of Director of Golf.

Entering his fourth full season, he has led the Ichabod men's squad to two NCAA Super Regional appearances and an NCAA National Championship appearances finishing 18th in 2023 and 12th in 2021.

UP NEXT

The Ichabods will host their lone meet of the spring schedule, making the short drive north to Mayetta, Kan. for the Firekeeper Open at Firekeeper Golf Course and Resort.