JONESBORO, Ark.–UL’s golf team will make its final tweaks and tune-ups for the Sun Belt Conference Championships Monday and Tuesday when the Ragin’ Cajuns join 13 other teams in the 13th Red Wolf Classic hosted by Arkansas State.

The Cajuns finished fifth in last year’s Red Wolf meet -- then known as the Indian Classic – and were 10 strokes behind champion Austin Peay. UL followed that with a fifth-place finish one week later in the Sun Belt tournament, and naturally would like to improve both finishes in the next 10 days.

That could happen. The Cajuns have finished third, second and second in their last three tournaments, and in those events UL has gone 8-0 against teams entered in this week’s Red Wolf event. In addition, UL is 8-3 against Sun Belt opponents this spring including a narrow one-stroke loss to New Orleans when those teams went 1-2 in the Cajuns’ Louisiana Classics meet in early March.

Along with UL and host ASU, this week’s field includes Sun Belt rivals UALR and North Texas, Central Arkansas, Centenary, Illinois State, Jacksonville State, Missouri-Kansas City, Oral Roberts, Stephen F. Austin, South Florida, Southern Illinois and Texas-Pan American.

Teams will make two circuits around the 6,565-yard par-72 RidgePointe Country Club course Monday and play a final 18 holes on Tuesday in their final competitive round before next week’s Sun Belt meet at Cypresswood in Houston.

UL finished second in its last tournament outing almost three weeks ago in the Carter Plantation Intercollegiate in Springfield, posting a seven-under-par 281 in the final round to finish four back of Texas State after entering the final round 15 strokes out of the lead. The Cajuns had four finishers in the top 10 in the Carter meet, with freshman Philipp Fendt third at three-over 219, senior Dustin Petit seventh and senior Devin Carrey and sophomore Thomas Petts tied for eighth.

UL Press
Dan McDonald