Doug Harris

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“I was lucky enough to travel with the team as the sixth guy. I wasn’t expected to play. But we went out and played the practice round, and Coach went up to me and said, ‘Hey, I trust in your golf game. I want to see you go out there and have fun,’” Hollenbeck said. The Mason product went 67-76-67 for a 6-under 210 to tie teammate Andrew Flynn for first and help the Raiders to a whopping 18-stroke victory. A playoff loss to Flynn for medalist honors didn’t dampen the experience.

1 week ago | daytondailynews.com | Doug Harris

“It’s not easy to do,” said seventh-year coach Alex Sogard, who has led the team to six consecutive titles (the 2020 season was cancelled). “People could definitely take it for granted. But we were talking as a coaching staff, and we have a new pitching guy (Travis Ferrick) — he’s a stud —and he said it’s the first time he’s won the regular-season. That hit me. “It’s definitely a huge accomplishment.

2 weeks ago | daytondailynews.com | Doug Harris

“At Wright State, we’re a smaller school. We don’t play these bigger schools. But to see your name up there just shows what we can do,” star sophomore Timmy Hollenbeck said at a watch party in the sleek indoor practice facility at the Nutter Center. “We can play with these teams and maybe shock the world and beat some of them.”The Raiders are making their fourth regional trip in the last six years.

2 weeks ago | daytondailynews.com | Doug Harris

The starting point guard committed to Lipscomb in Nashville on April 4 after a visit there. But coach Lennie Acuff bolted for Samford, leaving Norris and another transfer briefly in limbo. “It was a rollercoaster of a journey. There was a time period where I didn’t really know what I was going to do or where I was going to end up,” Norris said in a text interview.

2 weeks ago | daytondailynews.com | Doug Harris

“How those guys carry themselves in our gym, they’re almost like new people and new players because they have this new sense of responsibility. It’s a turning of the page, and they have a runway to develop and grow,” Sargent said. “The six guys who are here, I couldn’t be happier with the work they’re putting in.”With the team’s top four scorers having left for other schools, that hearty half-dozen will be expected to become primary offensive threats next season.