Spring Season Gets Underway in Desert Southwest Monday

2023 LAKE LAS VEGAS INTERCOLLEGIATE
Dates	Monday, Feb. 27 - Wednesday, Mar. 1
Format	18 holes each day
Times	Tee times beginning at 9:10 a.m.
Location	Henderson, Nev.
Course	Reflection Bay Golf Club
Teams (15)	Little Rock, Arkansas State (co-host), Central Arkansas, Kansas City, Kentucky, Long Beach State, Louisiana (co-host), Michigan, Middle Tennessee, New Mexico State, Rocky Mountain College, South Florida, Stetson, UAB, Winthrop
Scoring	GolfStat.com

2022-23 Little Rock Men's Golf Statistics (PDF)

LITTLE ROCK – Little Rock gets ready to pursue a second-straight conference title, opening up the spring portion of it 2022-23 season in the desert southwest, competing in the Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate in Henderson, Nevada.
 
Tournament Information
The 2023 Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate will be 54-hole event held Monday, February 27 through Wednesday, March 1 at Reflection Bay Golf Club, a par-72, 7,204-yard course in Henderson, Nevada. The tournament will play 18 holes each day, getting underway with tee times starting at 9:10 a.m. CT.  Round one will have Little Rock getting underway in the fourth wave, teeing off starting at 11:40 a.m. CT and playing with Middle Tennessee and Stetson. Live scoring is available at GolfStat.com.
 
Tournament Field
Little Rock is one of 15 teams competing in this year's event, joined by fellow Natural State foes Arkansas State and Central Arkansas and former Sun Belt foe Louisiana as the Ragin' Cajuns and Red Wolves will serve as the co-hosts. Little Rock is the highest rated team in the field in the latest GolfStat rankings, sitting at 42nd nationally, as the Trojans are one of nine teams among the GolfStat top-100, joined by Long Beach State (No. 54), Stetson (No. 67), Middle Tennessee (No. 79), South Florida (No. 83), Michigan (No. 85), Arkansas State (No. 86), Kentucky (No. 92) and New Mexico State (No. 98).
 
Trojan Lineup
Head coach Jake Harrington will once again bring an experienced squad to Nevada as Nico Horder will play the number one position. Archie Smith, Anton Albers, Magnus Lomholt and Jansen Smith with Matteo Cristoni playing as an individual.
 
Back in the Desert
Little Rock will look for another productive week at Reflection Bay as the Trojans notched a runner-up showing at last year's event with a 17-under 847, including a 12-under 276 in round three. Anton Albers notched a runner-up showing individually, carding a 13-under 203 with a pair of rounds in the 60s, while Jansen Smith placed fifth with an 8-under 208 and Archie Smith finished 15th with a 3-under 213.
 
Last Time Out
Little Rock closed out the fall season with a sixth-place showing at its host Little Rock Invitational at Chenal Country Club. Playing in windy and chilly conditions, Little Rock carded a 16-over 880, led by Archie Smith tying for eighth with an even-par 216. Magnus Lomholt was the other Trojan to finish in the top-20, tying for 19th at 3-over 219.
 
Preseason Favorites
Heading into the spring season, Little Rock will have a target on its back as the preseason favorites in the Ohio Valley Conference. The Trojans garnered eight of the nine first place votes and registered 64 total points, seven ahead of second-place Tennessee Tech (57 points) and 15 better than third-place SIU Edwardsville (49 points).
 
Fall Recap
Little Rock's men enter the spring ranked 39th nationally by GolfWeek and 43rd by GolfStat after a strong fall season. The Trojans posted a team scoring average of 285.73 with a pair of tournament championships and another runner-up showing. Little Rock won both the Olympic Club Intercollegiate and the Trinity Forest Invitational, finishing second at the Windon Memorial Classic as the team combined for 34 rounds of par-or-better.
 
Individual Accolades
Individually, Little Rock was led by Matteo Cristoni and Jansen Smith as the duo posted scoring averages of 71.40 and 71.60, respectively. The duo each earned OVC Golfer of the Week honors in the fall with Cristoni being named the league's Golfer of the Month for September. Cristoni is ranked 161st nationally with Smith sitting at number 175 while Little Rock is also expecting a strong spring from Anton Albers, the reigning Sun Belt Golfer of the Year and honorable mention All-American.
 
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