PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (May 20, 2021) - Central Missouri Mules Golf finished their season in the quarterfinal round of NCAA Medal Match Play. The Mules, who were the No. 7 seed following stroke play, fell 3-2 to No. 2 Arkansas Tech.

The Wonder Boys won at positions 1, 2, and 3 while the Mules won at positions 4 and 5.

Playing at No. 1, Mtat Hoemann got down on hole three and couldn't come back. He was down three strokes after 10 holes. He got a stroke back on 16, but dropped two more on both 17 and 18 to fall by four strokes. Hoemann shot an 80 for his round. 

Ian Barnes took a one-stroke lead after the first hole, but immediately lost it on hole two. Barnes then got down four strokes after hole four and never got any closer. He got two strokes back on holes 12 and 13, but it was too little, too late and fell by six with an 18-hole score of 83.

Nick Westrich got behind on hole one and trailed through all 18 holes. He kept it close, down just two after hole 10, but a two-stroke difference on hole 11 pushed the lead to four and he went on to lose by three strokes. Westrich scored 78 in the round. 

The closest individual finish of the day was Sam Parrott's. Parrott got behind two strokes on the first two holes, but worked his way back into a tie after hole four. Parrott took the lead on hole five and led the rest of the way. He got up by as many as six after 11 and held on for a one-stroke win. His 18-hole total was 78.

Thomas Henson picked up a three-stroke win at the No. 5 spot. The match was tied after five different holes, including as late as hole 15. Henson took a two-stroke lead on hole 16 and picked up another for a three-stroke win. Henson had the lowest 18-hole total for the Mules scoring a 77.