Big Red Travels to Quail Valley Collegiate

The Nebraska men’s golf team heads to Florida to compete in the 16-team Quail Valley Collegiate at Quail Valley Golf & River Club in Vero Beach, Florida, on Oct. 18-19.

The two-day, 54-hole event starts with a shotgun start on Saturday at 8 a.m. (CT) to set up two rounds of continuous play. The tournament concludes on the same schedule for Sunday's final round. Live scoring for the event will be available at scoreboard.clippd.com.

The 17 teams will be challenged by a par-72 7,401-yard layout as they contend for the tournament title. Maryland, Minnesota, Rutgers, Michigan State and Penn State join the Huskers in representing the Big Ten in a field that features 13 teams that are ranked among the top 100 programs in the nation.

Florida (10) and Liberty (17) are the highest-ranked teams from this season, with Kansas (19) right behind them, followed by UNC Greensboro (26), Memphis (41), Rutgers (43), Michigan State (45), Marquette (78), Maryland (81), Florida Gulf Coast (83), Florida Atlantic (88), USF (92) and Minnesota (98) rounding out the top-100 schools in the tournament.

Jackson Benge collected his 10th top-25 individual finish as a Husker, taking 25th with a 229 (+13) at the Blessings Collegiate. Benge managed back-to-back rounds of two-above-par 74 on the first two days of the tournament before closing with an 81 on the final round. 

Freshman Tommy Kelley maintained his momentum into the Blessing Collegiate with a score of 231 (+15), tying for 27th. Kelley tournament performance included an even-par 72 on the final day, after opening with a 75. Kelley has finished as Nebraska's top-two individual finishers in each of its first four events this season.

Graduate Evan McDermott looks to record his first rounds for the Huskers this season. McDermott posted his career-best 73.15 stroke average over 33 rounds during last season. He closed his junior season with a 73 (+3) in the first round of the Big Ten Championship at Pumpkin Ridge in North Plains, Ore.

Sophomore out of Lincoln, Neb., Thomas Bryson looks to make his first appearance for the Huskers this season. Bryson competed as an individual outside Nebraska's lineup at the Bluejay Invitational (Sept. 21-22) and notched his third top-20 finish with a score of 217 (+1), tying for 17th.

Caden Mickelson returns for the Huskers after his performance in the Bearcat Invitational. Mickelson established a pair of rounds of 72 (+1) before finishing the tournament with a 75 (+4), concluding with a score of 219 (+6), tying for 60th.