Murray Repeats as Fall Matchplay Champion!

Kyle Murray Repeats as the 2018 Match Play Champion!
Kyle Murray Repeats as the 2018 Match Play Champion!

The 2018 Match Play Championship was completed late this fall and found Kyle Murray and Alex Sheehy battling the weather at the Highlands course in Lincoln. Kyle and Alex were evenly matched down to the wire, but Murray triumphed 2 and 1 to win the Scott Holly Match Play Championship for 2018.

In the Watson Division, the results were:
* Play In Round - Pella over Kovarik
* Play In Round - Maassen over Hallstrom
* Play in Round - Hawkins over J. Palmer
* First Round - Murray over Pella
* First Round - Thompson over Sherman
* First Round - Lawson over Maassen
* First Round - Rhiley over Hawkins
* Second Round - Murray over Thompson
* Second Round - Lawson over Rhiley
* Third Round - Murray over Lawson
Kyle Murray to Final Four

In the Hogan Division, the results were:
* Play In Round - N. Palmer over Svec
* Play in Round - Finke over Mittal
* First Round - Baldus over N. Palmer
* First Round - Wagner over Goetsch
* First Round - Loudner over Wright
* First Round - Rice over Finke
* Second Round - Baldus over Wagner
* Second Round - Loudner over Rice
* Third Round - Baldus over Loudner
Josh Baldus to Final Four

In the Palmer Division, results were:
* Play In Round - Rust over A. Miller
* Play in Round - Furasek over Bauer
* Play in Round - Johnson over Brockhaus
* First Round - Weber over Rust
* First Round - Dell over Steuter
* First Round - Furasek over Sachen
* First Round - Sheehy over Johnson
* Second Round - Weber over Dell
* Second Round - Sheehy over Furasek
* Third Round - Sheehy over Weber
Alex Sheehy to Final Four

In the Nicklaus Division, results were:
* Play In Round - Morley over Anewalt
* Play In Round - B. Miller over Gehrke
* Play in Round - Haug over Lunder
* First Round - Hart over Morley
* First Round - Paliwal over D. Palmer
* First Round - B. Miller over Vaughn
* First Round - Haug over Carlson
* Second Round - Hart over Paliwal
* Second Round - Haug over B. Miller
* Third Round - Hart over Haug
Aaron Hart to Final Four

In the Semi-Finals, results were:
* Alex Sheehy over Aaron Hart
* Kyle Murray over Josh Baldus

Finals played at The Highlands in Lincoln, Nebraska found Kyle Murray battling to the end to over take Alex Sheehy 2 and 1.

Congratulations on your repeat performance Kyle!

More details at: https://go.unl.edu/7ghb