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Published May 05, 2008 12:01 am - Lions looking for improvement MSSU tees off regional tourney today By Jim Henry
jhenry@joplinglobe.com Missouri Southern’s Lions were disappointed in their third-place showing two weeks ago in the MIAA Golf Championships at Branson Creek Golf Club. “We had played really well and had a great spring,” coach Kevin Greim said. “We had a lot of momentum going into conference. “At conference we did not play with the mindset that was needed. We played very tentative golf, worried about what could happen on each hole. If you don’t play your best at these events, you’re going to get left behind. We got left behind in the first round.” The Lions are looking for a better performance at this week’s NCAA Division II Central Regional at Red Hawk Run Golf Club in Findlay, Ohio. The Lions are seeded fourth in the regional behind Washburn, Central Missouri and Northern Sun Conference winner Winona State, Minn. The eight-team field also includes Missouri Western, Upper Iowa, Fort Hays State and Southwest Baptist plus five individual entries, including Keith Capps of Pittsburg State. Again this year, the Central Regional is paired with the Great Lakes Regional to form a super regional. The top team in each regional plus the second-place team with the best score advance to the national tournament in Houston. The individual not on a qualifying team also earns a national berth. The Lions’ five-man team consists of David Eddy, Seve Smith, Ben Perry, Jamie Voegeli and Adam Nelson. Eddy, a sophomore from Carl Junction, and Smith, a freshman from Webb City, earned first team all-conference honors. Eddy, averaging 75.3 for 22 rounds last fall and this spring, posted his highest finishes in league points tournaments — tie for second at Central Missouri and tie for third at Truman State and Missouri Western. “I played in a lot more tournaments this year,” said Eddy, who finished fourth in the league’s player of the year standings. “With more experience, I’m calmer this year. I know how to react when I go out and play and how to prepare myself.” “When our qualifying started (last fall), David had a little thing in his swing where he was dropping his hands and driving through the ball,” Greim said. “He was coming down to where he would hit low shots, and he couldn’t control them. “One day at Twin Hills, we got with him on the range, and he made this little adjustment, smoothed out a little bit at the top, and he’s hit the ball great since then. ... He has the dedication and the desire to work on his game to be really good.” 
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