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The Ohio Valley Conference released its preseason information for the upcoming spring golf season which will conclude with conference championships in April.
 
The EIU men were selected to finish in a tie for 10th with Tennessee State.  The 2025 OVC Championship will be played on April 20-23 at Dalhousie Golf Club in Cape Girardeau, Mo.  The Panthers are set to open the spring season on Feb. 24-25 at the World Golf Village Classic in St. Augustine, Fla.
 
The EIU women were selected to finish eighth in the OVC race.  The 2025 OVC Championship will return to the RTJ Golf Trail at Muscle Shoals on April 13-15.  EIU opens the season on March 3-4 at the Huntsville.org Tournament in Alabama.
 
Each program also had a preseason player to watch.  Cole Jaworski was the EIU men's player to watch after posting the Panthers best scoring average in the fall at 74.4.   Meera Upadhyay was the EIU women's player to watch after a team best 80.6 scoring average in the fall with one Top 20 tournament finish.
 
 
 
2024-25 Men's Predicted Order of Finish
1. Little Rock (9 first-place votes) – 99 points
2. SIUE (2) - 92
3. UT Martin - 79
4. Morehead State - 72
5. Southern Indiana - 60
6. Lindenwood - 55
7. Tennessee Tech - 45
8. Bryant - 39
9. Western Illinois - 28
10. Eastern Illinois - 18   
Tennessee State - 18

2024-25 Men's Players to Watch
Bryant - Tyler Dupuis (Grad.)
Eastern Illinois - Cole Jaworski (Jr.)
Lindenwood - Santiago Juesas Benet (Fr.)
Little Rock - Matteo Cristoni (Sr.)                       
Morehead State - Nolan Piazza (Sr.)                       
SIUE - Brady Kaufmann (Jr.)                  
Southern Indiana - Jason Bannister (Sr.)                     
Tennessee State - Bryar Moss (Fr.)               
Tennessee Tech - Haden Maxwell (Jr.)                     
UT Martin - Jackson Twerdahl (R-Sr.)             
Western Illinois - Baptiste Labeyrie (Sr.)                  


2024-25 Women's Predicted Order of Finish
1. Little Rock (8 first-place) - 64 points
2. Morehead State (1) - 56
3. Tennessee Tech - 51
4. Western Illinois - 41
5. Lindenwood - 36
6. Southern Indiana - 30
7. Bryant - 19
8. Eastern Illinois - 16
9. Tennessee State - 11

2024-25 Women's Players to Watch
Bryant - Jenelle Valera (Jr.)                    
Eastern Illinois - Meera Upadhyay (So.)                  
Lindenwood - Paula Mariana Sanchez (Jr.)                      
Little Rock - Eleonore Aernouts (So.)                  
Morehead State - Tavia Burgess (Fr.)          
Southern Indiana - Brianna Kirsch (Fr.)           
Tennessee State - Lorien Sweet (Fr.)            
Tennessee Tech - Chloe Griffith (So.)           
Western Illinois - Olivia Kerr (5th Year)