Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
The Wright State golf team spent part of last weekend poring over scores from other conference championships, seeing who else seized a spot in the NCAA Division I tournament.
During that gathering, second-year coach Brian Arlinghaus made a salient point with his players.
“There were some teams that had a couple players playing really, really well and leading tournaments individually, but their teams were nowhere near it. One of the things I told them is if we’re going to do well, we have to do well as a team,” he said.
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“Everyone has to be ready to step up. That’s exactly what our guys did at the end of this year. And as long as I’m a coach, I can promise you, I’d rather be deep as a team than just strong at the one and two spots.”
The Raiders will take six players NCAA regionals May 13-15 at Palouse Ridge Golf Club in Pullman, Wash. Five will play each day with the four best scores counting toward the team total.
That was the same format at the Horizon League championships last week. Of the five who teed it up, each was needed at least once during the three rounds in the eight-stroke victory.
But Arlinghaus, who has a Master’s degree in sports psychology, needed to be part coach and part shrink to generate those team-wide contributions.
