The men’s golf team is set to begin its spring season and is looking to have a stronger season than it did in the fall.

A lot of fall tournaments ended with the Eagles in the middle of the pack.

Grant Saylor, a sophomore pre-criminal justice major, said he felt the team did OK during the fall season and were eventually able to get going, but they had a slow start.

“We needed to get back in the flow,” Saylor said. “We had a few players who it was their first time playing at a collegiate level.”

Freshman sport management major Preston VanWinkle also said he felt the team did OK in the fall and got better as the season went on.

“The fall season was a lot of coming together as a team,” VanWinkle said.

Head Coach Jim Cheaney said, overall, the team can do better and that the fall was a bit of a surprise for the team considering its top three players were all newcomers.

The top three players at the end of the fall season were all freshmen: VanWinkle, engineering major Kyle Tanriverdi and business administration major Trevor Grant.

Heading into the spring season, the Eagles are looking for more consistency in their play.

Saylor said he thinks the team has had problems with its short game once they are on the green.

“If we can get more consistent in our short game, that could help our game,” he said.

Cheaney also said consistency is something they need to work on, but he said weather has caused issues for them as well.

“They have had almost no time to practice; it would be hard for anyone,” he said.

VanWinkle said practice is what the team needs.

Along with becoming more consistent, the team is also hoping to have a successful season that is evident in the end ranking.

“Goal is always to be top 10 in district,” Cheaney said. “If you are top 10 in the district, you make it to the NCAA Tournament.”

Cheaney said it will be a hard goal for the team to accomplish.

Another way to make it to tournament, he said, is to the win the conference championship. Either way, he said he believes it will be difficult.

Saylor said his goal for the season is less personal and more about the team.

“My goal is to try and help the team as much as I can and help us end up as one of the teams in the top,” he said.

Though the season goal will be a tough one for the team to accomplish, Saylor said the team gets along well and can help each other in matches.

“We help each other out and we always give advice if we need it,” he said.

The Eagles’ first match is scheduled for March 9, in Danville, Arkansas, where they will compete in The Dave Falconer Classic.