PAUMA VALLEY, Calif. - The East Tennessee State men's golf program continues spring action at the Pauma Valley Invitational hosted by LMU over March 16-18 at the Pauma Valley Country Club Course.  
 
East Tennessee State at the Pauma Valley Invitational hosted by LMU
March 16-18 | Pauma Valley, Calif. | Pauma Valley Country Club
Results
Par 71 | 7,311 yards
Format: 18-18-18 (Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday)
The teams in the field include Colorado State, Florida, Georgia Tech, Illinois, LMU, LSU, Oklahoma State, Ole Miss, Princeton, Toledo, San Diego, San Diego State, SMU, Texas Tech, Tennessee, Toledo, Virginia and ETSU.
 

• Oliver Blackadder | Fr. | Aberdeen, Scotland
• Veigar Heidarsson | Fr. | Akureyri, Iceland
• Yannick Malik | Sr. | Munich, Germany
• Richard Saunders | Fr. | Cologne, Germany
• Gavin Tiernan | So. | Dublin, Ireland

• Oliver Blackadder was the top individual with his collegiate-best round of 210(-6) and his first collegiate top 10 finish at tied for eighth overall.
• Veigar Heidarsson posted his second-best round of the 2025-26 schedule at 213(-3).
• Oli Blackadder collected two rounds at 68(-4), Yannick Malik with one round at 68(-4) and Gavin Tiernan with the best round in the tournament by a Buc at 67(-5).
• The Bucs boasted the second-highest team finish of the 2025-26 campaign at fourth place, falling just strokes away from No. 29 Texas A&M and No. 48 Little Rock, and the second-best team score of the season at 850(-14).

Oli Blackadder - SoCon Men's Golfer of the Week (March 11)
Yannick Malik - SoCon Men's Golfer of the Week (Nov. 5)
 

• ETSU men's golf secured the program's fifth consecutive Southern Conference Tournament title in the 2024-25 season, and the first for O'Callaghan as head coach.
• The squad advanced to the 2025 NCAA Reno Regional where they finished ninth overall.
• Kristian Bressum, Yannick Malik and Joshua Pritchett were tabbed as Cobalt Golf Academic All-Americans following the season.
• Kristian Bressum led the program through the entirety of the season, collecting three SoCon Golfer of the Week honors and earning the SoCon Player of the Year award.  Bressum finished 21st overall at the Reno Regional (218, +7) after finishing fifth overall at the SoCon Championship (209, -7).
• Yannick Malik was the top finisher for the Bucs at the SoCon Championships, finishing second overall with a score of 207 (-9). Previously in the season, Malik recorded a career-best outing of 61 (-11) at The Virginian.
• Gavin Tiernan represented Ireland in the 2025 Walker Cup, where he out-scored American Michael La Sasso as a 2&1 winner.