CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - The East Tennessee State men's golf program looks to close the 2025-26 regular season with a strong showing at the Tar Heel Intercollegiate.  ETSU makes its first appearance in the tournament.  
 
East Tennessee State at the Tar Heel Intercollegiate hosted by North Carolina
April 11-12 | Chapel Hill, N.C. | Finley Golf Club
Results
Par 72 | 7,349 yards
Format: 36-18 (Saturday-Sunday)
The teams in the field include North Carolina, Furman, Duke, Florida Atlantic, Gardner-Webb, UCF, Houston, UNC Wilmington, Elon, Nebraska, Texas A&M, Davidson, Campbell, Kennesaw State 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

• For the second time this season, all members of the team shot a round under par, with a first round team score of 281(-7).
• Oli Blackadder posted the best single-round by a Buccaneer with a second round score of 66(-6) with eight birdies for his best collegiate round and the second-best round by a Buc this season.  Blackadder was the top individual with his 211(-5) tournament score from one eagle, 11 birdies and 36 holes on-par in the showing.
• Yannick Malik and Gavin Tiernan each went 71, 71 and 75 for a complete score of 217(+1)
• The Bucs wrapped play at ninth overall with a team score of 861(-3).

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.