The course for the men will be The Links at Novadell in Hopkinsville, Tenn. while the women’s team will be playing at Clarksville Country Club in Clarksville, Tenn.

For the men, this will be the last tournament of the fall portion of the season.

Coming off a fourth place finish at the Butler Invitational, the Eastern’s men have higher expectations for the upcoming tournament and will be looking to finish the fall portion of the season on a positive note.

“I have high expectations for this tournament,” sophomore Austin Sproles said. “We want to end the fall season well.”

The Panthers will have to keep the big numbers off the scorecards again and also play well on and around the greens to have a successful tournament, Sproles said.

Sproles said the team will be using its preparation time to practice some short game.

“We are going to need some low numbers at Austin Peay,” Sproles said. “We need to work on our short game the next few days before the trip.”

Unlike the men, the women’s team will still have another chance to compete this fall, but the team will still have to be ready to play come Oct. 13 at Austin Peay.

The women are set to compete again at Austin Peay after its sixth place finish at the Butler Invitational.

This time around, the Panthers will be looking to improve on their most recent performance.

Senior Elyse Banovic said she believes the Panthers can learn from competing at Butler and use what they learned to execute at Austin Peay.

“I expect the team to figure out what they did wrong in the last tournament,” she said. “And to make improvements.”

Banovic also said the short game will be the key to the team’s execution at Clarksville Country Club.

With the tee-time still yet to be determined, the teams will have practice rounds through Sunday, but will follow up with competitive play on Monday and Tuesday.

Dan Hildebrandt can be reached at 581-2812or djhildebrandt@eiu.edu