WATERLOO, Ill. – Omar Khalid finished in third place to lead the University of Evansville men's golf team to a fourth-place finish at the 2026 Missouri Valley Conference Championship at Annbriar Golf Club.

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Final Results

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Khalid posted a 2-under 69 in Tuesday's final round of the tournament and completed the event with a 7-under 206. He finished two behind runner-up Anthony De Schutter of Southern Illinois and just three strokes behind league champion Francis Bautista of Illinois State.  Khalid was named to the All-Conference Team.
 
His finish was just the third top four finish at the MVC Championship for the men's squad since 2012. Andrew Luo was the runner-up in 2012 while Rick Voyvodic came in fourth place in the 2016 tournament.
 
Evansville finished in fourth place in the final team standings, its best finish since tying for the fourth position in 2015. The best finish for the Purple Aces came in 2002 when the team took third place. It is just the third top four team tournament finish since its first MVC Championship in 1995.
 
Daniil Romashkin was second on the team and tied for 16^th on the final leaderboard. He posted an even 71 on Tuesday and completed the three rounds with a 5-over 218. Completing the tournament one behind him was Juliann Kiesslinng. He carded a 2-over 73 in the last round and wrapped up the week with a 6-over 219.
 
Next up for the Aces was Mason Taylor. His low round of the week saw him register a 2-under 69 in the final 18 holes to complete the tournament with a 9-over 222. He tied for 31^st. Jamison Ousley tied for 33^rd in the final standings. His even round on Tuesday saw him complete the event with a 10-over 223.
 
Following the completion of the tournament, Daniil Romashkin was named the recipient of the Elite 18 Award. The Elite 18 Award Program was established by the MVC in the fall of 2010 to honor the highest achievement in academics and athletics by a student-athlete in each MVC-sponsored sport. Modeled after the NCAA Elite 90 Academic Recognition Award Program, the MVC Elite 18 award is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average competing at the finals site at each of the MVC's 18 team championships.
 
Romashkin is the second UE player to earn the award on the men's golf side. Quinn Vilneff was the recipient in 2013.