GREENSBORO, Ga. – Tyler Copp and Hayes Rule picked up individual victories despite the Mercer men's golf team falling, 5-2-1, to Michigan in a match play event Saturday at the Great Waters Golf Club at Lake Oconee.

Rule and Copp both picked up 2-1 victories to pace the Bears, while Brennan Bogdanovich earned a tie with Michigan's Henry Spring. All eight individual matches came down to the final two holes of action as the Bears hung close with their Big Ten Conference foe.

Mercer will see the Wolverines again in March when the Bears host the Linger Longer Invitational (March 18-20) at Reynolds Lake Oconee in Greensboro, Ga.

Mercer vs. Michigan (Mercer players listed first)
Hayes Rule won, 2-1, vs. Taisei Negishi
Kiko Rosete lost, 3-2, vs. Charlie Pilon
Nolan Miller lost, 3-2, vs. Conor Prassas
Brennan Bogdanovich tied, 2-2, vs. Henry Spring
Tyler Copp won, 2-1, vs. Brent Ito
Jerry Ren lost, 3-2, vs. Ian Kim
Stanton Schorr lost, 2-1, vs. Nick Carlson
Spencer Ball lost, 2-1, vs. Kyle Mueller

Mercer will head to Hilton Head, South Carolina, for the Wexford Intercollegiate on Feb. 26-27.