Blue Demons Start Season at Valpo Fall Invitational

Monday, September 20

Chesterton, Ind. / Sand Creek Country Club

8:00 A.M. CT

DePaul University

Valpo Fall Invitational

Blue Demons Start Season at Valpo Fall Invitational

9/19/2021 11:19:00 AM | MEN'S GOLF

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Men's golf team plays first of four fall tournaments on Monday and Tuesday in Chesterton, Ind.

CHICAGO – The DePaul golf team opens the 2021-22 season at the Valpo Fall Invitational on Monday and Tuesday. The event is the first of four fall tournaments that will take the Blue Demons from Indiana and Iowa before two trips to Ohio to complete the first half of the season.

The Valpo Fall Invitational is set for three rounds over two days at Sand Creek Country Club in Chesterton, Ind. Sand Creek CC features a par-72 layout over nearly 7,000 yards. Monday's play begins at 8 a.m. CT with a shotgun start followed by tee times off the first and 10th tees between 7:30-9 a.m. for Tuesday's final round. Live scoring will be available at GolfStat.com.

Joining the Blue Demons and host Valparaiso are Bradley, Chicago State, Detroit Mercy, Eastern Illinois, Evansville, Green Bay, North Dakota, Western Illinois, Wright State and Xavier. DePaul's lineup for the first event of the season includes Alex Vekich, Artemiy Yalovenko, Aarjav Patel, Grant Boyson and David Griggs.

Blue Demon Debuts: Alex Vekich and Aarjav Patel are making their collegiate debuts as part of the DePaul contingent competing at the Valpo Fall Invitational. Vekich is a freshman from Scottsdale, Ariz. while classmate Patel is a native of Las Vegas.

Yalovenko Back as Top Returner: Artemiy Yalovenko was the top performer last season for the Blue Demons with a team-best scoring average of 73.87. He was the top finisher for DePaul in two of the final three events last spring that included a tie for 12th place at the Dayton Flyer Intercollegiate.

Fall Slate Features Four Tournaments: DePaul is scheduled to play four events around the Midwest in the first half of the 2021-22 season. Following the opening tournament at the Valpo Fall Invitational, DePaul travels to West Des Moines, Iowa next week for the Zach Johnson Invitational hosted by Drake. Two October events take the Blue Demons to Ohio starting Oct. 4-5 at the Tom Tontimonia Invitational hosted by Cleveland State. The fall schedule concludes on Oct. 18-19 at the Xavier Invitational in Cincinnati.