BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – The SIUE Cougars golf team has been tabbed for a third-place finish in a vote by the Ohio Valley Conference head coaches Tuesday.
The Cougars earned 49 points and were picked behind predicted league champions Little Rock and Tennessee Tech. UT Martin, Morehead State, Southern Indiana, Lindenwood, Eastern Illinois, and Tennessee State would follow.
SIUE is coming off a strong fall schedule which saw the Cougars finish second in back-to-back tournaments to end the fall campaign.
“I was proud of the guys’ finish to the fall season and hope we can carry over that momentum to the spring season which starts in just over a week,” SIUE Head Coach Derrick Brown said. “We are a very deep team, which provides competition within the lineup that will only make us better. We want to continue to gain experience and be as prepared as we can come late April at Dalhousie for the OVC Championships.”
SIUE advanced to the semifinal at last season’s OVC Championship. After finishing as one of the top four teams in stroke play, the Cougars advanced to the match play final in the league’s first year using the format.
This year’s championship will once again be contested at Dalhousie Golf Club in Cape Girardeau, Missouri April 23-26.
The Cougars will open the spring schedule Feb. 10-11 at the Carpenter/Chaney Match Play Classic in Mims, Florida.
2022-23 OVC Golf Preseason Predicted Order of Finish:
| Place | Team (first-place votes) | Points |
| 1. | Little Rock (8) | 64 |
| 2. | Tennessee Tech (1) | 57 |
| 3. | SIUE | 49 |
| 4. | UT Martin | 41 |
| 5. | Morehead State | 39 |
| 6. | Southern Indiana | 25 |
| 7. | Lindenwood | 23 |
| 8. | Eastern Illinois | 15 |
| 9. | Tennessee State | 11 |
Joe Pott has been the "Voice of the Cougars" since 2008. The native of St. Louis, Missouri, oversees all communications and broadcasting operations for SIUE athletics.
He is the radio voice of Cougar men's basketball and baseball on 88.7 the Sound, all home broadcasts on ESPN+ and also has appeared on FOX Sports Midwest (now Bally Sports) as part of the Cougars' basketball television package.
He has called more than 400 SIUE men's basketball games and nearly 500 Cougar baseball games in addition to several hundred more soccer, volleyball, softball, and women's basketball games, while also serving as the host and emcee at many Cougar athletics special events throughout the year.
Pott also manages the student video crew responsible for the live production of SIUE Athletics events online. He has helped facilitate the transition of SIUE broadcasts from SIUETV to the OVC Digital Network and then to ESPN+.
Off the air, he heads the Athletic Communications Department and is the primary media contact for men's basketball, baseball, men's soccer and golf. Away from SIUE, Pott is in his fifth year as part of the sports staff on KMOX Radio where he serves as a host on the part-time host of the station and the St. Louis Cardinals Radio Network.
