Monday, October 12
Salt Lake City, Utah
7:00 AM MST
University of Arizona
2.5
vs
2.5
Cincinnati
Arizona Opens Big 12 Match Play With A Tie Against Cincinnati
10/12/2026 | Men's Golf
SALT LAKE CITY – Making its debut at the Big 12 Match Play Tournament, the Arizona men's golf team opened with a 2.5-2.5 tie against Cincinnati on Monday morning at the Salt Lake Country Club.
The Wildcats were led by wins from Taishi Moto and William Wistrand while Tianyi Xiong tied his match to earn a half point.
Arizona is the No. 9 seed in the tournament while Cincinnati was seeded eighth. The other two teams in Arizona's pool are No. 1 seed Oklahoma State and No. 16 seed UCF.
The teams will play each of the other three teams in their pool, with three points awarded to the team that wins a match and one point awarded for a tie. The team with the most points will move on to compete for the championship while the others in the pool will compete in placement matches to determine final results.
In the opening match, Dillon Dean win the third hole to go 1-up and he held that lead through the front nine. After losing holes 10 and 11, dean came back to draw even with a win on the 16th hole, but dropped the final two holes of the match to suffer the 2&1 defeat.
Jorge Sampedro was 1-down through the first nine holes of his match, but won the 10th and 12th holes to go 1-up. After his opponent squared the match on the 14th hole, the score remained even until Sampedro dropped the 18th hole to lose, 1-up.
Arizona got a point back thanks to Taishi Moto, who was even through the front nine. Moto quickly went ahead with a win on the 10th hole and then went 3-up after winning the 13th and 14th holes and close out the 3&2 win on the 16th hole.
The second Wildcat point came from sophomore William Wistrand, who posted a narrow 2&1 victory. He dropped the opening hole but won the second hole to draw even before taking the lead for good on the eight hole.
So the team point came down to the final match on the course, and it was Tianyi Xiong that was 2-up through 15 holes but lost the 16th and 18th holes to finish all square.
Next up for Arizona later Monday afternoon is a matchup with the top seed at the tournament, Oklahoma State. Live scoring is available on the Scoreboard website for all matches at the tournament.
Big 12 Match Play – Pool Play #1
Arizona tied Cincinnati, 2.5-2.5
Leo Wessel (CIN) def. Dillon Dean (ARIZ), 2&1
Aidan Wilson (CIN) def. Jorge Sampedro (ARIZ), 1-up
Taishi Moto (ARIZ) def. Timmy Hollenbeck (CIN), 3&2
William Wistrand (ARIZ) def. Brayden Miller (CIN), 2&1
Tianiyi Xiong (ARIZ) vs. Ryan Ford (CIN), tied
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