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Any hopes the University of Arkansas-Little Rock mens golf team had of a stunning comeback were dashed early Wednesday as the Trojans season came to an end without a spot at nationals.

If the University of Arkansas-Little Rock mens golf team is going to extend its season, the Trojans will have to make up at least 12 shots today at Eagle Eye Golf Club.

After the University of Arkansas-Little Rock mens golf team opened the NCAA Bath (Mich.) Regional on Monday with a team score of a 5-under 279, the Trojans are tied with Oregon for fifth place out of 13 teams.

Jake Harrington, then 27, hopped in his car for the 26-mile trip across Phoenix in May 2008. He cut north through the city before heading west on Interstate 10 to Palm Valley Golf Course in Goodyear, Ariz.

Seated in the front of the Legends Room inside the Jack Stephens Center Wednesday afternoon, the University of Arkansas-Little Rock mens golf team didnt necessarily have nerves waiting to find out its postseason fate.

The football game between the University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions and Alabama A&M, initially scheduled for Sunday at the Dome at Americas Center in St. Louis, has been moved to Simmons Bank Field in Pine Bluff.

About 2 1/2 hours after teeing off Wednesday, the University of Arkansas-Little Rock men's golf team had made up the 11 shots it needed to move into a qualifying spot for next week's NCAA Championship.

A year ago in Stillwater, Okla., the University of Arkansas-Little Rock men's golf team jumped three spots on the final day of its regional to earn a trip to the NCAA Championships in Arizona.

PGA National's 14th hole wasn't a house of horrors for solely the University of Arkansas at Little Rock on Monday.