The RedHawks' season will come to its climax as they face off in an extremely competitive nine-team field at the MAC Conference Championships.

Some of their most dangerous competition this year is lead by Eastern Michigan University, who is led by Canadian native Christopher Ross, who shot a two under for the year and Kent State University headed by sophomore standout John Hahn.

Hahn led the team with an impressive one over for the year.

However, Miami is not without star power itself, led by senior captains Ben Wood and Ben Bastel. The

RedHawks hope to find the magic that helped them win the Georgetown Intercollegiate and come in a close second in the Lonnie Barton Invitational.

"If we are going to be successful, we need to take care of the little things better than everyone else," first-year coach Casey Lubahn said. "Our two captains, have been there for us all year, and sophomore Nathan Sutherland has been great as well. If we are going to win we are certainly going to have to have them lead us like they have all year long."

The team has made steady improvements all year, as early on in the season the RedHawks struggled putting and the additional strokes ended up losing it for them.

"We need five players in each round and for everyone to play well," Wood said. "It's a good field, there are three or four good teams, but we know we can compete with any of them."

The event will take place at the Brickyard Crossing Golf Course, home of Ball State University, who presents yet another threat to RedHawk success at Brickyard.

Brickyard is a 6,994 yard, 72-par course, which presents a challenge for most competitors as balls are notorious for zooming too fast on the green.

This is extremely important for the RedHawks as a fast course means faster greens so a conservative attitude upon reaching the green is vital.

"We need to continue shaving strokes off in each round," Wood said. "It adds up and we need to move down the course and make a few more putts."

Perhaps the most intriguing storyline is Lubahn, who will be coaching in his first ever MAC championships.

Lubahn played division I golf at Michigan State University, then proceeded to assistant coach there until 2007.

Since he has been hired at Miami, the RedHawks have responded by posting impressive statistics in several matches. Lubahn has also been extremely pleased with his team's performance this season.

"This team is very talented," Lubahn said. "Not just in terms of the MAC, we need to be more efficient as a whole in order to be a great team."

With some of the heavy competition that the RedHawks have faced head on this year, it would seem they are poised to run off with the MAC championship.