MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — As Middle Tennessee's men's golfers swarmed Cooper Sears on the sixth playoff hole of the 2019 Conference USA Championship, they jumped and cheered for a second straight conference title.
One member of the team, redshirt junior Ilari Saulo, was missing from that group hug, but he's back with the Blue Raiders this season ready to make up for lost time.
Prior to the 2018 fall season, Saulo suffered two stress fractures in his wrist, and he chose to take the entire year off to heal and focus on getting his mental game in check.