Refusing to cave in under any circumstances carries McCulla, Redbirds to NCAA regional berth

Quincy Notre Dame graduate Alex McCulla, a sophomore on the Illinois State University men's golf team, finished in the top 10 individually in the Missouri Valley Conference championships at Oakwood Country Club in Coal Valley, Ill. | Photo courtesy Dennis Banks, ISU athletic communications

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — The golf ball’s flight didn’t match the power or precision of the swing, which told Alex McCulla the only logical explanation had to be an equipment failure. Looking at the face of his driver, he saw the problem. “I step up and put a pretty big swing on it, and the ball…

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