WPU Places Fourth at Baker Match Play

Olathe, Kan.–The Statesmen men’s golf team concluded its fall season with an untraditional event, competing at the Baker Match Play Monday and Tuesday.

William Penn entered as the #4 seed and held its position, finishing fourth in the eight-team competition. The navy and gold opened up Monday with a 4.5-0.5 win over #5 seed Rockhurst JV, but then fell in the semifinals later that day to top-seeded Central Baptist 4-1. The Statesmen returned to action Tuesday for the third-place match, but came up short to host Baker 4-1.

WPU 4.5, RU JV 0.5

Spencer Tucker (So., Oskaloosa, Iowa, Business Management) guided WPU in the #3 slot, crushing Nelson Searcy 7&6 (was up seven holes with six holes to go). Oscar Florez Martinez (Jr., Gignon, Spain, Business Management), playing as the #2, also rolled over Josh Kleinheider 4&3.

Bruno Nunez (Fr., Spain, Industrial Technology) dropped Brett Kerner 2UP (was up one entering final hole and won that hole as well) in the #4 spot, while top linkster Oliver Stanway (Sr., Leicester, England, Sports Management) defeated Luke Brugman 2&1.

David Decker (Sr., Peyton, Colo., Physical Education), who played as the #5, halved with Kaleb Fullerton (even after 18 holes).

CBC 4, WPU 1

Tucker remained perfect, dropping Bodey Jackson 3&2. Unfortunately, the rest of the lineup struggled against their Mustang competition as WPU was unable to battle for the tournament title.

BU 4, WPU 1

Stanway led the way in the third-place match, taking down Nick Delaquila 1UP. Tucker’s match against Jackson Likes also went down to the final hole, but he came up short, falling 1UP. Florez Martinez made it to the second-last hole before bowing out to Mason Ahlberg 3&1.

Next Up: William Penn will return to action in the spring with a full docket of tournaments.