WPU Ends Fall Sixth at Talent-Rich OKC Tournament

William Penn University Athletics

by Wade Steinlage

Oklahoma City, Okla.–The Statesmen men’s golf team concluded its fall season by adding some more supporting evidence to its claim that it should be a top-25 program as it competed at the Southern Plains Intercollegiate hosted by Oklahoma City Monday and Tuesday.

William Penn placed sixth out of 13 teams with a three-round score of 941 (316-320-305) at the par-72 Gaillardia Country Club.

#3 Texas Wesleyan won the event with ease at six-over 870 (294-296-280), highlighted by producing the top three golfers in the field. Rowan Lester of TWU was first out of 70 players at three-under 213 (73-70-70).

#1 Oklahoma City was second, while #4 Johnson & Wales (Fla.) placed third, and #7 Wayland Baptist (Texas) was fourth.

While the navy and gold were not able to defeat one of those top-10 programs, they did knock off three squads receiving votes in the national poll, including #39 Morningside, #41 Marian (Ind.), and #42 Bellevue (Neb.).

Zachary Chegwidden (So., Essex, England, Business Management) headlined William Penn’s effort as he finished in a tie for 12th at 230 (78-73-79), just six strokes from the top five.

Sebastian Rulis (Sr., Helsingor, Denmark, Business Management) was also in the top 20, tying for 20th at 233 (78-77-78).

Frederik Lundsgaard (Sr., Jebjerg, Denmark, History/Government) (78-81-76–235) ended up in a tie for 28th, while Peter Frederiksen (Sr., Hornslet, Denmark, Mechanical Engineering) tied for 57th at 253 (88-89-76).

Zach Swink (Sr., Burlington, Iowa, Sociology) did not post a second-round score, but performed well his other two times out with an 82 and a 75.

William Penn will find out how impressive its fall campaign looked to the national raters Friday as the second NAIA top 25 will be released.