Westminster men in front after fall rounds of PAC Championship

Allegheny's Carter Hassenplug, Westminster's Sam Napper tie for fall medalist honors

10/13/2022 7:51:16 PM

WARREN, Ohio (pacathletics.org)--Westminster College shot a 293 Thursday after posting a 310 Wednesday and will take a five-stroke advantage into April's final two rounds of the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Men's Golf Championship.

The 36-hole fall event was hosted by the Avalon Golf & Country Club in Warren, Ohio. The men played two rounds at Avalon Lakes in Warren.

This year's PAC Championships will feature a 72-hole stroke play event, beginning with 36 holes played this fall and another 36 holes played Friday-Saturday, April 21-22, 2023 at Mill Creek Metroparks and the Mill Creek Golf Course in Boardman, Ohio. The men will play a pair of rounds on the South Course.

Westminster paces the eight-team field with a two-round team score of 603 (310-293). Westminster won its second-straight PAC title last spring. 

Allegheny College sits in second place after registering a two-round team score of 608 (300-308). Washington & Jefferson College is in third (615, 308-307) and is followed by Grove City College in fourth (664, 345-319), Saint Vincent College in fifth (665, 332-333), Geneva College in sixth (669, 324-345), Thiel College in seventh (671, 338-333) and Waynesburg University in eighth (684, 349-335).

Allegheny sophomore Carter Hassenplug (North East, Pa. | North East) and Westminster senior Sam Napper (Mount Pleasant, Pa. | Mount Pleasant) tied for fall medalist honors Thursday after finishing the two rounds with three-over 147s. Hassenplug shot a 73 Wednesday and a 74 Thursday. Napper posted a 78 Wednesday and a three-under 69 on Thursday. 

W&J senior Colin Robinson (Inverness, Ill. | William Fremd) is in third place with a 149. He shot a 73 Wednesday and a 76 Thursday. He was the fall medalist in 2019 and 2021. Robinson was honored as the PAC Player of the Year award winner in 2021 after claiming the league's player of the year and newcomer of the year awards in 2020. 

The All-PAC teams, along with the PAC Players of the Year and PAC Newcomers of the Year, are determined by the combined 72-hole scores from the fall and spring championships. The All-PAC teams are made up of the top 15 overall scorers (5 first team, 5 second team, 5 honorable mention).

The combined 72-hole team totals determine PAC team champions and winners of the league's automatic-qualifying bids to the NCAA Division III Championships.

Team selections for the Division III Men's Championships will be announced Sunday, May 8, 2023. The Division III Men's Championships are scheduled for May 16-19 at Keene Trace Golf Club in Nicholasville, Kentucky.