Men's golf started their season strong this week, securing the 2025 UAA conference championship on Tuesday afternoon. With a match-play round robin format, the Eagles defeated each of their Monday opponents, Rochester and Carnegie Mellon, 4-2, before securing the title with a 4.5-1.5 win over NYU on Tuesday. The event took place at Elks Run Golf Club in Batavia, Ohio.
This marks the 23
rd time the Eagles have won the UAA Championship in program history and the tenth time Emory has won the UAA under head coach
John Sjoberg, with this win being the teams third conference crown in a row.
Three Eagles earned All-Tournament team honors with sophomore
Zach Pelzar, junior
Kevin Mu, and graduate transfer
Pearse Lucas all being named to the team. Lucas was also named the UAA Tournament MVP thanks to his 7up victory against Carnegie Mellon and his 4up victory against NYU.
Today's match began with a dominant performance from
Brady Lagendyk who went 7up on Shray Patel, holding the lead the entire match to get the Eagles on the board early. This was followed by a 5up performance from
Dru Devata who led all the way through 10, tied on 11 and 12, but regained his lead through 16 to end the match.
NYU took the third match with
Zach Pelzar falling short in a tight 3up match through 18 against Oscar Uribe, but
Brian Hanson put the Eagles back on the board with a 6up victory over NYU's Qi Liu. Lucas also responded with a 4up win against Bryan Zhao that went through 14, but
Kevin Mu fell short in a tight 2up loss that went through 18 to end the match.
The Eagles will have a short break to celebrate before returning to the course September 15
-16 for the Gate City Invitational in Greensboro, NC. The tournament will be played at Forest Oaks Country Club and will be hosted by Greensboro College.
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