Men's Golf Set for 2023 Patriot League Championship

Setting The Scene
What: 2023 Patriot League Championship
When: Friday-Sunday, Apr. 28-30 (7:30 a.m. tee times)
Where: Par-72, 6,881-yard Hillendale Country Club, Phoenix, Md.
The Field: 8 teams (Bucknell, Army, Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh, Loyola, Navy)

Live Stats: GolfStat.com

About the Bison

The Bucknell men's golf team has competed in 11 tournaments dating back to the first weekend in September, all in preparation for this week's Patriot League Championship. The three-day, 54-hole event is being held at Hillendale Country Club for the first time, with opening tee times set for 7:30 a.m.
The Bison will be playing in that early wave, paired up in twosomes with Navy. Blake Wisdom, Jackson Bussell, Andres Barraza, Michael Rudnick, James Key, and Jack Gardner will represent Bucknell in the play-6/count-4 format.
Bucknell has averaged a 292.3 team score in 16 rounds this spring, with a low of 282 at the Loyola Intercollegiate in Arizona in February.
Last weekend, Bucknell participated in a small three-team event at Colgate and had the opportunity to get some guys who haven't played as much tournament golf some action. Josh Holtschlag was the co-medalist, posting rounds of 74-71.
Earlier in the week, the Bison finished fifth out of 14 teams in a strong field at the RedHawk Intercollegiate at the Pittsburgh Field Club. Blake Wisdom closed with a 5-under 67 and finished in third place. It was his fourth 67 and his 10th under-par round of the season.
Wisdom leads the Bison with a 71.6 spring scoring average and a 71.8 mark for the full season. Bussell is next at 72.5, followed by the freshman Barraza at 73.5.

The Patriot League Championship

This is the 32nd Patriot Championship. Bucknell has won the event three times (2006, 2007, 2009).
The team champion receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Regionals. The individual medalist also earns a spot if he is not already a member of the winning team.
Bucknell finished seventh last year at Steel Club. Jackson Bussell and Michael Rudnick both finished T-6th to earn All-Patriot League honors, but the Bison were hampered by a tough opening round. Loyola won the 2022 title with an 869 total.
Seniors Bussell, Jack Gardner, and Blake Wisdom will all be playing in their third Patriot League Championship (the event was canceled in 2020 due to COVID-19). Rudnick is back for his second appearance, and freshmen Andres Barraza and James Key will be making their championship debuts.

Bucknell's Patriot League Tournament History
1991
Course: Seven Oaks G.C. (Hamilton, N.Y.)
Team Champion: Army (311-326--637)
Bucknell Finish: 4th (332-344--676)
Bucknell Individuals: T7. Don Hansen (83-82--165); 9. Glen Hertzberg (80-86--166); 20. Dave Fries (87-88--175); T24. Doug Dollenberg (84-94--178); T24. Mike Smigie (85-93--178); T34. Chris Curti (99-88--187).

1992
Course: West Point (N.Y.) G.C.
Team Champion: Army (290-295-291--896)
Bucknell Finish: 5th (316-308-322--946)
Bucknell Individuals: T14. Don Hansen (76-75-80--231); T14. Doug Dollenberg (76-75-80--231); T18. Dave Fries (81-73-83--237); T34. Marc Shaffer (84-90-79--253); T36. Jim Foard (83-88-85--256); 38. Chris Curti (86-85-86--257).

1993
Course: U.S. Naval Academy G.C. (Annapolis, Md.)
Team Champion: Army (312-322-306--940)
Bucknell Finish: 4th (330-313-329--972)
Bucknell Individuals: 6. Doug Dollenberg (79-76-81--236); T12. Dave Fries (83-78-83--244); T14. Paul Gregory (87-76-82--245); T23. Jeff Graf (84-87-83--254); 27. Drew Smith (92-83-84--259); T28. Marc Shaffer (84-88-88--260).

1994
Course: Bucknell G.C. (Lewisburg, Pa.)
Team Champion: Army (307-312-319--938)
Bucknell Finish: 3rd (311-322-328--961)
Bucknell Individuals: 2. Doug Dollenberg (76-78-80--234); 14. Jeff Graf (78-85-81--244); T15. Paul Gregory (78-79-88--245); T19. Don Hansen (79-80-89--248); T32. Tommy Martin (83-89-91--263); T40. Mark McGinly (90-101-79--270).

1994 (Championship Moved to Fall Season)
Course: Seven Oaks G.C. (Hamilton, N.Y.)
Team Champion: Army (309-299-322--930)
Bucknell Finish: 3rd (302-315-328--945)
Bucknell Individuals: 6. Jeff Graf (76-76-82--234); T11. Josh Hartman (73-79-88--240); T11. Eric Shortz (75-83-82--240); T15. Paul Gregory (78-77-87--242); 18. Marc Shaffer (78-84-82--244); T28. Tommy Martin (88-88-82--258).

1995
Course: U.S. Naval Academy G.C. (Annapolis, Md.)
Team Champion: Army (309-300-302--911)
Bucknell Finish: 5th (329-317-321--967)
Bucknell Individuals: 13. Jeff Graf (77-83-76--236); T20. Josh Hartman (81-78-85--244); T22. Bryan Sun (86-77-83--246); T30. Tony Calandra (90-81-80--251); 33. Jim Ofria (85-86-84--255); 34. Eric Shortz (94-81-82--257).

1996
Course: Saucon Valley G.C. (Bethlehem, Pa.)
Team Champion: Lehigh (318-310-307--935)
Bucknell Finish: 3rd (322-314-318--954)
Bucknell Individuals: 4. Josh Hartman (81-79-75--235); T5. Bryan Sun (77-77-82--236); Todd Schneider (84-76-83--243); Mark McGinly (80-85-80--245); Eric Shortz (87-82-81--250); Tony Calandra (87-82-83--252).

1997
Course: West Point (N.Y.) G.C.
Team Champion: Lehigh (297-299-300--896)
Bucknell Finish: 5th (316-296-305--917)
Bucknell Individuals: T6. Josh Hartman (80-70-74--224); 12. Todd Schneider (78-75-75--228); T19. Tony Calandra (80-77-77--234); T19. Ken Kosteva (81-74-79--234); T30. Mark Rylak (82-78-81--241); 40. Brad Borman (78-86-89--253).

1998
Course: Seven Oaks G.C. (Hamilton, N.Y.)
Team Champion: Navy (302-294-298--894)
Bucknell Finish: T3rd (315-309-303--927)
Bucknell Individuals: 6. Todd Schneider (77-75-75--227); T16. Tony Calandra (83-75-76--234); T18. Ken Kosteva (77-82-76--235); 23. Tom Marks (84-78-76--238); 30. Mark Rylak (78-81-85--244); 33. Nick Leibowitz (87-82-80--249).

2000 (Championship Moved Back to Spring Season)
Course: Bucknell G.C. (Lewisburg, Pa.)
Team Champion: Navy (305-307-299--911)
Bucknell Finish: 2nd (299-305-310--914)
Bucknell Individuals: 2. Ken Kosteva (74-72-74--220); 11. Jimmy Freeman (76-78-76--230); 19. David Horton (81-74-83--238); T33. Nick Perini (85-81-85--251); 37. L.J. Petroni (85-86-86--257); Nick Leibowitz (68-DQ-77--DQ).

2001
Course: U.S. Naval Academy G.C. (Annapolis, Md.)
Team Champion: Navy (298-298-293--889)
Bucknell Finish: 4th (299-317-301--917)
Bucknell Individuals: 5. Jimmy Freeman (75-77-70--222); T9. Nick Leibowitz (74-79-77--230); T12. Ken Kosteva (74-82-75--231); T23. Charles Markey (76-80-81--237); T25. Scott Leeder (78-81-79--238); 38. David Horton (85-83-83--251).

2002
Course: West Point (N.Y.) G.C.
Team Champion: Army (271-292-284--847)
Bucknell Finish: 5th (300-306-301--907)
Bucknell Individuals: T11. Abbie Valentine (71-74-77--222); T11. Scott Leeder (73-80-69--222); T22. Nick Leibowitz (77-76-77--230); T28. Dan Gale (79-76-79--234); 42. Charles Markey (85-86-78--249); 45. Alex Dolle (82-82-89--253).

2003
Course: Saucon Valley G.C. (Bethlehem, Pa.)
Team Champion: Navy (297-290-291--878)
Bucknell Finish: 5th (319-310-309--938)
Bucknell Individuals: T8. Tom Lane (79-75-74--228); T11. Abbie Valentine (74-82-74--230); T17. Alex Dolle (78-74-83--235); 33. Ben Pellicani (90-79-79--248); 40. Chris Martinez (89-85-82--256); T45. Brian Troast (88-89-88--265).

2004
Course: Seven Oaks G.C. (Hamilton, N.Y.)
Team Champion: Army (320-302-308--930)
Bucknell Finish: 4th (319-311-316--946)
Bucknell Individuals: 6. Charlie Waddell (80-78-75--233); 12. Tom Lane (81-78-78--237); T13. Ben Pellicani (79-79-80--238); T13. Patrick Yingling (79-76-83--238); T28. Abbie Valentine (83-80-84--247); T36. Alex Dolle (86-84-84--254).

2005
Course: Bucknell G.C. (Lewisburg, Pa.)
Team Champion: Army (284-283-293--860)
Bucknell Finish: 2nd (286-282-299--867)
Bucknell Individuals: 1. Charlie Waddell (67-71-71--209); 2. Ben Pellicani (71-65-74--210); T16. Keita Aoki (74-73-79--226); T16. Kyle Moran (75-75-76--226); T30. Tom Lane (74-79-78--231); T30. Patrick Yingling (79-73-79--231).

2006
Course: U.S. Naval Academy G.C. (Annapolis, Md.)
Team Champion: Bucknell (299-298-299--896)
Bucknell Individuals: 1. Charlie Waddell (69-70-71--210); 11. Ben Pellicani (77-76-78--231); T12. Kyle Moran (77-76-80--233); T20. Rahul Desai (76-79-80--235); T22. Patrick Yingling (87-76-73--236); T29. Keita Aoki (85-80-77--242).

2007
Course: Bucknell G.C. (Lewisburg, Pa.)
Team Champion: Bucknell (291-297-295--883)
Bucknell Individuals: 3. Charlie Waddell (74-73-68--215); T4. Andrew Cohen (72-74-74--220); T6. Keita Aoki (73-76-73--222); T19. Rahul Desai (72-76-80--228); T30. Kyle Moran (75-74-83--232); T32. Stuart Lindgren (76-77-80--233).

2008
Course: Saucon Valley C.C. (Bethlehem, Pa.)
Team Champion: Navy (311-307-307--925)
Bucknell Finish: 2nd (322-303-317--942)
Bucknell Individuals: 4. Rahul Desai (79-74-78--231); 6. Andrew Cohen (80-73-82--235); 16. Stuart Lindgren (82-80-80--242); T17. Ben Mattingly (81-81-81--243); T17. Brian Bartow (89-76-78--243); 19. Keita Aoki (83-80-81--252).

2009
Course: West Point (N.Y.) G.C.
Team Champion: Bucknell (295-297-292--884)
Bucknell Individuals: 1. Andrew Cohen (71-68-69--208); T9. Brian Bartow (77-76-74--227); T11. Ben Mattingly (79-76-73--228); T18. Will Bachman (69-81-81--231); T20. Andrew Wallisch (80-77-76--233); 36. Parker Phillips (78-83-83--244).

2010
Course: Seven Oaks G.C. (Hamilton, N.Y.)
Team Champion: Lafayette (303-295-304--902)
Bucknell Finish: 5th (308-302-307)
Bucknell Individuals: T10. Andrew Cohen (77-77-75--229); Ryan Schneiter (74-78-77--229); T17. Brian Bartow (79-73-78--230); T28. Ben Mattingly (80-79-77--236); 30. Will Bachman (78-76-85--239); 31. Jeff Pike (81-76-83--240).

2011
Course: U.S. Naval Academy G.C. (Annapolis, Md.)
Team Champion: Army (293-287-290--870)
Bucknell Finish: T5th (300-305-295--900)
Bucknell Individuals: T13. Schuyler Stitzer (75-76-72--223); 16. Jon Hartman (75-78-72--225); T17. Will Bachman (73-73-80--226); T22. Parker Phillips (77-79-74--230); T26. Ben Mattingly (77-78-77--232); T35. Dan Bernard (79-82-78-- 239).

2012
Course: Bucknell G.C. (Lewisburg, Pa.)
Team Champion: Navy (288-290-300--878)
Bucknell Finish: 4th (293-293-306--892)
Bucknell Individuals: 2. Peter Scialabba (69-72-76--217); T16. Dan Bernard (74-70-83--227); T19. Schuyler Stitzer (75-76-77--228); T19. J.J. Szmadzinski (79-75-74--228); T32. Jon Hartman (75-83-79--237); T39. Will Bachman (77-85-79--241).

2013
Course: Saucon Valley C.C. (Bethlehem, Pa.)
Team Champion: Lehigh (299-296-303--898)
Bucknell Finish: 4th (307-312-310--925)
Bucknell Individuals: T4. Schuyler Stitzer (72-77-77--226); 16. Dan Bernard (76-79-79--234); T18. Zach Pogust (82-81-74--237); T18. Billy Wright (80-77-80--237); T30. Peter Scialabba (79-81-85--245); T32. Thomas Walter (81-79-86--246).

2014
Course: West Point G.C. (West Point, N.Y.)
Team Champion: Loyola (287-283-291--861)
Bucknell Finish: 5th (306-299-297--902)
Bucknell Individuals: T11. Schuyler Stitzer (75-72-75--222); T21. Peter Scialabba (75-74-80--229); 24. John Edler (77-82-72--231); T27. Zach Pogust (79-75-79--233); T36. D.J. Magee (84-80-74--238); T36. Thomas Walter (84-78-76--238).

2015
Course: Seven Oaks G.C. (Hamilton, N.Y.)
Team Champion: Loyola (287-281-294--862)
Bucknell Finish: 7th (311-305-313--929)
Bucknell Individuals: T20. John Edler (77-76-77--230); T20. Peter Scialabba (77-76-77--230); T22. Daniel Levin (80-74-77--231); T37. D.J. Magee(77-79-83--239); 44. C.J. Zachary (82-82-82--246); 45. Zachary Melnick (85-82-82--249).

2016
Course: U.S. Naval Academy G.C. (Annapolis, Md.)
Team Champion: Army (284-284-282--850)
Bucknell Finish: 4th (300-290-305--895)
Bucknell Individuals: T2. J.P. Raftery (71-67-73--211); T17. Jubal Early (76-74-76--226); T21. Conor O'Brien (76-72-81--229); 32. John Edler (77-78-79--234); T33. Daniel Levin (77-81-77--235); T39. D.J. Magee (80-77-81--238).

2017
Course: Bucknell G.C. (Lewisburg, Pa.)
Team Champion: Loyola (280-274-281--835)
Bucknell Finish: 3rd (276-285-284--845)
Bucknell Individuals: 2. J.P. Raftery (67-68-69--204); T7. Jubal Early (67-73-72--212); T13. D.J. Magee (70-73-71--214); T26. Peter Bradbeer (74-71-75--220); T31. John Edler (78-73-72--223); T31. Connor O'Brien (72-79-72--223).

2018
Course: Saucon Valley C.C. (Bethlehem, Pa.)
Team Champion: Navy (290-308-297--895)
Bucknell Finish: 5th (296-307-306--908)
Bucknell Individuals: T6. Peter Bradbeer (69-81-74--224), 9. J.P. Raftery (75- 74-78--227), T10. Connor O'Brien (75-77-76--228), T33. Chris Tanabe (80-79-77- -236), T35. Jubal Early (77-77-83--237), 48. Ashton Radvansky (86-87-80--253).

2019
Course: Seven Oaks G.C. (Hamilton, N.Y.)
Team Champion: Army (302-285-278--865)
Bucknell Finish: 4th (300-286-293--879)
Bucknell Individuals: T7. Chris Tanabe (74-72-73--219), T13. Connor O'Brien (77-71-73--221), T17. J.P. Raftery (78-69-75--222), T20. Jason Lohwater (76-75-72--223), T28. Peter Bradbeer (74-74-78--226), T39. Jubal Early (76-74-81--231).

2020
Course: Hollywood G.C. (Deal, N.J.)
Team Champion: Tournament canceled due to COVID-19

2021
Course: U.S. Naval Academy G.C. (Annapolis, Md.)
Team Champion: Loyola (288-288-290--865)
Bucknell Finish: 4th (300-311-304—915)
Bucknell Individuals: T11. Blake Wisdom (76-73-75--224); T13. Chris Tanabe (76-80-70--226); T27. Jackson Bussell (72-83-80--235); T33. Jason Lohwater (80-78-79--237); T33. Josh Holtschlag (76-81-80--237); 39. Jack Gardner (82- 80-80--242).

2022
Course: Steel Club (Hellertown, Pa.)
Team Champion: Loyola (294-290-285--869)
Bucknell Finish: 7th (311-298-290--899)
Bucknell Individuals: T6. Jackson Bussell (80-73-68--221); T6. Michael Rudnick (76-71-74--221); T35. Blake Wisdom (80-76-75--231); T39. Jason Lohwater (76-78-79--233); T42. Josh Holtschlag (80-79-75--234); 45. Jack Gardner (7983-73--235).

BUCKNELL PL TOURNAMENT RECORDS
Team Individual
Low Any 18 276 (2017) 65 (Ben Pellicani, 2005)
Low First 36 561 (2017) 135 (J.P. Raftery, 2017)
Low 54 845 (2017) 204 (J.P. Raftery, 2017)
Best Finish 1st ('06, '07, '09) 1st (Charlie Waddell, 2005, 2006)
1st (Andrew Cohen, 2009)

Men's Golf Set for 2023 Patriot League Championship

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Players Mentioned

Andres Barraza

Peter Bradbeer

Jackson Bussell

Jackson Bussell

Jubal Early

Jubal Early

John Edler

Jack Gardner

Jack Gardner

Josh Holtschlag

Josh Holtschlag

James Key

Daniel Levin

Jason Lohwater

D.J. Magee

Zachary Melnick

Connor O'Brien

Connor O'Brien

Ashton Radvansky

J.P. Raftery

J.P. Raftery

Michael Rudnick

Chris Tanabe

Blake Wisdom

Blake Wisdom

C.J. Zachary

Men's Golf Set for 2023 Patriot League Championship

Next Event

Players Mentioned

Andres Barraza

Peter Bradbeer

Jackson Bussell

Jackson Bussell

Jubal Early

Jubal Early

John Edler

Jack Gardner

Jack Gardner

Josh Holtschlag

Josh Holtschlag

James Key

Daniel Levin

Jason Lohwater

D.J. Magee

Zachary Melnick

Connor O'Brien

Connor O'Brien

Ashton Radvansky

J.P. Raftery

J.P. Raftery

Michael Rudnick

Chris Tanabe

Blake Wisdom

Blake Wisdom

C.J. Zachary

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