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Men’s Golf Finishes Runner-Up at Tartan Invitational

Sluzas earns second top-10 finish of season

10/14/2025 1:39:00 PM

LIGONIER, Pa. - The fifth-ranked Illinois Wesleyan University men's golf team finished runner-up in a prestigious field at the Tartan Invitational Tuesday, Oct. 14 to conclude its fall schedule. The Titans carded their best score of the tournament in the final round, firing a 292, to fall only to No. 6 Huntingdon at the par-72, 7022-yard Laurel Valley Golf Club.

Sophomore Joey Sluzas (Lockport, Ill.-Lockport) fired a one-under 71 in his final round, landing his second top-10 finish of the season, finishing in seventh-place in the elite field. Sluzas improved in each of his rounds, carding a total score of 221 (five-over par). Senior Juney Bai (Mokena, Ill.-Lincoln-Way Central) finished in 15th-place after a one-over, 73, in his final round. Bai posted a total score of seven-over par (223) to earn his fourth top-20 placement of his senior year. Sophomore Pablo Castro (Palatine, Ill.-Palatine) also aided IWU's climb up the leaderboard, posting a one-over, 73, in the final round and earning a 25th-place finish.

Sixth-ranked Huntingdon came from behind to take the team title with a total score of 886. The Titans and No. 23 Rochester tied for second-place and fell to the Hawks by just three strokes, each posting a 54-hole score of 889. No. 4 Carnegie Mellon and No. 1 Emory rounded out the top-five, carding scores of 890 and 899, respectively. Carnegie Mellon's Joshua Wang won the individual title following a final round three-under (69) and an even-par performance over 54-holes.

The Tartan Invitational marks the conclusion of the fall portion of the Illinois Wesleyan men's golf season. The Titans spring schedule will be released on the men's golf schedule page of iwusports.com.

IWU Individual Standings
7. Joey Sluzas 77-73-71=221
15. Juney Bai 73-77-73=223
T25. Aidan Healy 72-79-75=226
T25. Pablo Castro 77-76-73=226
29. Myles Lahart 77-72-79=228

Team Standings
1. Huntingdon 296-295-295=886
T2. Illinois Wesleyan 299-298-292=889
T2. Rochester 296-293-300=889
4. Carnegie Mellon 309-295-286=890
5. Emory 295-295-309=899
6. Washington and Lee 298-303-303=904
T7. Hampden-Sydney 297-303-308=908
T7. Carnegie Mellon (B) 298-309-301=908
T9. Methodist 309-305-297=911
T9. Lynchburg 302-301-308=911
T11. Babson 305-296-313=914
T11. Saint John's (MN) 305-303-306=914
13. Kenyon 312-297-307=916
14. Berry 303-312-303=918
15. Oglethorpe 306-299-321=926
16. Guilford 324-318-312=954

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