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Men’s Golf Maintains Lead at NCAA Championship

Titans hold two-stroke lead with 36 holes to play

5/21/2025 5:59:00 PM

PENFIELD, N.Y. - At the midpoint of the 2025 NCAA Division III Men's Golf Championship, the fifth-ranked Illinois Wesleyan University men's golf team leads the field by a two-stroke margin. The Titans carded a 305 on the par-72, 6770-yard Cobblestone Creek Country Club course Wednesday, May 21.

Senior Griffin Pohl (Western Springs, Ill.-Lyons Township) carded IWU's best round of the day, finishing two-over, to climb into fourth-place at 145. Junior Aidan Healy (New Lenox, Ill.-Lincoln-Way West) put together a round of four-over par, highlighted by an eagle on hole No. 6, to jump 37 spots on the player leaderboard. Healy currently sits tied for 63rd with a two-round score of 153.

Juniors Juney Bai (Mokena, Ill.-Lincoln-Way Central) and Michael Spitzer (Hinsdale, Ill.-Hinsdale Central) are also inside the top-50. Bai, who carded a six-over 78, holds a share of 18th-place (148), while Spitzer is slotted 45th (151).

Illinois Wesleyan holds a two-stroke lead over 15th-ranked Kenyon and No. 9 Huntingdon, which are tied for second at 21-over par. No. 11 Carnegie Mellon holds fourth at 22-over, while Aurora rounds out the top-five at 24-over par. Bethel's Will Karkoc tops the player leaderboard as the lone individual in the field to card back-to-back rounds of par-or-better. Karkoc sits at six-under, 138, good for a three-stroke lead on the 225-player leaderboard.

With the field down to 18 teams after the cut, the final two rounds of the tournament will be played solely at Midvale Country Club. Tee times are scheduled to get underway at 9 a.m., with the Titans kicking off third round action with Quinn Clifford at 10:39 a.m. ET

IWU Individual Results
t4. Griffin Pohl 71-74=145
t18. Juney Bai 70-78=148
t45. Michael Spitzer 74-77=151
t63. Aidan Healy 77-76=153
t107. Quinn Clifford 75-81=156

Team Standings
1. Illinois Wesleyan 290-305=595
t2. Kenyon 297-300=597
t2. Huntingdon 297-300=597
4. Carnegie Mellon 298-300=598
5. Aurora 295-305=600
6. Methodist 303-298=601
t7. Rochester 299-304=603
t7. Carleton 294-309=603
t9. Emory 300-305=605
t9. Lynchburg 301-304=605
t11. Willamette 298-308=606
t11. John Carroll 294-312=606
t13. Oglethorpe 302-305=607
t13. Washington & Lee 298-309=607
t13. Sewanee 299-308=607
t13. Wittenberg 305-302=607
t17. Trinity (Texas) 297-314=611
t17. Redlands 307-304=611
t17. Gettysburg 605-306=611
t17. Amherst 310-301=611
21. LeTourneau 301-312=613
22. Farmingdale State 313-303=616
23. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 316-301=617
24. Mary Hardin-Baylor 301-319=620
25. St. Thomas (Texas) 314-307=621
26. Allegheny 313-309=622
27. Dubuque 309-314=623
t28. Piedmont 318-308=626
t28. Penn State Altoone 316-310=626
30. Rose-Hulman 310-317=627
t31. Hope 301-328=629
t31. Roger Williams 307-322=629
33. Husson 310-320=630
34. York (Pa.) 306-325=631
t35. Mississippi College for Women 315-317=632
t35. Stevens 611-621=632
t35. St. John Fisher 309-323=632
38. Drew 317-324=641
39. Salem State 323-322=645
40. New England College 314-336=650
41. Penn College 317-337=654
42. Southern Maine 328-331=659
43. North Central (Minn.) 343-365=708

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