TRAFFORD, Pa. (Oct. 11) -- Six Thiel College Golfers were named Players to Watch entering tomorrow and Tuesday's Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Fall Championships.
Jackson Gadsby (Sandy Lake, Pa./Lakeview),
Joe Grundy (Saegertown, Pa./Saegertown),
Eli Nicklas (Erie, Pa./Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy) and
Brandon Stubert (Greenville, Pa./Greenville) made the cut for the men while
Emily Eutsey (Jones Mills, Pa./Mount Pleasant) and and Kelsey Hefner made the list for the women.
This year's PAC Championships will feature a 72-hole stroke play event, beginning with 36 holes played Monday-Tuesday, October 12-13 at the Avalon Golf and Country Club. The men will play two rounds at Avalon Lakes in Warren, Ohio while the women will play a pair of rounds at Squaw Creek Golf Course in Vienna, Ohio.
The final 36 holes of this year's championships will be played Friday-Saturday, April 23-24, 2027 at Mill Creek Metroparks and the Mill Creek Golf Course in Boardman, Ohio, with the men playing their final two rounds on the South Course and the women playing their's on the North Course.
Men's Prospectus
Stubert and Nicklas each posted top-10 finishes at the Pitt Bradford Invitational. Stubert paced Thiel as he finished tied for fourth in the 58-golfer field with a 74 (+3) while Nicklas was just behind Stubert with a 75 (+4) to tie for sixth.
Gadsby earned All-PAC Second Team last season while Grundy earned Honorable Mention Laurels. The Cats placed fifth in the conference championships a year ago.
Thiel was picked to finish seventh in the PAC Championships in the Pre-Championships Coaches Poll. The full poll can be found below.
| 1. Allegheny (7) |
87 |
1st (of 10) at PAC Championships, 1203 |
| 2. Grove City (4) |
79 |
3rd (of 10) at PAC Championships, 1241 |
| 3. Washington & Jefferson |
68 |
2nd (of 10) at PAC Championships, 1225 |
| 4. Saint Vincent |
63 |
4th (of 10) at PAC Championships, 1248 |
| 5. Westminster |
57 |
6th (of 10) at PAC Championships, 1267 |
| 6. Waynesburg |
42 |
7th (of 10) at PAC Championships, 1285 |
| 7. Thiel |
33 |
5th (of 10) at PAC Championships, 1266 |
| 8. Bethany |
31 |
8th (of 10) at PAC Championships, 1219 |
| 9. Geneva |
27 |
10th (of 10) at PAC Championships, 1325 |
| 10. Hiram |
18 |
9th (of 10) at PAC Championships, 1321 |
| Saint Francis * |
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12th at NEC Championships |
Women's Prospectus
Eutsey opened the fall campaign with a 10th-place finish at the Westminster Invitational. She fired a 96 (+25) with three pars. Hefner was 16th at Westminster with a 101 (+30) and two pars.
Hefner finished 19th at the PAC Championships last season while Eutsey was 21st. The Cats finished seventh as a squad.
Thiel was picked to tie for seventh in the Pre-Championships Coaches' Poll. The complete poll can be found below.
| 1. Westminster (9) |
106 |
2nd (of 9) at PAC Championships, 1343 |
| 2. Grove City |
93 |
3rd (of 9) at PAC Championships, 1440 |
| 3. Allegheny (2) |
87 |
4th (of 9) at PAC Championships, 1483 |
| 4. Washington & Jefferson |
82 |
1st (of 9) at PAC Championships, 1332 |
| 5. Saint Vincent (1) |
68 |
5th (of 9) at PAC Championships, 1498 |
| 6. Geneva |
54 |
9th (of 9) at PAC Championships, 1708 |
| 7t. Thiel |
43 |
7th (of 9) at PAC Championships, 1648 |
| 7t. Franciscan |
43 |
6th (of 9) at PAC Championships, 1591 |
| 9. Waynesburg |
42 |
8th (of 9) at PAC Championships, 1690 |
| 10. Bethany |
28 |
Did not score as a team at PAC Championships |
| 11. Hiram |
25 |
Did not score as a team at PAC Championships |
| Saint Francis * |
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8th at NEC Championships |
