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Carnegie Mellon Places Third at UAA Match Play Championships

Carnegie Mellon Places Third at UAA Match Play Championships

From Carnegie Mellon University Athletics

The Carnegie Mellon University men's golf team competed in the third-place match of the University Athletics Association (UAA) Match Play Championships on Sunday, March 13. The two-day event was held at Red Tail Country Club in Sorrento, Florida on the par-72, 6,768-yard course. The Tartans faced New York University in the third-place match and defeated the Violets 4-2.
    
Junior George Qian (Bettendorf, Iowa/Montverde Academy) topped NYU's Lucas Oberholtzer 4-and-2. Also picking up wins for the Tartans were sophomores Nikhil Mohan (Bangalore, India/Canadian International School) and Adrian Del Bosque (Monterrey, Mexico/IMG Academy). Mohan won 5-and-4 over Eric Tarakjian and Del Bosque defeated Qizhi Wong 3-and-2.

The deciding point was claimed by junior Jordan Klodowski (Kittanning, Pa.) who defeated Julius Oppenheimer 3-and-2.
    
NYU claimed victories with Matthew Love topping junior Brad Jennette (Pittsford, N.Y./Sutherland) 3-and-1 and Derrek Drozdyk defeating juniorAlexander Pomerantz (Warren, N.J./Watchung Hills Regional) 3-and-2.