LEWISBURG, Pa. // Led by Chip Deegan's (Jr / Newport Beach, Calif.) 4-over par 214 (71-70-73), the Navy's men's golf team closed out the 2025 Patriot League Championship in sixth place with a 21-over par 861 (285-279-297). The final round of the three-day, 54-hole tournament was played amid wind gusts in upwards of 30 miles per hour, as the teams struggled to fight the elements at the Bucknell Golf Club.

Deegan garnered Second-Team All-Patriot League recognition with his 12th-place finish. He opened the tournament one-over, but came back to shoot par in Saturday's second round. Sunday saw him turn in a 3-over par, the team's second-lowest round of the day to finish atop the Navy leader board.

Team captain Benjamin Valdez (Sr / Stevenson Ranch, Calif.) finished 3 strokes behind Deegan in 20th with a 7-over par 217. The 2024 All-Patriot League performer opened the tournament with a 2-over par 72, but bounced back to post Navy's low round of the tournament with a 2-under par 68 over the second 18 holes. He rounded out the tournament with a 7-over par 77 in Sunday's final round. Additionally, he was responsible for one of the two eagles made over the weekend.

Danny Auffant (So / Bellevue, Wash.) tied for 24th with a 9-over par 219 (72-72-75), while Jack Tarzy (Jr / Medford, N.J.), who finished just a stroke out of first a year ago, produced a 10-over par 220 in this year's tournament. His best round came in the second where he turned in a 1-under par 69.

Rookies Kaden Ausen (Puyallup, Wash.) and Ed Scott (Lemont, Ill.) rounded out the squad with the pair tied for 34th with a 12-over par 222. Scott shot the Mids' low round on Sunday with a 2-over par 72.


Tournament Notes
• Loyola (279-282-288=849) passed Army in the final round to capture the team title by 1 stroke over Holy Cross (285-276-289=85) and 5 strokes over the Black Knights (281-276-297=854) 
• Army entered the final round with a 4-stroke lead over both Loyola and Holy Cross, but shot a 17-over par 297 in Sunday's finale to fall the third
• Holy Cross' Nolan Schuermann defeated Lafayette's Quint Dingledine on the first hole of the playoff (Hole 1) to claim individual medalist honors. Schuermann finished the tournament with a 2-under par 208 (68-69-71), while Dingledine shot rounds of 69, 68 and 71.

2025 Patriot League Men's Golf Tournament Standings
1. Loyola / 279-282-268=849 / +9
2. Holy Cross / 285-276-289=850 / +10
3. Army / 281-276-297=854 / +14
T4. Bucknell / 283-285-287=855 / +15
T4. Colgate / 285-285-285=855 / +15
6. Navy / 285-279-297=861 / +21
7. Lafayette / 287-287-291=865 / +25
8. Lehigh / 293-291-289=873 / +33

2025 Patriot League Men's Golf Major Awards
Most Outstanding Golfer of the Year: John Heckel Jr., Army (Sr)
Most Outstanding Rookie of the Year: Jack Hartman, Bucknell
Coach of the Year: Steve Napoli, Holy Cross

First-Team All-Patriot League
T1. Nolan Schuermann, Holy Cross (Sr)
T1. Quint Dingledine, Lafayette (Sr)
3. Gustavo Rangel, Loyola (Jr)
T4. Robbie Herzig, Colgate (Sr)
T4. Jack Hartman, Bucknell (Fr)
T4. Leo Li, Colgate (So)

Second-Team All-Patriot League
7. John Heckel Jr., Army (Sr)
T8. Griffin Gavin, Army (Fr)
T8. Ryan Scollins, Holy Cross (So)
T10. Jake Roth, Lehigh (Jr)
T10. Eli Spaulding, Loyola (Fr)
T12. Chip Deegan, Navy (Jr)
T12. Patrick Pritsios, Bucknell (Fr)

### Go Navy ###