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ODAC Golf Report: Fall - Week 7

ODAC men's and women's golfers featured in six tournaments over the past week with some very strong results includings in an individual win by Til Wagner from Hampden-Sydney at the well-attended Golfweek October Classic. Batten won The Melee hosted at Williamsburg National Golf Club.

MEN'S GOLF - One Tournament

  • GOLFWEEK OCTOBER CLASSIC (Results): A large and deep field of 25 teams and 125 players headed south to Sandestin Resort & Club in Destin, Fla., with No. 21 Hampden-Sydney carrying the ODAC banner. The Tigers' finished 4th at 15-over 867, seven shots behind team champion No. 6 Illinois Wesleyan. H-SC's Til Wagner won the individual medal at 4-under 209 following 54 holes of competition.
  • JEFF ROOPE INVITATIONAL (Results): A total of 15 teams and 80 golfers competed at the Springfield Country Club in an Ohio-based event hosted by Wittenberg University. No. 23 Lynchburg placed 2nd at 3-over 867 with No. 50 Guilford in 6th at 31-over 895. The Hornets' Dylan Olinger posted a runner-up showing at 5-under 211, two shots behind the medalist from John Carroll University following 54 holes of play.
  • THE MELEE (Results): Three ODAC schools competed at Williamsburg National Golf Club with Batten entering “A” and “B” outfits joining “A” teams from Averett and Bridgewater. Batten won the event at 24-over 600 by five strokes over Drew University. BC placed 7th (+42, 618) with AU 8th (+53, 629), the Marlins' “B” squad in 9th (+58, 634). Batten's Sam Schueren was the top ODAC player in a tie for 3rd at 4-over 148 following 36 holes of play.
  • VSGA INTERCOLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIP (Results): The 77th playing of the VSGA Intercollegiate Championship was hosted at Meadowbrook Country Club in Richmond. The individual-based event featured players from Hampden-Sydney, Shenandoah, and Washington and Lee. The Tigers' Owen Lingerfelt and Garnett Hall tied for 3rd at 6-over 148 following 36 holes of competition.


WOMEN'S GOLF - Two Events

  • NCAA FALL PREVIEW AT KINGSMILL (Results): Four ODAC schools headed to Williamsburg to compete in the NCAA Fall Preview hosted at Kingsmill Resort, site of the 2027 NCAA Division III championships. No. 14 Randolph-Macon led the ODAC's contingent in 5th place (+36, 612) with No. 16 Washington and Lee in 6th (+37, 613). Lynchburg finished 14th (+158, 734) with Bridgewater slotted 16th (+166, 742). WLU's Toral Bhatt tied for 4th at 3-over 147 following 36 holes of play.
  • THE MELEE (Results): Just three teams and 16 total players competed in the women's edition of The Melee at Williamsburg National Golf Club. Shenandoah's full squad plus Meredith Pegram from Averett were in the field with Pegram finishing second at 19-over 163 following 36 holes of competition.
  • TORAL BHATT | WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY
    Bhatt, a sophomore from Milwaukee, Wis., collects her second straight ODAC weekly award after leading Washington and Lee at the NCAA Fall Preview hosted by Christopher Newport University at Kingsmill Resort in Williamsburg, site of the 2027 NCAA Division III championships. Bhatt tied for fourth overall with Amy Beanblossom from Washington University in St. Louis at 3-over par 147 following 36 holes of play on the par 72 layout set to 5,731 yards. Bhatt opened her tournament with only one blip on her scoreboard to go with birdies on the way to a 1-over 73. Her second round had a bit more color including a trio of birdies towards a 2-over 74. Bhatt, ranked 78th entering the event, finished four strokes back of leaderboard toppers Yixuan Chen from Carnegie Mellon University and Amanda Zheng from Emory University, who were ranked No. 24 and No. 1, respectively. Bhatt's showing improved her Clippd ranking to No. 23, which is currently the best individual placement for an ODAC player. Bhatt tied with Zheng for fewest bogeys (3) and tied with Emory's Carys Code for most pars (26) in the 75-player field. She tied for third in par-3 scoring (-1, 2.88) and tied for fifth in par-4 scoring (+4, 4-20).

    Washington and Lee, ranked 16th entering the tournament, finished sixth overall at 37-over 613 (309-304). The Generals moved up four spots to 12th in the country. Emory, the top-ranked squad in Division III, won the event at 18-over 594.

  • TIL WAGNER | HAMPDEN-SYDNEY COLLEGE
    Wagner, a first-year from Charlotte, N.C., turned his best collegiate performance on the way to winning his first collegiate tournament at the Golfweek October Classic hosted by Golfweek at Sandestin Resort & Club in Destin, Fla. Wagner finished with a personal 54-hole best score of 4-under par 209 following 54 holes of competition on the par-71 layout set to 6,623 yards on the Raven Course. All players featured in 36 holes on day one. Wagner opened with a nearly clean 5-under 66 powered by four birdies and an eagle on the par-5 532-yard 11th hole against just one bogey. Later that day, he offset five bogeys with three more birdies towards a 2-over 73. The next day, Wagner closed the event with a 1-under 70 that featured four birdies and a tournament-deciding eagle on the par-5 546-yard 17th hole. Tournament stats were not available for this event. Wagner entered the event ranked 47th in Division III by Clippd. His effort in Florida improved his ranking to an ODAC second-best 13th.

    Hampden-Sydney finished fourth in the 25-team table at 15-over 867 (287-290-290). The Tigers, ranked 21st before play began, improved to an ODAC second-best 14th as of Wednesday's published rankings by Clippd.

Toral Bhatt
Til Wagner

CLIPPD RANKINGS
ODAC WOMEN'S GOLF
 - as of 10/14/26 (1st ranking – note: the Hollins Cup for RMC and WLU does not feature in these rankings due to scoring technical difficulties; that tournament will appear in future published rankings)

Team Rankings (all)

  • Averett: N/A
  • Batten: 61st
  • Bridgewater: 146th
  • Lynchburg: 101st
  • Randolph-Macon: 14th
  • Roanoke: 160th
  • Shenandoah: 145th
  • Washington and Lee: 12th

   
Individual Rankings (top-200 or better)

  • 23rd – Toral Bhatt, WLU
  • 38th – Morgan Mussatt, RMC
  • 80th – Kelsey Sciacca, WLU
  • 81st – Grace Anne Haggerty, RMC
  • 83rd – Alexis Haller, RMC
  • 92nd – Lilly Hall, RMC
  • 102nd – Juliette Coffey, BATN
  • 106th – Mackenzie Cline, WLU
  • 122nd – Grace Saunders, LYN
  • 130th – Bella Scucchi, WLU
  • 174th – Morgan Maddox, WLU
  • 198th – Berkeley Bundy, WLU

CLIPPD RANKINGS
ODAC MEN'S GOLF
 - as of 10/21/26 (1st ranking)

Team Rankings (all)

  • Averett: 188th
  • Batten: 78th
  • Bridgewater: 76th
  • Guilford: 49th
  • Hampden-Sydney: 14th
  • Lynchburg: 19th
  • Randolph-Macon: 38th
  • Roanoke: 45th
  • Shenandoah: 12th
  • Washington and Lee: 15th

   
Individual Rankings (top-200 or better)

  • 6th – Hall Chapman, WLU
  • 13th – Til Wagner, H-SC
  • 18th – Braden Hermansky, SU
  • 21st – Charlie Wilkerson, RMC
  • 23rd – Jonathan McEwen, WLU
  • 49th – Cooper Mizelle, LYN
  • 77th – Mason DuHaime, SU
  • 86th – Dylan Olinger, LYN
  • 87th – Conor McCarthy, SU
  • 102nd – Bryce Jones, LYN
  • 117th – Luke Combs, H-SC
  • 131st – Groves Williams, H-SC
  • 153rd – Holden Yakola, GC
  • 164th – Thomas Sams, WLU
  • 167th – Ben Chamberlin, LYN
  • 171st – Matthew Teegardin, H-SC
  • 173rd – Jayden Hendricks, BC
  • 176th – Benjamin Afzelius, AU
  • 184th – Joseph Weinstein, H-SC
  • 198th – Oliver Tobin, H-SC