Wildcats Take Fourth Place at Jackson T. Stephens Cup

LAKE BLUFF, Ill. (September 17, 2025) – After a final-round surge noticed the Wildcats declare the ultimate spot in match play, Northwestern males’s golf concludes the Jackson T. Stephens Cup in fourth place after falling to Arizona within the comfort spherical by a margin of 3-2.

Competing at Shoreacres in Lake Bluff, Illinois, the ‘Cats have been led Ethan Tseng and Rowan Sullivan, who every put factors on the board of their matches.

Sullivan entered match play recent off of a 7^th place end in stroke play, his highest consequence as a Wildcat thus far. After a back-and-forth battle noticed him path for almost all of the again 9, Sullivan went two-under-par on his ultimate two holes, ending the match one up over William Wistrand.

After making a triple bogey on the primary gap, Tseng rattled off eight consecutive pars to take the flip one up within the match in opposition to Arizona’s Connor Hamm. The match got here right down to the ultimate gap with Tseng main by one, matching Hamm’s birdie on the 18^th gap with a birdie of his personal to safe the victory.

Jeremy Chen took on Arizona’s Zach Pollo following a career-low 67 in Tuesday’s ultimate spherical, rattling off three birdies on his again 9 as Pollo took the match one up. Daniel Svärd overcame a bogey on his first gap to tie the match on the flip, however was in the end bested by Filip Jakubcik 3&2. Rounding out the group was Monty Holcombe, who carded three birdies in a 2&1 defeat to Dillon Dean.

FINAL RESULTS (Arizona 3, Northwestern 2)
Zach Pollo def. Jeremy Chen 1UP
Dillon Dean def Monty Holcombe 2&1
Ethan Tseng def. Connor Hamm 1UP

Filip Jakubcik def. Daniel Svärd 3&2
Rowan Sullivan def. William Wistrand 1UP

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The Wildcats now flip their consideration homeward, as they put together to host their annual dwelling match on the Windon Memorial Classic, September 29-30, at Knollwood Club in Lake Forest, Illinois.