WASHINGTON, Pa. – The Washington & Jefferson College men's golf team looking to continue the success from last season and try to gain their first Presidents' Athletic Conference title since 2023.
 
2025-26 Schedule Review: The Presidents' 2025-26 slate featured many tough tournaments that helped prepare the team for success in the post season. W&J started the year as one of only two Division III teams to compete at the Malone-Glenmoor Fall Invitational before traveling to Central Pennsylvania for The Gauntlet, one of the premier Division III events in the region. The Red & Black closed out the fall regular season with three top five finishes in the Franciscan Fall Invitational, the Grove City Invitational, and the Bluffton Fall Classic. The team took this momentum into the Fall PAC Championships and took home a second-place finish.
 
The Presidents opened up the spring season traveling down to Florida for the Fernandina Beach Collegiate, another event that featured some of the top teams from the east coast of Division III. The team then went on a two-tournament winning streak, taking home titles at the Pennsylvania Classic, and the Thiel Spring Invitational. W&J continued their run of strong finishes with a third-place performance at the home Peter C. Rossin Memorial Invitational, and a second place showing at the McBride-Behringer-Allen Invitational. The 2025-2026 season ended with a second-place performance at the PAC Championships.
 
Newcomers: The W&J men's golf team welcomes six newcomers to the team as part of the Class of 2030. Additionally, the team has added two transfer students to the roster

Evan Anderson (Monongahela, Pa./Ringgold)		Fr.
Rider Bailey (Saegertown, Pa./Saegertown)		Fr.
Nicholas Haught (Venetia, Pa./Peters Township)		So.
Ben Miller (Canonsburg, Pa./Peters Township)		So.
Kabir Nath (Gurgaon, India/Laurel Springs School)		Fr.
Ben Taczak (McDonald, Pa./Canon-McMillan)		Fr.
Ryan Walther (Washington, Pa./Trinity)		Fr.
Hunter Werthman (Canonsburg, Pa./Canon-McMillan)		Fr.

 
Returners: The Presidents will be returning a strong lineup for the 2026-27 campaign. Junior Matthew Morelli (New Castle, Pa./Neshannock) returns to the lineup following his fifth-place performance at the 2026 PAC Championships. The First Team All-PAC golfer had an average round score of 74.89 last season and took home the individual title at the Thiel Spring Invitational. Morelli had three additional top three finishes during the 2025-26 season. Additionally, Sean Clark (Madison, Wis./Monona Grove) returns for his sophomore season. Clark averaged a score of 78.43 and brought home the individual title at the Grove City MBA Invitational. The two-time PAC Newcomer of the Week played in nine events last season and had three additional top-10 finishes throughout 2025-26.
 
Sophomore Davis Kittsley (Fox Chapel, Pa./Fox Chapel) played in five events last season. Kittsley averaged a score of 78.96 and had three top-15 finishes during his rookie season. Senior Ryan Steigerwald (Wexford, Pa./Mars Area) will be looking to have an increased presence in the lineup for his final season as a Presidents. In 2025-26, Steigerwald played in four events and posted a top 25 finish in each of them. The senior finished the 2025-26 campaign with an average score of 78.69. Sophomore Shane Williams (Peters Township, Pa./Peters Township) made an immediate impact in the Presidents' lineup last season. S. Williams placed in six events with four top 30 finishes. The sophomore averaged a score of 79.23 and was chosen as a PAC Newcomer of the Week last season.
 
 
Classmate Aftab Bakshi (New Delhi, India/Modern School Barakhamba Road) will also be looking to have an increased presence in the W&J lineup in his second season. Bakshi only played in three events last season, but placed in the top 30 in each of them. The sophomore opened his collegiate career averaging a 78.74 and had one top 10 finish. Junior Brandon Sapolsky (Pittsburgh, Pa./Avonworth) also only played three events in 2025-26 and similarly had three top 30 finishes. Sapolsky averaged a score of 79.07 on the year.
 
Senior David Corfield (Clinton, Pa./South Side Area) played in two events last season and had one top 25 result. Additionally, junior Bryce Williams (Harrison City, Pa./Penn-Trafford) played in one event and finished inside the top 30. Seniors Braden Dombrowski (Washington, Pa./Washington), John Joyce (Canonsburg, Pa./Canon-McMillan), and Trey Thompson (Erie, Pa./Cathedral Prep), along with juniors Joe Moolman (Brookline, Mass./Brookline), and Trey Perrell (Gaithersburg, Md./Our Lady of Good Counsel) will all be looking to pick up additional starts in the Presidents' lineup. Sophomores Alex Luke (Canonsburg, Pa./Canon-McMillan) and Nathan Gregory (Houston, Pa./Chartiers-Houston) will also be looking to pick up additional lineup spots as well.
 
Coaching Staff: Head Coach Matt Kluck returns to the helm for his 11^th year in charge of the W&J golf teams. Kluck currently serves as a member of the NCAA Division III Women's Golf Committee and on the Great Lakes Regional Golf Committee. Kluck is a five-time winner of the PAC Coach of the Year and has led the men's golf team to two PAC Championships.
 
2026-27 Schedule Preview: W&J begins their 2026-27 campaign traveling to the Malone Fall Classic (Sept. 4-5) to battle against Division II competition. The team will then travel to the Toftrees Golf Resort for the Toftrees Invitational (Sept. 13-14). W&J will be returning to the Grove City Invitational (Sept. 28) before closing out the fall regular season at the Red Wolves Invitational (Oct. 4-5). The PAC Fall Championships are currently slated for October 12^th and 13^th. The spring schedule will be released at a later date.