A three-over 73 by freshman Kyle Nagdeman led to one of six individual match play victories Thursday afternoon at the Crawfordsville Country Club in a dominating 9-1/2 to 3-1/2 win by Wabash over Rose-Hulman in the fall portion of the Little Giant-Engineer Match Play Classic. The Little Giants reclaimed the trophy taken by Rose-Hulman last spring in Terre Haute.
Nagdeman defeated Josh Fakes in heads-up play while helping the Little Giants to a 467-485 victory in stroke play. The Wabash rookie was three-over par, his best individual effort of the fall season, earning medalist honors. Senior JP Manalo was second with a 74, defeating Coy McNew by four strokes in match play. Sophomore Jordan Vice shot a 78, narrowly edging Rose's Kyle Wilson by a stroke. Sam Russell scored a point with a 79-85 victory over Dan Stanage. Bryan Arnold won 80-83 over Bret Holbrook. John Holmes added a sixth singles point in the match play scoring with an 83-90 win against Jeff Pekarek. (View photos from the match.)
Manalo and Arnold combined to defeat McNew and Holbrook 3&2 in team match play. Nagdeman joined with Kevin Andrews for a 4&2 win over Fakes and Anthony Sloan. Wabash also scored a match play point by winning the team stroke play. Vice and Russell split their team match with Wilson and Stanage for a 1/2-point for each squad.
The two teams will meet again in the spring for another match-play competition on March 22 at Hulman Links in Terre Haute.
Wabash will continue fall play this weekend at the Wittenberg Invitational.
Little Giant-Engineer Match Play Classic
Wabash 9-1/2, Rose-Hulman 3-1/2
Individual Play
Jordan Vice (W) 78, Kyle Wilson (RH) 79
Sam Russell (W) 79, Dan Stanage (RH) 85
JP Manalo (W) 74, Coy McNew (RH) 78
Bryan Arnold (W) 80, Bret Holbrook (RH) 83
Kyle Nagdeman (W) 73, Josh Fakes (RH) 85
Anthony Sloan (RH) 88, Kevin Andrews (W) 91
John Holmes (W) 83, Jeff Pekarek (RH) 90
Morgan Lollar (RH) 82, Kevin Wassie (W) 105
Team Play
Vice and Russell (W) vs. Wilson and Stanage (RH) --- Square (1/2 point each)
Manalo and Arnold (W) defeated McNew and Holbrook (RH) 3&2
Nagdeman and Andrews (W) defeated Fakes and Sloan (RH) 4&2
Pekarek and Lollar (RH) defeated Holmes and Wassie (W) [no score reported]
Stroke Play
| 1 | Kyle Nagdeman | Wabash College | 73 | 3 | |
| 2 | JP Manalo | Wabash College | 74 | 4 | |
| t | 3 | Brian Kiraly | Rose-Hulman | 78 | 8 |
| t | 3 | Coy McNew | Rose-Hulman | 78 | 8 |
| t | 3 | Jordan Vice | Wabash College | 78 | 8 |
| t | 6 | Sam Russell | Wabash College | 79 | 9 |
| t | 6 | Kyle Wilson | Rose-Hulman | 79 | 9 |
| 8 | Bryan Arnold | Wabash College | 80 | 10 | |
| 9 | Morgan Lollar | Rose-Hulman | 82 | 12 | |
| t | 10 | Bret Holbrook | Rose-Hulman | 83 | 13 |
| t | 10 | John Holmes | Wabash College | 83 | 13 |
| t | 12 | Josh Fakes | Rose-Hulman | 85 | 15 |
| t | 12 | Dan Stanage | Rose-Hulman | 85 | 15 |
| 14 | Anthony Sloan | Rose-Hulman | 88 | 18 | |
| 15 | Jeff Pekarek | Rose-Hulman | 90 | 20 | |
| 16 | Kevin Andrews | Wabash College | 91 | 21 | |
| 17 | Kevin Wassie | Wabash College | 105 | 35 |