THE FACTS
Gettysburg finishes 11th
What: NCAA Div. III men's golf championship
When: Tuesday-Friday, May 20-23
Where: Midvale CC– Penfield, N.Y.

THE SKINNY STORY
After needing to finish in the top two in a four-team playoff to make the cut at the 2025 NCAA Div. III men's golf championship, Gettysburg posted its best two rounds of the championship to vault into a tie for 11th place in a field that started with 43 teams and saw 18 teams finish play after the 36-hole cut. The Bullets finished the 72-hole championship with a total score of 1,199 after carding rounds of 293 and 295 over final 36 holes. Gettysburg started the week with rounds of 306 and 305.

THE LEADERS
• Daniel Suter (Gaithersburg, Md./Milton Academy) fired a three-under par round of 69 over the final 18 holes – the fifth best round turned in during the last round, which began on Thursday afternoon and finished Friday around a weather delay. Suter finished 20th overall with a score of 295 after starting the tournament with matching rounds of 77 and carding an even-par 72 in the third round.

FOR THE FOES
• Methodist rallied with a final-round score of 282 to post a 72-hole total of 1,175 and win the team championship by five strokes over Illinois Wesleyan.

THE REST OF THE STORY
• Patrick Kilcoyne (Belmont, Mass./Belmont) finished tied for 40th with a score of 300. At the halfway point of the championship, he had carded a round of 77 on Tuesday at Cobblestone before posting a round of 75 on Wednesday at Midvale and finishing out the week with rounds of 75 and 73.
• Daniel Casanta (Southbury, Conn./Pomperaug) matched Kilcoyne with a final score of 300. He opened the championship with a round of 75 before posting a round of 78 at Midvale. His then shot even-par 72 on Thursday before wrapping up the week with a score of 75.
• Christian Deussing (Doylestown, Pa./Hun School of Princeton [N.J.]) and Myles Cunningham (Winnetka, Ill./New Trier), who both birdied their playoff holes on Hole 8 and Hole 9 respectively, to key the playoff victory, finished 83rd and 88th.
• Deussing fired three rounds of 78 or better to finish with a score of 314. He carded a 76 over the first 18 before firing an 86 on Wednesday. Over his final two days, he carded rounds of 74 and 78.
• Cunningham finished with a score of 319 that included starting the week with rounds of 78 and 76 before finishing with rounds of 84 and 81.

THE INSIDE STORY
• It was the first time in program history that Gettysburg made the cut at the national championship.
• The 11th place finish is the best team finish for any Centennial Conference team.