WALLA WALLA, Wash. – The Linfield men sent two teams to Whitman's Confluence Classic on Oct. 23-24. Both squads tied for 10^th place of 13 teams at the Veteran's Memorial Golf Course and Wine Valley Golf Club.
 
The two Linfield teams finished with identical two-round scores of 624. Linfield "A" posted a 304 in the first round and a 320 in the second round. Linfield "B" collected a 303 and 321 in the tournament.
 
Junior Riley Lynch was the Wildcats' top performer, tying for 22^nd place for the "B" team with a score of 151 (+7). His outing included a low round of 75 on Monday. Fellow junior Bryce Hatcher was the "A" team's top finisher, coming in a three-way tie for 34^th place at 154 (+10).
 
Sophomore Grant Moen and freshman Zack LaPlaca tied for 37^th place with Tucker Lee of Pomona-Pitzer with scores of 155. Junior Trevor Price tied for 40^th at 156. He carded 74 in the first round, the low round of the tournament for the Wildcats. Freshman Patrick Baumann snuck into the top 45, finishing tied for 44^th with Puget Sound's Ethan Baker at 158.
 
Willamette finished at 571 (-5) as a team to take home the team title, wrapping up the tournament 10 strokes ahead of second-place Pomona-Pitzer (581). Jack McMullin and Andrew Kibbee took first and second place for the Bearcats, respectively. McMullin edged out his teammate by one stroke, earning medalist honors at 139 (-5). He was under par in both rounds, turning in a 68 on Sunday and a 71 on Monday. Kibbee scored a 70 in both rounds to finish as the runner-up at 140 (-4).
 
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Linfield's fall season came to an end in Walla Walla. The 'Cats played in four tournaments this fall, opening the season with a seventh-place finish at the Pacific Fall Opener. They followed with back-to-back fourth-place finishes at the Wildcat Invitational and the Northwest Conference Fall Classic.
 
The team will take a hiatus until the spring season. The schedules for both Linfield golf programs will be released at a later date.