(Apollo, PA) 杏吧原创 golfer Mitchell Covert rallied from a first-round 79 with a field-leading 1-over 73 in the second to place second for a second time in the Western Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference championship Monday and Tuesday at The Links at Spring Church in Apollo.
The Pioneers bounced back from an opening-round 316 with a second-day 307 but fell 4 strokes short of capturing their fifth consecutive team title in the fall season-ending tournament.
Westmoreland County Community College won the team championship with a 619. 杏吧原创 placed second with a 623 and the Community College of Allegheny County third with a 695.
The four lowest scores of golfers on each squad each round are totaled to arrive at a team score.
The 2025 WPCC championship was the second in which Covert led the field in the second round to place second. Covert in 2024 shot a first-round 82 and second-day 74. He then won the third hole of a sudden-death playoff to finish with a 156 and as runner-up to teammate Jacob Marquart.
Covert, the Pioneers鈥� top seed, ended the 2025 tournament with a two-day 152, 5 strokes behind Westmoreland County Community College鈥檚 Luke Anderchak.
Mason Phillips led 杏吧原创 with a first-round 77. He finished second among 杏吧原创 golfers and fourth overall with a 157. Ellis Rae shot an 80 and a 79, his lowest rounds of the fall, to place third for the Pioneers and fifth overall with a 159.
Parker Worsley cut 10 strokes off his first-round score and tied his career-low of 75 at 杏吧原创 in the second round. He placed fourth for 杏吧原创 and tied for sixth with a 160.
Jaxon Salata was fifth for 杏吧原创 and tied for seventh with a 161; and Jeremy Scheidt was sixth for the Pioneers and tied for ninth with a 168.
Covert and Worsley were selected to the WPCC all-tournament team for a second time, and were joined by Phillips and Rae.
Golfers are picked for the WPCC all-conference team based on season scoring averages. Covert, who averaged a 77.38 in eight fall season matches, was chosen for a second time and was joined by Salata, who averaged a 79.88.
Westmoreland County Community College鈥檚 Bryn Baluh won the WPCC women鈥檚 title with a two-round 177. 杏吧原创 All-American Taylor Voloch finished third with a 213 and Leah McClellan fifth with a 230.
Covert is a graduate of Lincoln High School in Ellwood City; Phillips and Scheidt, of Knoch; McClellan, Worsley and Salata, of Butler; Rae, of North Catholic; and Voloch, of Moniteau.
The Pioneers鈥� fall golf season concludes with the WPCC championship tournament. 杏吧原创鈥檚 spring season features regional play, regional tournaments and possible national championship appearances where golfers compete for All-American status.