The full 16-team field features fellow Big Ten schools Indiana, Michigan State, Minnesota and Washington who join the Nittany Lions and host Wildcats. Cal Poly, Charlotte, Georgia Southern, Kansas, Kentucky, Marquette, Notre Dame, Oral Roberts, South Florida and UC Davis round out the field.
LAST TIME OUT
Penn State fired a 12-over, 296, during the final round of the Canadian Collegiate Invitational to move up four spots on the leaderboard finishing the week at 41-over, 893, and in eighth-place in the 13-team field.
Senior classmates Tim Peters and Alex Creamean paced the team during the week north of the border finishing tied for 15th and tied for 18th, respectively, in the 73-player field. Creamean moved up 13 spots over the final 18 holes to finish the week 7-over, 220, while Peters carded his best round of the week to open the tournament on Sunday firing a 1-under, 70, and concludes the tournament at 5-over, 218.
Junior Will Preston sandwiched a 76 between a pair of 75s to finish the week tied for 35th at 13-over, 226, moving up 12 spots on the final day. Freshman Ravi Desai had his best round on Monday carding a 4-over, 75, and finished the week 17-over, 230.
THE TEAM
Peters and Creamean will once again lead the Nittany Lions this week as they are joined by sophomore Jackson Saroney who competed as an individual two weeks ago in Canada.
Colton Lusk makes his second-straight appearance for the Nittany Lions while freshman John Curran slots into the lineup making his Penn State debut after firing a blistering 5-under in qualifying on Friday afternoon at the Penn State White Course.
NEXT UP
Penn State returns to action next week when the Nittany Lions travel to Kentucky for the Cullan Brown Intercollegiate at Lexington County Club on October 5-6.
