Flames disc golfers sweep men’s divisions of New England Regional tournament

Saturday, November 7

Leicester, MA

8:00 AM-5:00 PM

Liberty University Club Sports

Disc Golf Regional Championships

The Flames' D1, D2, and D3 men's disc golf teams with Head Coach Steve Bowman (right) and Assistant Coach Devin Swartz (left) captured all three Northeast Region tournament team crowns.

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Liberty brought its top three four-man teams to the last event of the fall schedule and came away as three-time champs.

D1 disc golf players — D1 players (in red, from left) Addison Sells, Ryan Mulder, Daniel Perry, and Tyler Peterson,

The three Liberty University men's disc golf teams that traveled to the New England Regional Championships held Saturday and Sunday in Leicester, Mass., all won their respective divisions in the tournament that featured 10 programs.

"We already were fully qualified for the (April 7–10, 2027, College Disc Golf National Championships in Rock Hill, S.C.)," Flames Head Coach Steve Bowman said. "This was for more tournament experience and to play on the world's No. 1-rated course."

Junior Addison Sells, sophomores Tyler Peterson and Daniel Perry, and freshman Ryan Mulder formed the Flames' Division 1 team that defeated the runner-up foursome from Worcester Polytechnic Institute by two strokes with a combined 13-under par final round. Individually, Peterson finished third in the round of singles, three strokes off the lead.

D2 disc golf team winners — Winning D2 players (in red, from left) Kyle Sennett, Jack Dugar (the individual singles champion), Jonah Burdick, and John Wakimura

In Division 2, Liberty graduates Kyle Sennett and Jonah Burdick, sophomore John Wakimura, and freshman Jack Dugar finished at 5-under par and won by 15 strokes over North Carolina State. The Flames also earned at least a share of all three podium spots in singles play with Dugar (7-under) finishing four strokes in front of Wakimura (3-under) and Burdick tying for third place at 1-under.

Liberty senior Andrew Hathaway, sophomores Casey Stoope and Eston Garcia, and freshman Bryce Warren won Division 3 by carding a round of 22-under, beating Rochester Tech by 27 strokes. Hathaway (9-under) won the singles competition by three strokes over Stoope and Garcia (2-under) tied for third place.

D3 men's disc golf team — D3 champions (in red, from left) Eston Garcia, Casey Stoope, Andrew Hathaway, and Bryce Warren

The Flames and Lady Flames will next compete at a tournament hosted by Milligan (Tenn.) University in February before putting on their annual Flamethrower National Qualifier on March 6-7 on the back nine at Ivy Hill Golf Course and at New London Tech Disc Golf, the professional course rated the best in Virginia, designed by six-time PDGA world champion Paul McBeth.