PURCHASE, N.Y. – Ahead of the 2026 season, the Manhattanville University men's golf team has been voted fifth in the Skyline Conference Preseason Coaches' Poll.

A new-look men's golf team returns just three from last year's roster that finished in fifth in the 2025 Skyline Championship. Of those three, only Lam Pham () competed at the championship, where he finished 33^rd in the field. Pham is joined by Ryan McKenna (Spokane, Wash./Sheridan Hawks (NA3HL)) and Tyler Rolston (Newport, Pa./P.A.L Jr. Islanders (NCDC)) as the other Valiants that hit the links last year.

Four freshmen—Matthew Chris (), Max Griffin (), Jude Signore () and Ezra Zizmore ()—come to campus with plenty of opportunity to establish themselves as key contributors. The remainder of the roster features three multi-sport athletes joining the team for fall competition, with Brandon Paluszak (Powell, Ohio/Gilmour Academy) of men's hockey, Jack Roberts (Middlefield, CT/Lyman Hall) of hockey and men's lacrosse and Evan Kaloski (Center Moriches, N.Y./Center Moriches) of baseball looking to help the Valiants climb up the conference ranks.

The Skyline Poll is front by the defending champions of Farmingdale, as the Rams captured a sixth-consecutive title in 2025. Farmingdale earned seven of the eight first-place votes (schools could not vote for themselves in the rankings), earning 49 total points. Mount Saint Mary received the remaining No. 1 vote and placed third with 35 total points, one point behind second-place Saint Joseph's Long Island.

Manhattanville received 25 total points in the voting, four behind Yeshiva for fourth.

The Valiants tee off on the season on Sept. 11 at the Saint Joseph's Long Island Invitational at the Bellport Golf Club before hosting the Manhattanville Invite at the Links at Union Vale on Sept. 21. From there, four more regular season outings preface the two-day Skyline Championship on Oct. 18 and 19 at The Golf Club at Mansion Ridge in Monroe.

The full poll results are below:

Golf Preseason Poll
Rank, School, Points (First-place votes)
1. Farmingdale State, 49 (7)
2. St. Joseph's-Long Island, 36    
3. Mount Saint Mary, 35 (1)    
4. Yeshiva, 29    
5. Manhattanville, 25    
6. Old Westbury, 24    
7. Purchase, 15    
8. Mount Saint Vincent, 11

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