Kent State Mens Golf Advances To NCAA Central Regional At Notre Dame As 10th Seed
5/9/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
KENT, Ohio. The Kent State University mens golf team travels to South Bend, Ind., for the NCAA Central Regional May 19-21 at Warren Golf Course the NCAA announced today (May 9). Kent State, making its 15th NCAA Championships appearance in the last 17 years, received an automatic bid to the NCAA Central Regional - after winning the Mid-American Conference Championship last weekend - and is seeded 10th in the 27-team field.
The top-10 teams and top-two individuals from non-qualifying teams at the regional advance to the NCAA Championships June 1-4 at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Md.
The Central Regional field consists of the following teams, in seeded-order: Oklahoma State, Augusta State, TCU, Kentucky, Texas, Purdue, Minnesota, Michigan State, Oklahoma, Kent State, Texas Tech, Southern Methodist, Tulsa, Wichita State, Xavier, Texas A&M, Kansas, Arkansas, Baylor, Notre Dame, Lamar, Missouri, Kansas State, IUPUI, Jackson State, Detroit, Loyola (Maryland). Notre Dame is the host for this years Central Regional.
Kent State makes its third straight NCAA Championships appearance, having finished 10th at last years Central Regional at Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex, Kampen Course in West Lafayette, Ind. The Golden Flashes advanced to the NCAA Championships at Cascades Golf Course, The Homestead in Hot Springs, Va., where they finished 24th. Two years prior to that, in 2001, the Golden Flashes shared the regional title with Purdue and Oklahoma at Karsten Creek in Stillwater, Okla.
The Golden Flashes have advanced to the NCAA Championship finals 12 times, including a program-best ninth-place finish in 2000.
It will be the second time this season Kent State has seen Warren Golf Course in South Bend. Earlier this year, during the fall schedule, the Golden Flashes won the Notre Dame Invitational/Central Regional Preview by two shots over Michigan State, with junior Ryan Yip (Calgary, Alberta) claiming the individual title.
Kent State won its 14th MAC Championship last weekend, turning the tournament into an all-KSU event. Yip and redshirt freshman Tommy Wiegand (Avon Lake, Ohio) shared MAC Co-Medalist honors, while Yip and senior Peter Laws (Mississauga, Ontario) were named MAC Co-Golfers of the Year. Head coach Herb Page was named the MAC Coach of the Year for the 14th time, while Wiegand also earned MAC Freshman of the Year accolades. Kent State shot a MAC-tournament record 1,119, a 33-under total, that also included a KSU-record-tying low round of 271 (-17) in the tournaments opening round. That round also saw Yip also shoot a MAC Tournament-record-tying round of 63 (-9). All that, and with two rookies playing in their first MAC Championship.
Kent State has twice finished first at the NCAA Regionals, sharing the title in 2001 and capturing the championship in 1993. Jon Mills won the individual title at the 2000 regional, Kent States best-ever individual finish.
The following is a list of all the teams in the three regionals:
EAST: 1. Georgia, 2. Georgia Tech, 3. Florida, 4. Duke (Atlantic Coast), 5. Wake Forest, 6. Tennessee, 7. Georgia Southern, 8. Alabama, 9. Clemson, 10. Georgia State (Atlantic Sun), 11. Coastal Carolina (Big South), 12. East Tennessee State (Southern), 13. Indiana, 14. Central Florida, 15. North Carolina, 16. Louisville, 17. Virginia, 18. Vanderbilt, 19. Charlotte, 20. Penn State, 21. North Carolina-Wilmington (Colonial), 22. Towson, 23. Rhode Island, 24. Rutgers, 25. Maryland, 26. Army (Patriot), 27. Boston College. Individuals: 1. Jordan Dempsey, Mississippi; 2. Rob Langley, Furman; 3. Michael Thompson, Tulane; 4. Robert Dinwiddie, Tennessee State; 5. Joe Deraney, Mississippi State; 6. Chris Wheeler, Tulane.
CENTRAL: 1. Oklahoma State (Big 12), 2. Augusta State, 3. TCU (C-USA), 4. Kentucky (SEC), 5. Texas, 6. Purdue, 7. Minnesota, 8. Michigan State (Big Ten), 9. Oklahoma, 10. Kent State (MAC), 11. Texas Tech, 12. Southern Methodist (WAC), 13. Tulsa, 14. Wichita State, 15. Xavier (Atlantic 10), 16. Texas A&M, 17. Kansas, 18. Arkansas, 19. Baylor, 20. Notre Dame (Big East), 21. Lamar, 22. Missouri, 23. Kansas State, 24. IUPUI (Mid-Continent), 25. Jackson State (SWAC), 26. Detroit (Horizon), 27. Loyola (Maryland) (Metro Atlantic). Individuals: 1. Patrick Sullivan, Arkansas-Little Rock; 2. Scott Anderson, Ohio State; 3. Edward McGlasson, Colorado; 4. Garrett Chaussard, Illinois; 5. Chris Wilson, Northwestern; 6. Korey Mahoney, Eastern Michigan.
WEST: 1. UNLV, 2. New Mexico (Mountain West), 3. Auburn, 4. Arizona State, 5. UCLA, 6. Arizona, 7. Brigham Young, 8. South Carolina, 9. Southern California, 10. Washington (Pac-10), 11. LSU, 12. Pepperdine (West Coast), 13. San Diego State, 14. UC Riverside (Big West), 15. St. Marys (California), 16. Stanford, 17. Texas-Arlington (Southland), 18. Colorado State, 19. Cal Poly, 20. Fresno State, 21. Oregon, 22. Denver, 23. South Alabama (Sun Belt), 24. Illinois State (Missouri Valley), 25. Samford (Ohio Valley), 26. Princeton (Ivy), 27. Central Connecticut State (Northeast). Individuals: 1. Jeff Hood, California; 2. Garrett Sapp, UC Irvine; 3. David Kim, San Jose State; 4. Kenny Ebalo, Southern Utah; 5. Danny Bowen, New Mexico State; 6. Tyler Goulding, Air Force.
