IUP, Clarion's Schmader Advance to National Tournament
(DANIELS, W.Va.)---Indiana (PA) carded the tournament's low round of 298 as the Crimson Hawks came from behind to capture the NCAA Division II Atlantic/East Men's Golf Regional title. IUP's team total of 915 edged Fayetteville State by three strokes at the Resort at Glade Springs' Cobb Course.
Host Concord, which finished third, will join Fairmont State and St. Thomas Aquinas (NY) as squads that will advance to the NCAA Division II Men's Golf Championship later this month at the Loomis Trail Golf Club in Blaine, Washington.
Concord's Emmanuel Charmat claimed medalist honors by one stroke over IUP's
LEO ACKLIN and Fayetteville State's Joel Lynn. Charmat sandwiched rounds of 77 around a two-under par 70 to end the 54-hole event at eight-over par 224. Adelphi's Brant Kummerfeld grabbed one of the slots reserved for individuals after ending in fourth with a ten-over 226.
Ohio Valley's Sean Burke and Clarion's
JARED SCHMADER were part of a five-way tie for fifth place at 228 and locked horns in a three-hole playoff before Schmader prevailed to punch the second individual ticket to the national tournament from a non-qualifying team.
In the team competition, Clarion finished 11th (949) and California finished 16th (973). Complete details can be found on the
WVIAC Web site.
Three teams and two additional individual qualifiers from the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference have been selected to participate in the 2009 NCAA Division II Men's Golf Regional, May 3-5, in Beckley, W. Va. Concord University and the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference will host the regional, which is a combination of NCAA II's Atlantic and East Regions, at the Glade Springs Resort Golf Club.
Representing the PSAC in the 10-team field are Indiana (Pa.), Clarion and California (Pa.), ranked fourth, sixth and seventh, respectively. Darryn Deshong of Millersville and Tyler Bidwell of Mercyhurst make up two of the four players who qualified as individuals out of the Atlantic Region.
An entire list of Super Regional teams and individuals is detailed in the NCAA release below. More information can be found on the
WVIAC Web site.
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INDIANAPOLIS---Eighty teams and 32 individuals have been selected to participate in the regional competition of the 2009 NCAA Division II Men’s Golf Championships. Regional competitions will be conducted May 4-6. The sites and teams selected to participate are listed below. Conference automatic qualifiers are indicated in brackets next to the institution’s name. The four regional tournaments encompass the current eight regions.
The top five teams and the top two individuals not with a team from each regional (regardless of region) will advance to the finals May 19-22 at Loomis Trail Golf Club in Blaine, Washington. The finals will be hosted by Western Washington University. There will be four regional sites in which two regions will meet and conduct regional tournaments. The regional tournaments will
be paired as follows:
Atlantic and East
South and Southeast
Midwest and South Central
Central and West
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ATLANTIC/EAST REGIONAL
The Glade Springs Resort Golf Club; Beckley, West Virginia; hosted by Concord University and
the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
Atlantic Region:
1. Fayetteville State [Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association]
2. Ohio Valley
3. Concord
4. Indiana (Pennsylvania)
5. Charleston (West Virginia)
6. Clarion
7. California (Pennsylvania)
8. Virginia State
9. Fairmont State [West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference]
10. West Liberty State
Individuals:
1. Darryn Deshong, Millersville
2. Tyler Bidwell, Mercyhurst
3. Josh Arbaugh, West Virginia Wesleyan
4. Mark Johnson, West Virginia Wesleyan
East Region:
1. Adelphi
2. Post [Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference]
3. St. Thomas Aquinas
4. Goldey-Beacom
5. American International
6. Southern New Hampshire
7. Le Moyne [Northeast-10 Conference]
8. Massachusetts-Lowell
9. Wilmington (Delaware)
10. Dowling
Individuals:
1. Andrew Lee, Dominican (New York)
2. Kent St. Charles, Pace
3. Dan Garcia, Caldwell
4. Matt Horton, Saint Rose