Missouri's Malnati and University of Ilinois headed to NCAA Regionals
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Updated: Tue 5/5/2009 12:15 pm
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SOUTHEAST
Date:May 14-16
Course: RedTail Golf Club, Sorrento, Fla.
Story lines: Top-ranked Georgia enters red-hot after a 13-shot victory at the SEC Championship. Can the Bulldogs win by more than 13 here?
Central Florida went 18-under par as a team to win the Conference USA title at Red Tail, with Simon Ward and Blayne Barber finishing 1-2. Local knowledge will be a huge advantage for the Knights.
UAB senior Zack Sucher, who is playing as an individual, finished third to Ward and Barber at the C-USA Championship. Sucher made the NCAA Championship last year but missed the 54-hole cut. Can he make it to Inverness this year?
TEAMS
1. (1) Georgia SEC champion
2. (14) Indiana
3. (10) South Carolina
4. (17) Central Florida Conference USA champion
5. (26) Florida State
6. (36) Arizona
7. (33) Augusta State
8. (42) Kentucky
9. (49) Georgia Southern
10. (60) Georgia State
11. (59) Iowa
12. (72) Charlotte Atlantic 10 champion
13. (118) Campbell Atlantic Sun champion
14. (213) Loyola (Md.) Metro Atlantic Athletic champion
INDIVIDUALS
1. (61) Zack Sucher, UAB
2. (150) Marc-Etienne Bussierres, South Alabama
3. (183) Josh Brock, UNC Wilmington
4. (259) Bill Jones III, Mercer
5. (209) Kelly McHugh, Florida Atlantic
SOUTH CENTRAL
Date: May 14-16
Course: Karsten Creek Golf Club, Stillwater, Okla.
Story lines: Top seed Oklahoma State picked up its third consecutive Big 12 title April 29, and is peaking at the right time. Freshman Morgan Hoffmann and sophomore Rickie Folwer are a tough 1-2 punch.
Arkansas is coming off its best finish at the SEC Championship in 13 years. The Razorbacks finished runner-up.
LSU snapped a five-year winless streak with three victories this season.
TEAMS
1. (2) Oklahoma State Big 12 Conference
2. (9) Arkansas
3. (20 TCU Mountain West champion
4. (16) LSU
5. (30) Chattanooga Southern champion
6. (38) Pepperdine
7. (41) Michigan State
8. (47) Baylor
9. (57) Northwestern
10. (65) Tulsa
11. (68) Denver
12. (88) Wichita State Missouri Valley champion
13. (143) Oral Roberts Summit League champion
INDIVIDUALS
1. (120) Trent Peterson, South Dakota State
2. (142) Peter Malnati, Missouri
3. (172) Tom Whitney, Air Force
4. (160) Kelly Kraft, SMU
5. (225) Eric Onesi, Old Dominion
6. (247) Chris Ross, Eastern Michigan
7. (257) Roger Sloan, UTEP
8. (347) Nate Page, Southern Utah
9. (249) Devin Carrey, Louisiana-Lafayette
10. (268) James Kwon, SMU
WEST
Date: May 14-16
Course: Lake Merced Golf Club, Daly City, Calif.
Story lines:Top-seeded USC is limping into the postseason (ninth, second, eighth in past three events). Even Matt Giles fell out of the top spot in the individual rankings after a T-24 at Pac-10s.
Oregon and Colorado are seeded outside the all-important top five (Nos. 6 and 8, respectively), but are coming off runner-up finishes in two of the countrys top conferences (Pac-10 and Big 12).
Fourth-seeded San Diego State is trying to make back-to-back NCAA Championships for the first time since their streak of 11 consecutive appearances ended in 1984. Fifth-seeded UC Davis, the Big West Conference champs, is making its first postseason Division I postseason appearance.
TEAMS
1. (3) Southern California
2. (13) Texas A&M
3. (15) Arizona State
4. (22) San Diego State
5. (31) UC Davis Big West champion
6. (35) Oregon
7. (37) New Mexico
8. (39) Colorado
9. (55) UC Irvine
10. (54) Kansas State
11. (66) Oregon State
12. (69) San Diego
13. (110) San Francisco West Coast champion
INDIVIDUALS
1. (97) Grant Doverspike, Fresno State
2. (163) Brady Johnson, Brigham Young
3. (194) Nick Delio, Cal State Northridge
4. (226) Scott Smith, Nevada
5. (123) Geoff Gonzalez, Cal Poly
6. (213) Robbie Fillmore, Brigham Young
7. (274) Mark Hubbard, San Jose State
8. (253) Kevin Tucker, Washington State
9. (222) Bhavik Patel, Fresno State
10. (368) Greg Moss, Loyola Marymount
CENTRAL
Date: May 14-16
Course: The Club at Olde Stone, Bowling Green, Ky.
Story lines:Washington, which has won its past two events by a combined 33 shots, is the top seed and arguably the hottest team in the country.
Player of the year candidates Cameron Tringale (Georgia Tech), Matt Hill (North Carolina State), Nick Taylor (Washington) and Mike Van Sickle (Marquette) go head-to-head.
This could be the final tournament for Ohio State head coach Jim Brown, who is retiring at the end of the season after 36 years in charge. The Buckeyes are seeded ninth.
TEAMS
1. (4) Washington Pac-10 champion
2. (7) Georgia Tech ACC champion
3. (23) N.C. State
4. (18) UCLA
5. (27) Mississippi
6. (40) East Tennessee State
7. (44) Duke
8. (43) Louisville Big East champion
9. (50) Ohio State
10. (45) Vanderbilt
11. (70) Middle Tennessee State Sun Belt champion
12. (101) Austin Peay State Ohio Valley champion
13. (179) Cleveland State Horizon League champion
14. (253) Bucknell Patriot League champion
INDIVIDUALS
1. (10) Mike Van Sickle, Marquette
2. (115) Sebastian MacLean, Xavier
3. (228) Trey Bowling, Eastern Kentucky
4. (271) Tyler Duncan, Purdue
5. (NR) John Montgomery, Alabama State
SOUTHWEST
Date: May 14-16
Course: University of Texas Golf Club, Austin, Texas
Story lines:Stanford hopes to get injured All-American Joseph Bramlett back in the lineup. The Cardinal finished fourth at Pac-10s without him.
SEC champ Billy Horschel has Florida back on track after a 13th-place showing at the U.S. Intercollegiate.
The most intriguing team from Texas? How about Lamar, who has won three times this season.
TEAMS
1. (5) Stanford
2. (8) Florida
3. (19) Texas Tech
4. (25) Texas
5. (21) UNLV
6. (32) California
7. (34) Lamar Southland champion
8. (48) Michigan
9. (53) Texas-Arlington
10. (61) Virginia Tech
11. (58) Mississippi State
12. (82) New Mexico State Western Athletic champion
13. (252) Jackson State Southwestern Athletic champion
INDIVIDUALS
1. (130) Glenn Northcutt, Auburn
2. (170) Ken Looper, New Orleans
3. (266) Cole Moreland, Auburn
4. (321) Adam Cornelson, New Orleans
5. (278) Cedric Scotto, Southeastern Louisiana
6. (162) Jeff Gerlich, Texas State
7. (258) Matthew Carvell, Southeastern Louisiana
8. (181) Corey Roberson, Texas State
9. (221) Fergal Rafferty, Sam Houston
10. (551) Gonzalo Berlin, Jacksonville State
NORTHEAST
Date: May 14-16
Course: Galloway (N.J.) National Golf Club
Story lines: Top seed Clemson is coming off a runner-up finish to Georgia Tech at the ACC Championship. David May shared co-medalist honors with N.C. States Matt Hill to lead the Tigers.
Illinois won its first Big Ten Championship in 21 years May 3. It was the Fighting Illinis fourth straight victory and school-record seventh on the season.
Alabama enters as the No. 2 seed despite finishing sixth at the SEC Championship. Freshman Bud Cauley, who finished T-5 at SECs, will need help from Hunter Hamrick (T-17) and Matthew Swan (T-17) if the Tide hopes to topple Clemson.
TEAMS
1. (6) Clemson
2. (11) Alabama
3. (12) Illinois Big Ten champion
4. (24) Tennessee
5. (28) Wake Forest
6. (29) Colorado State
7. (51) Kent State Mid-American champion
8. (46) Coastal Carolina Big South champion
9. (52) Virginia
10. (56) Penn State
11. (64) Minnesota
12. (63) VCU Colonial Athletic champion
13. (202) Columbia Ivy League champion
14. (203) Sacred Heart Northeast champion
INDIVIDUALS
1. (79) Kevin OConnell, North Carolina
2. (94) Dan Woltman, Wisconsin
3. (159) Robert Karlsson, Liberty
4. (728) Peter Williamson, Dartmouth
5. (1,061) Eric Hawerchuk, Central Connecticut
NCAA Championship
Date: May 26-30
Course: Inverness Club, Toledo, Ohio
