April 21, 2006

 

LE MOYNE GAINS FIFTH STRAIGHT NCAA MEN'S GOLF BID, 2006 NCAA DIVISION II MEN'S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP SUPER REGIONAL FIELDS ANNOUNCED

INDIANAPOLIS- Le Moyne College has earned its fifth consecutive bid to the NCAA Men's Golf Championship. Eighty teams and fifty individuals have been selected to participate in the 2006 NCAA Division II Men's Golf Championships super regionals.

Le Moyne junior Dan McCarthy (Syracuse, N.Y./Christian Brothers Academy), the winner of five tournaments in 2005-06, is a defending co-medalist. He carries a stroke average of 73.4 (+2) on the season.


The super regionals will be conducted May 1-3.  The sites and teams selected to participate are listed below.  Conference automatic qualifiers are indicated in brackets next to the institution's name.  The five super regional tournaments encompass the current ten regions.

The top team from each region within the super regional and the top individual not with a team from each super region (regardless of region) will advance to the finals May 16-19 at the Resort at Glade Springs in Daniels, West Virginia.  The finals will be hosted by Concord University and the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.  

Ten additional teams will earn berths to the finals. These teams will be determined based on the previous three-year average of top-10 finishes of a super regional at the finals. For the 2006 championships, the additional super regional allotments are as follows:

Atlantic/Southeast - Three
South/South Central - Three
West/Northwest - Four
 
NORTHEAST/EAST SUPER REGIONAL  
Speidel Golf Club; Wheeling, West Virginia; hosted by West Liberty State College.

Northeast Region:
1. St. Thomas Aquinas  
2. Bryant [Northeast-10 Conference]
3. Post [Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference]
4. Southern New Hampshire
5. Goldey-Beacom   
6. Pace
7. Dominican (New York)  
8. Le Moyne

Individuals:
1. Jonathan Carr, Nyack  
2. Jamie Bacon, Saint Rose
3. Brent Silano, New Haven
4. Joe Ingolia, Dowling
5. John Purple, Wilmington (Delaware)

Winner of each region advances to finals (2 teams, 1 individual)