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Men's Golf Named No. 4 Seed in NCAA East Regional

       

Men's Golf Named No. 4 Seed in NCAA East Regional

NDIANAPOLIS, IN. --The NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Committee has selected the teams and individuals to participate in the 2007 NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championships and announced that Coastal Carolina will be the No. 4 seed in the NCAA East Regional at the Golf Club of Georgia in Alpharetta, Ga. Three regional tournaments, encompassing the current nine sub-regions, will be conducted May 17-19.

The championships will be conducted May 30-June 2 at the Gold Course at Golden Horseshoe Golf Club in Williamsburg, Virginia. Virginia Commonwealth University is the host institution for this year’s championships. A total of 27 teams and six individuals not on selected teams were assigned to each regional site. Ten teams and two individuals not on advancing teams will move on from each regional to the championship finals. Last year, Coastal tied for fifth at the NCAA Regional and tied for 15th at the NCAA Championships, falling in a team playoff to Brigham Young to move on to the NCAA Championship's final round.

"Each year, especially the last four years, our seed has improved every year," head coach Allen Terrell. "To be one of the top five seeds in the region, is a great acoomplishment for our program. Our goal seven years ago was to be mentioned among the elite in college golf and we feel like this has taken us another steop and put us among the top teams in the nation. We are excited about this opportunity to go somewhere close and earn our way back to the national championships and compete for a national title."

Most recently, the Chanticleers posted a wire-to-wire, 23-shot victory at the 2007 PUPS Big South Conference Golf Championship, Apr. 18. The 54-hole, three-day tournament was played at Limestone Springs Golf Club (Par 72 - 6,987 Yards) in Oneonta, Ala., Apr. 16-18. It was Coastal's ninth Big South title in the last 11 years. Ranked as the top team in Region 3-North and ninth and 12th, respectively, in the nation according to the Nike/GolfWorld Coaches' Poll and GolfWeek, Coastal had previously captured the team title at the 2007 Administaff Augusta State Invitational, coming back from nine shots down in the final round and as much as 15 shots during the last 18, for a one-shot victory and successful defense of its team title. In that win at Augusta State, the Chants defeated nine 2007 NCAA Regional squads, including the East Region's No. 2 seed Clemson by 21 shots.

CCU has four All-Big South players from this year, led by senior Dustin Johnson (Myrtle Beach, S.C./Dutch Fork). Johnson continues to set the mark as he earned Big South Player of the Year and Medalist honors, is currently ranked fourth according to GolfWeek and was recently named to represent the U.S. at the Palmer Cup. Junior Zack Byrd (Calabash, N.C./Byrd Academy) was voted on the All-Big South squad along with junior Lindsay Renolds (Christina Lake, B.C./Heritage (S.C.) Academy). Freshman Sam Lyons (Little River, S.C./North Myrtle Beach) placed ninth at Big South Championships and also earned All-Big South honors for his efforts.

Listed below are the teams and individuals selected to participate in the championships. Teams winning automatic qualification are designated by their conferences in parentheses.

EAST REGIONAL- May 17-19
The Golf Club of Georgia- Alpharetta, Georgia
Hosted by Georgia Institute of Technology

Teams (seeded in the following order):
1. Georgia
2. Clemson
3. Florida
4. Coastal Carolina (Big South Conference)
5. Georgia Tech (Atlantic Coast Conference)
6. Georgia State
7. Charlotte (Atlantic 10 Conference)
8. North Carolina
9. Florida State
10. Duke
11. Auburn
12. Mississippi
13. Chattanooga (Southern Conference)
14. Alabama-Birmingham
15. UCF
16. Virginia Tech
17. Penn State
18. Old Dominion (Colonial Athletic Association)
19. Jacksonville State (Ohio Valley Conference)
20. Louisiana-Lafayette (Sun Belt Conference)
21. St. John’s (New York)
22. Eastern Michigan (Mid-American Conference)
23. Maryland
24. Longwood
25. Rhode Island
26. Hartford
27. Boston College

Individuals:
1. Duncan Stewart, Jacksonville
2. Fredric Sundberg, Campbell
3. Chris Narramore, Middle Tennessee
4. Matt Cook, Western Carolina
5. Russell Knox, Jacksonville
6. Jeff Dennis, North Florida

CENTRAL REGIONAL-May 17-19
Rich Harvest Farms- Sugar Grove, Illinois
Hosted by Northern Illinois University

Teams (seeded in the following order):
1. Alabama
2. Oklahoma State (Big 12 Conference)
3. Lamar (Southland Conference)
4. Texas A&M
5. Louisville (Big East Conference)
6. Tennessee (Southeastern Conference)
7. Tulsa (Conference USA)
8. Texas
9. TCU
10. Michigan State (Big Ten Conference)
11. Minnesota
12. Southeastern Louisiana
13. Northwestern
14. Texas Tech
15. Wisconsin
16. Purdue
17. Wichita State
18. Southern Methodist
19. Baylor
20. Kansas
21. Colorado
22. Nebraska
23. Oklahoma
24. Illinois State (Missouri Valley Conference)
25. Western Illinois (Mid-Continent Conference)
26. Siena (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference)
27. Texas Southern (Southwestern Athletic Conference)

Individuals:
1. Andrew Landry, Arkansas
2. Jorge Campillo, Indiana
3. Jordan Irwin, Houston
4. Mauricio Tamez, Oral Roberts
5. Mike Van Sickle, Marquette
6. Jason Kokrak, Xavier

WEST REGIONAL-May 17-19
ASU Karsten Creek Golf Course- Tempe, Arizona
Hosted by the Arizona State University

Teams (seeded in the following order):
1. Stanford
2. UCLA
3. UNLV
4. Southern California (Pacific-10 Conference)
5. East Tennessee State (Atlantic Sun Conference)
6. Brigham Young (Mountain West Conference)
7. Arizona State
8. Wake Forest
9. Arizona
10. UC Irvine (Big West Conference)
11. South Carolina
12. Washington
13. Vanderbilt
14. Augusta State
15. Pepperdine (West Coast Conference)
16. San Diego State
17. New Mexico
18. Oregon State
19. Colorado State
20. Oregon
21. California
22. Nevada (Western Athletic Conference)
23. Denver
24. Pennsylvania (Ivy Group)
25. Detroit (Horizon League)
26. Bucknell (Patriot League)
27. Monmouth (Northeast Conference)

Individuals:
1. Brian Locke, Loyola Marymount
2. Dustin Pimm, Utah
3. Darrin Hall, San Diego
4. Michael McRae, St. Mary’s (California)
5. Geoff Gonzalez, Cal Poly
6. Thomas Petersson, Pacific