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STAC Golf Sits Atop the East, With 2024 NCAA Division II Men's Golf Championship Regional Field Set

STAC Golf Sits Atop the East, With 2024 NCAA Division II Men's Golf Championship Regional Field Set

The NCAA has announced the field of 80 teams and 32 student-athletes competing as individuals that have been selected to participate in regional competition of the 2024 NCAA Division II Men's Golf Championships. St. Thomas Aquinas College finished atop the final regular season regional rankings, released Friday, and have been selected to participate in the Atlantic/East Regional. Regional play will be conducted May 9-11 at the Oglebay Golf Resort in Wheeling, West Virginia and hosted by West Liberty University.

After concluding the 2023 fall semester finishing first (Adelphi University Panther Invitational), second (Southern New Hampshire University Penmen Invitational), third (Post University Eagles Invitational), eighth (Columbia University Autumn Invitational) and ninth (Southern New Hampshire University Granite State Opener) in five invitationals, the Spartans began their spring season with an tenth place finish at the Barry University Battle At The Shores and then followed that up by winning the St. Thomas Aquinas College Spring Invitational, finishing third at both the University of Mount Olive The Trojan and Columbia University Roar-EE Invitational events and finally, closing regular season play with an eighth place standing at the West Liberty University NCAA Atlantic/East Region Preview.

The top five teams and the top two student-athletes not with a team from each regional will advance to the finals May 21-25 at the Orange County National Golf Center and Lodge in Winter Garden, Florida. The finals will be hosted by the Rollins College and the Greater Orlando Sports Commission.

 

Tournaments will be conducted at four regional sites with regional pairings as follows:

Atlantic and East

Central and Midwest

South and Southeast

South Central and West

 

Teams and individuals are listed in rank order. Conference automatic qualifiers are indicated in brackets next to the institution’s name.

 

ATLANTIC/EAST REGIONAL
Oglebay Golf Resort, Wheeling, West Virginia; West Liberty University, host.

Atlantic Region:
1. Charleston (West Virginia)
2. Indiana (Pennsylvania)
3. Gannon
4. Glenville State
5. Millersville [Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference]
6. Virginia Union [Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association]
7. Pittsburgh-Johnstown
8. Livingstone
9. Davis & Elkins [Mountain East Conference]
10. Fayetteville State

Individuals:
1. Francisco Taboada, West Virginia Wesleyan
2. Mateo Zolezzi, West Virginia Wesleyan
3. Alex Turowski, Fairmont State
4. Reese Watson, California (Pennsylvania)

East Region:
1. St. Thomas Aquinas
2. Goldey-Beacom [Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference]
3. Post
4. Assumption
5. Adelphi [Northeast-10 Conference]
6. Dominican New York
7. Saint Anselm
8. Southern New Hampshire
9. Bentley
10. Franklin Pierce

Individuals:
1. Tyler Cleaves, Wilmington (Delaware)
2. Pablo Hidalgo, Felician
3. Aissa El Khadri, New Haven
4. Pablo Quintero, Wilmington (Delaware)