By: By Brian Harper
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KENNESAW, Ga. - The Kennesaw State men's golf team returns to the links this week as the Owls travel to Ocala, Fla., for the NCAA Florida Regional Championship May 19-21. The venue for the event will be the Golden Ocala Golf Club as the No. 43 ranked Owls compete against 13 other teams and five individuals.
"This is a very exciting opportunity for our team and the program to compete in post season play," head coach
Jay Moseley said. "We are proud of what we have accomplished thus far, but we set out in August to make it to the NCAA Championships so we know there is still a tall task at hand. We are capable of competing with all the teams here and we plan on going out and playing our best and proving we belong."
Four teams in the top-25 of Golfstat will join the Black and Gold, No.1 seed Florida (5), No.2 and reigning National Champions Augusta State (6), No.3 Arkansas (17) and No.4 Oregon (20). There are four teams ranked in the top-50 including No. 5 seed North Carolina State (28), No. 6 Central Florida (32), No.7 Baylor (42) and the No. 8 seed Owls ranked 43rd.
The remaining seeds for the regional are No. 9 seed Notre Dame (54), Missouri (56), Southeastern Louisiana (65), Jacksonville State (80), Georgia Southern (115) and the final seed Jackson State (233).
The selection marks the first time in the history of the program the Black and Gold have been selected as a team to compete in post-season play. Junior
Jeff Karlsson competed as an individual in 2010.
The participants competing for the Owls will be Karlsson, junior
Matt Nagy, senior
Chad Wilson, sophomore
Ben Greene and freshman
Jonathan Klotz.
The team will be vying for one of the top-five positions this week as only the top-five advance to the NCAA Championships in Stillwater, Okla. May 31-June 5.
Live scoring can be viewed at
Golfstat.com. For complete coverage of the NCAA Regional tournament and all KSU men's golf news, visit
www.ksuowls.com.
List of all Regional locations and participants:
Golden Ocala Golf Club
Ocala, Fla Hosted by Florida
Teams
1. FLORIDA (Southeastern Conference Champion)
2. Augusta State
3. Arkansas
4. Oregon
5. N.C. State
6. UCF (Conference USA Champion)
7. Baylor
8. Kennesaw State (Atlantic Sun Conference Champion)
9. Notre Dame (Big East Conference Champion)
10. Missouri
11. Southeastern Louisiana
12. Jacksonville State (Ohio Valley Conference Champion)
13. Georgia Southern (Southern Conference Champion)
14. Jackson State (Southwestern Athletic Conference Champion)
Individuals
1. Philipp Fendt, Louisiana-Lafayette
2. Jack Hiluta, South Alabama
3. Jacobo Pastor, Charleston Southern
4. Andrew Noto, Lousiana-Lafayette
5. Bradley Story, Alabama A&M
The Pete Dye River Course of Virginia Tech
Radford, Va. Hosted by Virginia Tech
Teams
1. Georgia Tech (Alantic Coast Conference)
2. LSU
3. Duke
4. Virginia
5. Oklahoma
6. Kent State (Mid-American Conference)
7. Virginia Tech
8. Ole Miss
9. East Carolina
10. North Carolina-Wilmington (Colonial Athletic Association)
11. Coastal Carolina
12. Lamar
13. Yale (The Ivy League)
Individuals
1. TJ Howe, Penn State
2. John Popeck, Maryland
3. Jake Katz, Binghamton
4. Vaita Guillaume, Campbell
5. Adam Hofmann, Vanderbilt
6. Chandler Brazeal, Wofford
7. Matt Moot, Campbell
8. Richard Fountain, Davidson
9. Herbert Day, Xavier
10. Peter Williamson, Dartmouth
Wolf Run Golf Club
Zionsville, Ind.Hosted by Indiana University
Teams
1. Alabama
2. Illinois (Big Ten Conference)
3. Iowa
4. Stanford
5. Wake Forest
6. Tennessee
7. Indiana
8. Florida State
9. Michigan
10. Charlotte (Atlantic 10 Conference)
11. Memphis
12. Wichita State (Missouri Valley Conference)
13. UMKC (The Summit League)
14. Sacred Heart (Northeast Conference)
Individuals
1. Eric Steger, Ball State
2. Nathan Sutherland, Miami (Ohio)
3. Cameron Carrico, Murray State
4. Johan Eriksson, Eastern Kentucky
5. Michael Powell, Indiana/Purdue-Indianapolis
Colorado National Golf Club
Erie, Colo. Hosted by the Colorado
Teams
1. Oklahoma State (Big 12 Conference)
2. Georgia
3. Auburn
4. Arizona State
5. Clemson
6. Chattanooga
7. TCU
8. North Florida
9. New Mexico State (Western Athletic Conference)
10. Northwestern
11. Colorado State
12. San Jose State
13. Denver (Sun Belt Conference)
Individuals
1. Michael Whitehead, Rice
2. Gabe Maier, Wyoming
3. Steven Lecuyer, Central Arkansas
4. Derek Plucienski, Southern Mississippi
5. Michael McGowan, North Carolina
6. Geoff Gonzalez, Cal Poly
7. Jarred Bossio, Idaho
8. Andrew Wyatt, Nebraska
9. Cody Schweinefus, Drake
10. C.G. Mercatoris, Robert Morris
Omni Tucson National Resort
Tucson, Ariz. Hosted by Arizona
Teams
1. Texas A&M
2. San Diego State (Mountain West Conference)
3. Texas Tech
4. California
5. Liberty (Big South Conference)
6. Washington
7. Pepperdine
8. Oregon State
9. Purdue
10. UC Davis (Big West Conference)
11. Arizona
12. Texas-Arlington (Southland Conference)
13. Loyola Maryland (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference)
14. Army (Patriot League)
Individuals
1. Zachary Blair, Brigham Young
2. Chris Gilbert, Kansas
3. Jason Shufflebottam, UAB
4. Gustaf Kocken, Louisiana-Monroe
5. Will Hogan, Missouri State
The Farms Golf Club
San Diego, Calif. Hosted by San Diego
Teams
1. UCLA
2. Texas
3. Southern California (Pac 10 Conference)
4. San Diego
5. Ohio State
6. UNLV
7. North Texas
8. Middle Tennessee
9. Tulsa
10. SMU
11. Pacific
12. San Francisco (West Coast Conference)
13. Cleveland State (Horizon League)
Individuals
1. Nick Delio, Cal State Northridge
2. Donald Constable, Minnesota
3. Travis Ross, New Mexico
4. Scott Smith, Nevada
5. Erik Van Rooyan, Minnesota
6. Bhavik Patel, Fresno State
7. Glen Scher, UC Santa Barbara
8. Jerry He, UC Irvine
9. Rick Lamb, Santa Clara
10. Donald DeNyse, Siena
( ) – teams in parentheses denote conference automatic qualifiers
