SORRENTO, Fla. -- Augusta State will make its 11th NCAA Regional appearance in the last 12 seasons Thursday when the Jaguars tee off in the Southeast Regional at Red Tail Golf Club.
The Jags will be the No. 7 seed in the three-day, 54-hole regional,
which begins Thursday and runs through Saturday, May 16. The
University of Central Florida and the Central Florida Sports
Commission are serving as co-hosts.
Freshman Taylor Floyd will lead ASU out on the course at 9:20 a.m.,
off the first tee, followed by junior Jake Amos at 9:30, sophomore
Carter Newman at 9:40 and senior Janne Kaske at 9:50. Sophomore
Henrik Norlander, who leads the squad with a 71.71 stroke average,
will anchor the Jags’ lineup at 10:00
ASU, which will be paired with Kentucky and Georgia Southern, will
be making its first Southeast Regional appearance. The Jags took
second in last spring’s East Regional in Chattanooga, Tenn.,
and made three straight trips to the East Regional between 2002 and
2004 before being shipped to the Central Regional in 2005 and to
the West Regional in 2007.
ASU will be looking to advance to the NCAA Championships for the
11th time in 14 NCAA Regional appearances.
The NCAA’s modified format for the postseason features six
regionals around the nation. Thirteen teams and 10 individuals not
on those teams will compete at each of three regionals while the
other three regionals will have 14 teams and five individuals not
on those teams. The low five teams and the low individual not on
those teams will advance to the NCAA Championships, slated for May
26-30 at historic Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio and hosted by the
University of Toledo.
Live scoring of the NCAA Southeast Regional will be available at www.golfstat.com.
NCAA SOUTHEAST REGIONAL
May 14-16, 2009
Red Tail Golf Club
Sorrento, Fla.
Hosted by the University of Central Florida
& the Central Florida Sports Commission
Teams (seeded in the following order)
1. Georgia
2. Indiana
3. South Carolina
4. Central Florida
5. Florida State
6. Arizona
7. AUGUSTA STATE
8. Kentucky
9. Georgia Southern
10. Georgia State
11. Iowa
12. Charlotte
13. Campbell
14. Loyola (Maryland)
Individuals
1. Zach Sucher, UAB
2. M. Etienne Bussierres, South Alabama
3. Josh Brock, UNC Wilmington
4. Bill Jones III, Mercer
5. Kelly McHugh, Florida Atlantic