Friday, April 27, 2018

INDIANAPOLIS – A pair of GNAC teams and an individual have been selected to compete in the 2018 NCAA Division II Men’s Golf West/South Central Regional, which will be held May 7-9 in Amarillo, Texas.

Simon Fraser will be the No. 6 seed from the West Region while Western Washington makes its 20th appearance to the Super Regional, this time as the eighth seed. Concordia senior Nick Huff is the lone GNAC individual to qualify for the event after achieving three top-five finishes this year.

The tournament will be held at the Tascosa Golf Club and will feature 20 teams and eight individuals. A total of 10 teams and four individuals comprise each region. Chico State represents the West Region as the No. 1 seed while UC-Colorado Springs is the top seed in the South Central Region.

Simon Fraser, the 2018 GNAC champions, enter the tournament as the conference leader with a 293.9 stroke average. The Clan is paced by senior Chris Crisologo, who is making his fourth appearance to the Super Regional. Crisologo leads the conference with a 70.6 stroke average and was one of four Simon Fraser players to finish within the top-five at the GNAC Championships.

The Clan has also been guided by the play of sophomores Sy Lovan and Scott Kerr. The duo finished in fourth and tied for fifth at the conference championships and are among GNAC leaders in stroke average. Senior Craig Titterington rounds out the Clan’s top-four as he was the runner-up at the GNAC Championships with a 4-under par 209.

Making its 20th straight appearance to the Super Regional, Western Washington will look to replicate last year’s tournament success where it tied for third place. The Vikings are coming off a second-place finish at the GNAC Championships and are second in the league with a 294.1 stroke average.

The Vikings are led by the GNAC individual champion, sophomore Ethan Casto, who is second on the team with a 73.9 stroke average. Freshman Brody Bonfilio looks to impress at his first regional appearance as he leads the team with five top-10 finishes this season. Juniors Cody Roth and Michael Butler are the two Vikings returning from last year’s regionals’ squad. In the 2017 edition of the tournament, Butler finished in a tie for 31st place at 2-under par 214 while Roth carded a 12-over par 228. Both players have featured in all nine of Western Washington’s tournaments this season.

Hall enters the tournament as Concordia’s stroke leader at 73.8 per round. The senior finished in a tie for fifth place at the GNAC Championships and has recorded a team-high three top-five finishes. Huff paced a Cavaliers team that averaged 298.8 strokes per round this year.