Golf NCAA Championship Information (Updated 05.14.09 at 11:25 a.m.)

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP INFORMATION

Port St. Lucie, Fla. -- Following the first round of competition at the 2009 NCAA Division III Men's Golf Championships, the Cabrini College Golf team is tied for 25th overall out of 38 teams. Freshman Chris Sarvadi (Carrollton, Texas / Carrollton Christian Academy) led the Cavaliers on day one, shooting a 1-over round of 73. Out of 185 golfers, Sarvadi is tied for 32nd overall at the end of day one.

Senior Tim Harner shot 5-over, while classmate Conor Trainor carded an 8-over round. Junior Chris Lawler (+11) and sophomore Mike Ryan (+13) completed Cabrini’s five-man line-up.

Host Methodist University (-9) leads the team standings after day one. St. John’s (Minn.) University (E) lists second. Skidmore College (+3) and Texas at Tyler (+3) are tied in third place.

Methodist’s Tom Cooper (-5) and University of La Verne’s Mitchell Fedorka (-5) lead the individual field after the first 18 holes. John Polingo from St. John’s shot 4-under.

Cabrini (+25) continues day two of the NCAA Championship on Thursday, teeing off at 7:50 a.m.

 

Click HERE for complete Day One results.




A total of 185 participants will compete at the 2009 championships.  Twenty-seven conferences were awarded automatic qualification for the championships.  Seven teams were selected from Pool B, which consists of independent institutions, and institutions that are members of conferences that do not meet the requirements for automatic qualification. The final two berths were reserved for Pool C, which are institutions from automatic-qualifying conferences that are not the conference champion and any remaining Pool B teams.  The top five individuals are selected from the remaining players who have not qualified with a team.  Listed below are the teams and individuals selected for the 2009 championships:

Conferences and Teams Receiving Automatic Qualification (27):

Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference - Penn State-Altoona    
American Southwest Conference - Mary Hardin-Baylor
Centennial Conference - Franklin & Marshall
College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin - Illinois Wesleyan
Colonial States Athletic Conference - Cabrini
Commonwealth Conference - Elizabethtown
Freedom Conference - Fairleigh Dickinson-Florham
Great Northeast Athletic Conference - Johnson & Wales    
Heartland College Athletic Conference - Transylvania
Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference - Central (Iowa)
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association - Olivet
Midwest Conference - Monmouth
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference - St. John’s (Minnesota)
New England Small College Athletic Conference - Middlebury
North Atlantic Conference - Husson
North Coast Athletic Conference  - Ohio Wesleyan
North Eastern Athletic Conference - Rutgers-Camden
Northern Athletics Conference - Milwaukee School of Engineering
Northwest Conference - Linfield
Ohio Athletic Conference - Otterbein
Old Dominion Athletic Conference - Washington & Lee    
Presidents’ Athletic Conference - Washington & Jefferson
Skyline Conference - Farmingdale State
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference - La Verne
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference - Oglethorpe
St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference - Maryville (Missouri)
USA South Athletic Conference - Methodist

Pool B Berths (7):
Carnegie Mellon
Emory
Huntingdon
La Grange
Nebraska Wesleyan
Skidmore
Wisconsin-Stout

Pool C Berths (2):
Redlands
Texas-Tyler

Individuals:
Blake Furgerson, John Carroll
Tain Lee, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
Chris Morris, Centre
Lucas Murray, Mount Union
Tyler Wollberg, Carthage

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