UCM Earns No. 2 Seed in Men's Golf Regional

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Central Missouri, the MIAA automatic qualifier to the NCAA Division II Men’s Golf Tournament, has earned the No. 2 seed in the South Central Region for the Midwest/South Central Regional, the NCAA announced. The regional tournament will be played May 3-5 at The Territory Golf Club in Duncan, Okla., and will be hosted by Cameron University.

There will be four regional sites in which two regions will meet and conduct regional tournaments. The regional tournaments will be paired as follows:

Atlantic and East
South and Southeast
Midwest and South Central
Central and West
Conference automatic qualifiers are indicated in brackets next to the institution's name.

ATLANTIC/EAST REGIONAL
The Resort at Glade Springs; Daniels, W. Va.; hosted by the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and Concord University.

Atlantic Region:
1. Indiana (Pennsylvania)
2. Concord
3. Ohio Valley [West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference]
4. California (Pennsylvania)
5. Clarion
6. Charleston (West Virginia)
7. Millersville
8. Bluefield State
9. Virginia State [Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association]
10. West Liberty

Individuals:
1. Drew Deimel, Gannon
2. Kenny Bethea, Livingston
3. Tyler Bidwell, Mercyhurst
4. Mike Gervais, West Virginia Wesleyan

East Region:
1. Wilmington (Delaware)
2. American International
3. Post [Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference]
4. St. Thomas Aquinas
5. Adelphi [Northeast-10 Conference]
6. Le Moyne
7. Massachusetts-Lowell
8. Dowling
9. Goldey-Beacom
10. Nyack

Individuals:
1. D.J. Lantz, Southern New Hampshire
2. Jonathan Radick, Holy Family
3. Matt Horton, Saint Rose
4. Joseph Leardo, Felician

SOUTH/SOUTHEAST REGIONAL
Wilson Country Club; Wilson, N.C.; hosted by Barton College.

South Region:
1. Barry
2. Florida Southern [Sunshine State Conference]
3. North Alabama [Gulf South Conference]
4. West Florida
5. Nova Southeastern
6. Lynn
7. Valdosta State
8. Rollins
9. Saint Leo
10. Arkansas Tech

Individuals:
1. Ben Cuzen, Henderson State
2. Chase Smith, Delta State
3. Bryn Powers, West Georgia
4. Zach Potter, Florida Tech

Southeast Region:
1. Georgia College [Peach Belt Conference]
2. Barton
3. Lander
4. Belmont Abbey [Conference Carolinas]
5. Flagler
6. Queens (North Carolina)
7. Armstrong Atlantic State
8. Newberry
9. Columbus State
10. Lincoln Memorial [South Atlantic Conference]

Individuals:
1. Brad Caldwell, North Greenville
2. Wade Binfield, Clayton State
3. Craig Gibson, Georgia Southwestern State
4. Jordan Waler, UNC Pembroke

MIDWEST/SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL
The Territory Golf Club; Duncan, Okla.; hosted by Cameron University.

Midwest Region:
1. Ferris State
2. Wayne State (Michigan)
3. Indianapolis
4. Grand Valley State [Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletics Conference]
5. Drury
6. Northern Kentucky [Great Lakes Valley Conference]
7. Wisconsin-Parkside
8. Saginaw Valley State
9. Findlay
10. Bellarmine

Individuals:
1. Clark Fry, Rockhurst
2. Jay Overy, Ashland
3. Paul Dagys, Lewis
4. Matthew Rau, Missouri-St. Louis

South Central Region:
1. Abilene Christian [Lone Star Conference]
2. Central Missouri [Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association]
3. St. Edward's [Heartland Conference]
4. St. Mary's (Texas)
5. Dallas Baptist
6. Midwestern State
7. Cameron
8. Central Oklahoma
9. Newman
10. East Central

Individuals:
1. Brad Nipper, Southwest Baptist
2. Kyle Fouts, Northeastern State
3. Dustin Yeager, Washburn
4. Brady Wood, Northeastern State

CENTRAL/WEST REGIONAL
The Classic Club; Palm Desert, Calif.; hosted by California State University, San Bernardino.

Central Region:
1. Colorado-Colorado Springs [Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference]
2. Western New Mexico
3. St. Cloud State
4. Bemidji State
5. Fort Lewis
6. Colorado School of Mines
7. Minnesota State Mankato [Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference]
8. Concordia-St. Paul
9. Colorado Christian
10. Colorado State-Pueblo

Individuals:
1. Brady Strangstalien, Winona State
2. Greg Johnson, Regis (Colorado)
3. Devon Kastler, Nebraska-Kearney
4. Adam Fields, Wayne State (Nebraska)

West Region:
1. Cal State Chico
2. Cal State Stanislaus
3. Grand Canyon [Pacific West Conference]
4. Cal State Monterey Bay [California Collegiate Athletic Association]
5. Western Washington
6. Sonoma State
7. Dixie State
8. Cal State San Bernardino
9. Hawaii Hilo
10. St. Martin's

Individuals:
1. Ryan Indovina, Cal State Dominguez Hills
2. Cavin McCall, Cal State Dominguez Hills
3. Keith Okasaki, UC San Diego
4. Ryan Sheffer, Notre Dame De Namur

Sonoma State University defeated California State University, San Bernardino in an exciting two-team playoff to win the 2009 NCAA Division II Men's Golf Championships. This was Sonoma State's first men's golf national championship in school history. The championships were hosted at Loomis Trail Golf Club in Blaine, Wash., by Western Washington University.

Highlights of the NCAA Division II Men's Golf Championships will be shown on CBS at 2 p.m. Eastern time, Sunday, June 20.

For more information about the championships, log on to NCAA.com.