ST. AUGUSTINE – The Flagler College men's golf team learned Sunday night that they received one the at-large berths to the NCAA Division II South/Southeast Regional, which will be played at the Valdosta Country Club at Valdosta, Georgia, May 7-9.
 
This will be Flagler's ninth regional appearance and its second in a row.
 
The Saints are seeded ninth in the southeast. Georgia Southwestern State University (the Peach Belt Conference champion) is the top seed and is followed by Wingate University (South Atlantic Conference champion). Catawba College is the No. 3 seed and it is followed three PBC teams – Columbus State University, the University of North Georgia, and USC Aiken. Lincoln Memorial University is the No. 7 seed. USC Beaufort is the No. 8 seed and Emmanuel College (Conference Carolinas champion) is the No. 10 seed.
 
Four individuals have advanced to the regional. Matt McDougall and Sean Finnan of Lenoir Rhyne University, Ryan Jahr of Barton College, and Samuel Ankelstam of Young Harris College will compete.
 
The regional is paired with the teams from the south region. The University of West Florida (Gulf South Conference champion) received the top seed. Florida Southern College (Sunshine State Conference champion) followed as the second seed. Nova Southeastern University is third while Saint Leo University is fourth. Lee University, Barry University, Rollins College, Palm Beach Atlantic University, Lynn University, and Miles College (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference champs) round out the field.
 
The four individuals playing in the regional are Reggie Fear of Eckerd College, Alex Nilehn and William Carestam of Valdosta State University, and Ty Werynski of Delta State University.   
 
At a minimum, the top three teams and the top two student-athletes not with a team from each regional will advance to the finals, May 18-22 at the Boulder Creek Golf Club in Boulder City, Nevada. The remaining eight team berths will be allocated based on the regions represented in the prior year's head-to-head medal play portion of the championships, with the maximum number of teams from a given region capped at seven. The finals will be hosted by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.

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