Tournament Central
CALIFORNIA (May 10) – The California (PA) men's golf team will compete at the NCAA Atlantic/East Regional Championships this week on May 11-13 at the Iron Valley Golf Club in Lebanon, Pennsylvania.
The Vulcans earned an at-large team qualifier to the championships as the ninth seed in Atlantic Region. Cal is making back-to-back team appearances at the event after previously making 11-consecutive team appearances from 2009-19 under head coach
Peter Coughlin.
Millersville, which is the sixth seed from the Atlantic Region, will serve as host for the regional championships. The event features 20 team qualifiers with five automatic-qualifiers awarded to conference champions, plus an additional eight individual qualifiers.
Cal previously played at Iron Valley Golf Club on April 24-25 when it hosted a 25-team event in its final tournament of the regular season. The course, which plays at 6,636 yards, features a hole breakdown of four par threes, 10 par fours and four par fives.
LINEUP
1.
Connor Alfieri | Junior
Alfieri leads the team with a scoring average of 74.8 strokes while playing all nine events this year. He tied for second overall in a field of 132 golfers while at Iron Valley with a two-over 146 (74-72) last month. Alfieri has fired a pair of sub-70 rounds this season and has posted four top-10 finishes this season.
2.
Cole Villa | Sophomore
Villa has also played all nine events this season and ranks second on the team with a scoring average of 76.9 strokes. He has carded a low round of 71 three times, all at the West Liberty Invitational, and placed among the top 15 in three-straight events during the spring.
3.
Reese Watson | Junior
Watson registered a top-15 finish while at Iron Valley last month after shooting a six-over 150 (77-73). He has posted a scoring average of 77.0 strokes over seven events after carding an opening-round 77 in each of his last three tournaments.
4.
Matthew Dolan | Junior
Dolan holds a scoring average of 77.7 strokes in five events this year, including four in the spring campaign. He tied for fourth overall with a five-over 149 (73-76) while playing as an individual at the Mercyhurst Spring Invitational.
5.
Brandon Singer | Junior
Singer has played in eight events this season after playing in seven combined events the previous two years. He maintains a scoring average of 77.6 strokes and has played three events at five-over or better.
ADVANCE
The top-three teams and the top-two golfers not with a team from the regional will advance to the NCAA National Championships on May 22-26 at Avalon Lakes Country Club in Warren, Ohio.
