Wake Forest Athletics
Deacon Golfers Selected For NCAA East Regional
5/8/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
May 8, 2006
Indianapolis, IN - Wake Forest received a bid to the NCAA Men's Golf Regional for the sixth consecutive year when the Demon Deacons were invited to participate in the East Regional May 18-20, the NCAA announced on Monday.
Wake Forest will be the eighth-seeded team, out of 27, traveling to the Lake Nona Golf Club in Orlando, Fla., for the East Regional hosted by the University of Central Florida. The top 10 teams from each of three regionals advance to the NCAA Championships May 31 through June 3 at Crosswater Golf Club at Sunriver Resort in Sunriver, Ore.
The field at the 2006 East Regional is stacked with many of the nation's top teams. Ten schools are ranked in the top 25, including No. 1 Georgia, No. 5 UCLA, No. 9 UNLV, No. 11 Georgia State, No. 12 North Carolina, No. 13 Texas Tech, No. 16 Wake Forest, No. 19 Southern Cal, No. 24 Charlotte and No. 25 Coastal Carolina.
Other schools also headed for Orlando, in order of seeds, include Auburn, Tennessee, South Carolina, Florida State, Indiana, Notre Dame, Georgia Southern, Maryland, Jacksonville, Western Illinois, Wichita State, Rhode Island, George Washington, Richmond, Liberty, Army and Binghamton. Four ACC teams are in the East Regional.
The Deacons are in the East Regional for the fifth straight year. In fact, Wake Forest has been sent to a regional other than the East only once, in 2001. Last year, the Deacons won the East Regional at the Golf Club of Tennessee in Nashville.
Wake Forest, looking to earn a berth to the NCAA Championships for the 42nd time and the second straight year, has three national championships to its credit. The Deacons won consecutive titles in 1974 and 1975 and won a third crown in 1986.
Wake Forest has been invited to a regional 16 times in 17 years since the NCAA adopted the regional format in 1989. The Deacons have advanced to the Championships 11 times.
