Golf 10th In Region, Awaits NCAA Tourney Fate Friday

Golf 10th In Region, Awaits NCAA Tourney Fate Friday

AMERICUS, Ga. -- The Georgia Southwestern State University golf team sits 10th in the Southeast Region of the most recent NCAA DII College Golf Regional Rankings.

The Hurricanes are coming off a fifth place finish at the Peach Belt Conference Championship April 13-15 at the Slammer & Squire Golf Course in St. Augustine, Florida. Five Peach Belt teams are ranked in the region, including top-ranked conference champion USC Aiken, along with the other three teams who finished ahead of GSW at the conference tournament.

Runner-up Columbus State is ranked third, while Lander and Young Harris sit in seventh and eighth, respectively.

The final rankings will be revealed April 27 with the Top 10 teams in the Southeast Region advancing to the South/Southeast NCAA Tournament Regional May 7-9 at Rock Barn Country Club in Conover, North Carolina.

Sophomore First Team All-Conference and Peach Belt All-Tournament Team honoree Vincent Norrman is currently ranked as the 28th-best player in the country and is No. 10 in the Southeast Region. Norrman finished tied for third at the Peach Belt Conference Championship.