INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference will be represented by Southwestern University at the NCAA Division III Men's Golf Championship this year.
Southwestern University secured one of the available Pool B spots to earn their trip. The Pirates earned a third consecutive SCAC Men's Golf title this season to enter the program's fifth NCAA tournament in the previous six years.
The Pirates finished in the top-five at eight of their nine competitions this year, highlighted by top finishes at the Schreiner Spring Shootout, the West Region Invitational and at the SCAC Championship.
The championships, which will be held May 15-18 at Grandover Resort, in Greensboro, North Carolina, will be hosted by Guilford College and the Greensboro Sports Commission.
A total of 216 participants will compete at the 2018 championships. Thirty-three conferences were awarded an automatic qualification for the championships. Two teams were selected from Pool B, which consists of independent institutions and institutions that are members of conferences that do not meet the requirements for automatic qualification. The final seven berths were reserved for Pool C, which are institutions from automatic-qualifying conferences that are not the conference champion and any remaining Pool B teams. The six individuals are selected from the remaining players who have not qualified with a team.
The top six individuals are selected from the remaining players who have not qualified with a team.
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