The Oregon men’s golf team, fresh off a fifth-place finish at the Pacific-10 Conference Championships, was named the No. 11 seed Monday in the NCAA West Regional.
“That’s just about where we expected to be based on our district rankings,” Oregon head coach Steve Nosler said.
The Ducks are one of nine Pac-10 teams to qualify for the West Regional, to be played at the May 16 through 18 at the South Champions Course in Albuquerque, N.M. The top 10 teams and two individuals from each region will advance to the NCAA Championships beginning May 29 in Columbus, Ohio.
Pac-10 champion USC, ranked No. 6 in the country, was named the top seed in the West. Georgia Tech will represent the East as the No. 1 seed while Texas Christian locked up the top spot in the Central.
Texas and Minnesota head to the West as the No. 2 and No. 3 seeds, respectively, while Fresno State, Washington, New Mexico, Pepperdine, San Diego State, Arizona and Nevada round out the top-10.
Oregon will pair up with Nevada and No. 12-seed Ohio State in the first two rounds of the tournament.
Despite finishing third in the Pac-10 Championships at Corvallis’ Trysting Tree Golf Course on April 27, Oregon State was not invited to the NCAA Regional. Oregon State senior David Yarnes will compete as an individual.
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