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Men’s Golf Run Ends in Super Regional After Stellar Season
The men’s golf team had a stellar season, qualifying for the Super Regional for the first time since 2019. The Marauders also placed third at the PSAC Championships in the fall. At the Super Regional, MU climbed five spots up the leaderboard on the last day, with 296, a score only bested by three other teams in the field, two of which were Fayetteville State and IUP, which, along with Davis & Elkins, finished in the top three for berths to the NCAA Division II Championships. MU’s seventh-place finish was its best at a Super Regional since 2013.
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BOBBY LUGIANO entered the last day of the Super Regional with a 3-over-par, but a challenging 11th hole put him at a 79 for the round and in a tie for 23rd for the tournament.
NOAH KEENER finished in a tie for 33rd, but he shot Millersville’s best round of the tournament on Saturday, posting an even-par 72.
CARL ERNST also turned in a solid 74 on the last day, finishing at 17-over for the tournament and in a tie for 53rd. CHRISTOPHER KNOX posted a 77 Saturday for his best round of the tournament. He tied for 92nd overall.
Before the recent spell of not qualifying, the Marauders, under Coach Scott Vandegrift, played in seven consecutive Super Regional events. MU’s best finish in the 20-team format was a fifth-place finish in 2013. Before the shift to the Super Regional, Vandegrift’s 2003 club won the East Region Championships in 2003 and advanced to the NCAA Division II Championships as a team for the only time in program history.
The MU men’s golf team played its way into the NCAA Atlantic/East Super Regional with a strong finish to the season. The team opened the spring season with a third-place finish at the Dr. Edwin B. Cottrell Invitational, a fourth-place finish in the Mike Bello Invitational, a seventhplace finish at the Spadafora Invitational, finished runner-up at the Husky Invitational, and seventh place at the Super Region Preview before being selected as the number-six seed in the Atlantic Region.
This marks the tenth consecutive season that Millersville has appeared in the NCAA Atlantic Regional and the 18th regional appearance for head coach Vandegrift, who has led the program for the past 38 seasons.
