Wittenberg wins the 2017 DIII Men's Golf Championship
2018 NCAA Division III Men's Golf Championships selections revealed
INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division III Men's Golf Committee has announced the teams and individuals selected to participate in the 2018 NCAA Division III Men’s Golf Championships.
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.
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Listed below are the teams and individuals selected for the 2018 championships:
| CONFERENCE | SCHOOL |
|---|---|
| Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference | Penn State-Behrend |
| American Southwest Conference | Texas-Tyler |
| Capital Athletic Conference | Mary Washington |
| Centennial Conference | Franklin & Marshall |
| College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin | Illinois Wesleyan |
| Colonial States Athletic Conference | Rosemont |
| Commonwealth Coast Conference | Western New England |
| Empire 8 | St. John Fisher |
| Great Northeast Athletic Conference | Johnson & Wales (R.I.) |
| Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference | Transylvania |
| Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Nebraska Wesleyan |
| Landmark Conference | Goucher |
| Liberty League | New York University |
| Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association | Hope |
| Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth | Stevenson |
| Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom | Manhattanville |
| Midwest Conference | Lake Forest |
| Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | St. Thomas (Minn.) |
| New England Small College Athletic Conference | Trinity (Conn.) |
| North Atlantic Conference | Husson |
| North Coast Athletic Conference | Wittenberg |
| North Eastern Athletic Conference | Penn State-Berks |
| Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference | Aurora |
| Northwest Conference | Pacific Lutheran |
| Ohio Athletic Conference | Otterbein |
| Old Dominion Athletic Conference | Guilford |
| Presidents' Athletic Conference | Washington and Jefferson |
| Skyline Conference | Farmingdale State |
| Southern Athletic Association | Rhodes |
| Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps |
| St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Webster |
| Upper Midwest Athletic Conference | St. Scholastica |
| USA South Athletic Conference | North Carolina Wesleyan |
Pool B Berths (2)
Emory
Southwestern (Texas)
Pool C Berths (7)
Concordia University Texas
Greensboro
Huntingdon
La Verne
Methodist
Saint John's (Minnesota)
Washington and Lee
Individuals (6)
Ben VanScoyk, Calvin
Lance Keiser, Ferrum
Ryan Muthiora, Kenyon
Jacob Arnett, Oglethorpe
Cade Lawson, Redlands
Ryan Isaacson, Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Wittenberg claimed its first national title in school history at the 2017 NCAA Division III Men’s Golf Championships, finishing two shots ahead of runner-up Guilford College. Josh Gibson, of Hope College, took home individual medalist honors after finishing one under par for the four-day event and winning a one-hole playoff against Garrett Brickley, of Wittenberg. The 2017 championships were played at Mission Inn Resort & Club, in Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida, and were hosted by Oglethorpe University and the Central Florida Sports Commission.