Pirates Begin NCAA Yale Regional, Monday

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Pirates Begin NCAA Yale Regional, Monday - Seton Hall University Athletics

The Seton Hall men's golf team will make its first trip to the NCAA Regionals since 2001 when it competes at Yale, May 16-18. Fresh off its first BIG EAST C...

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The BIG EAST champion Pirates will be paired with golfers from Virginia and UCF in round one.​

NEW HAVEN, CONN. – The Seton Hall men's golf team will make its first trip to the NCAA Regionals since 2001 when it competes at Yale, May 16-18. Fresh off its first BIG EAST Championship in 22 years, the Pirates have earned the No. 12 seed in the 14-team NCAA Yale Regional and will earn a trip to the National Championship with a Top-5 finish.

Tournament Details:
2022 NCAA YALE REGIONAL
Host: Yale University
Location: New Haven, Conn.
Course: Yale Golf Course
Course Vitals: Par-70, 6,766 yards
Dates: May 16-18, 2022

THE COURSE
In 1923, a 700-acre tract of swamp and woodland was given to Yale by Mrs. Ray Tompkins in memory of her husband. Under the supervision of Charles Blair Macdonald, the renowned golf course architect, champion golfer, and co-founder of the USGA, plans were made for an 18-hole golf course. With a budget of $400,000, Macdonald, in collaboration with Seth Raynor, designed a masterpiece which opened for play in 1926.

Today, the Yale Golf Course is recognized as one of the finest examples from the Macdonald & Raynor portfolios. Large greens with deep bunkers and wide, rolling fairways are the core of Yale's strategic and penal character. The Yale Golf Course is consistently recognized as the finest collegiate course in the nation. The course has been the site of every significant state championship, two USGA Junior National events, and NCAA Regionals in 1991, 1995, 2004, 2010, 2015 and again in 2022. The course has also been the home of the Nike Connecticut Open.

The 6,766-yard, par-70 course features large and deeply bunkered greens and narrow fairways that challenge golfers at all levels of play. Two of the holes—the 432-yard par-4 fourth and the 238-yard par 3 ninth—have been ranked among the world's 100 most difficult holes.

THE FIELD
The field consists of the 14 selected NCAA Yale Regional participants and five individuals. Below are the teams in order of their seed with their Golfstat ranking in parenthesis.

Teams:

1. North Carolina (5)
2. Texas Tech (8)
3. Wake Forest (17) – ACC Champion
4. Illinois (20) – Big Ten Champion
5. NC State (27)
6. Charlotte (31) – C-USA Champion
7. North Florida (39) – Atlantic Sun Champion
8. Georgia Southern (49)
9. Mississippi State (52)
10. Virginia (58)
11. UCF (68)
12. SETON HALL (90) – BIG EAST Champion
13. Yale (167) – Ivy League Champion
14. Sacred Heart (204) – NEC Champion

Individuals

1. Roberto Nieves, Delaware
2. Eddy Lai, UCLA
3. Caleb Manuel, Connecticut
4. Adrian Vagberg, VCU
5. Ryan Tall, Lafayette

THE FORMAT
Teams will play five golfers and count the four lowest scores per round. Teams are allowed to substitute a sixth golfer for any player in their lineup prior to any round.

THE LINEUP
Seton Hall will be bringing the following lineup to Yale:

1. Andres Acevedo, Graduate student
2. Gregor Tait, Graduate student
3. Wenliang Xie, Junior
4. Deven Ramachandran, Senior
5. Angus O'Brien, Freshman

Sub – Wanxi Sun, Sophomore

LAST TIME OUT
Graduate student Gregor Tait (Martlesham Heath, England) fired a remarkable 7-under-par, 65, to lift the Pirates to their first BIG EAST Championship in 22 years on April 27. Tait's effort earned him a share of the BIG EAST individual crown.

Tait started the day six strokes behind UConn's Caleb Manuel, but put together one of the finest rounds in Seton Hall history to catch the Husky and become the Pirates' fourth BIG EAST champion. He started his round with four straight birdies and added a fifth on the eighth hole, entering the turn at 4-under-par. He was still four-under through 15 holes before taking his game to another level when the Pirates needed him most. Tait eagled the par-5, 16th hole, parred 17 and birdied 18 with a lengthy putt that caused the Pirate faithful in attendance to roar.

The result?... a 7-under-par, 65, which ties Seton Hall's single-round par-72 record. For the tournament, Tait claimed the co-championship, with Manuel, with an 11-under-par, 70-70-65-205. His 205 is the second-lowest three-round par-72 total in Seton Hall history and shatters the program's record for a BIG EAST Tournament, which was 210 set by another former champion Lloyd Jefferson Go in 2016.

As a team, the Pirates entered the day just one stroke behind a duo of team leaders, Marquette and Connecticut. While UConn faded, Marquette and The Hall slugged it out back-and-forth until the Pirates took control late. Seton Hall finished with a 10-under-par, 278, in round three to win the tournament by three strokes over Marquette. The Hall's 278 is the lowest single-round in Pirate history at the BIG EAST Championship and the third-lowest par-72 round for any tournament.

PIRATE NCAA HISTORY
Seton Hall has made four prior trips to the NCAA Regionals, but none since 2001. The Pirates went in four consecutive seasons, 1998-01, led by Seton Hall Athletics Hall of Famer Eugene Smith, who was on three of those teams. More recently, former Pirate Lloyd Jefferson Go went to the NCAA Regionals in back-to-back years, 2016 and 2017, as an individual.

THE STAKES
In addition to the Yale Regional, there are five others being played simultaneously in Bryan, Texas, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., Stockton, Calif., Norman Okla. and Columbus, Ohio. The Top-5 finishing schools from each regional (30 teams total) and the low individual not on an advancing team (six individuals total) will advance to play in the championships at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz., on May 27- June 1.

TEE TIMES
The field will play one round (18 holes) over each day for three days. Competition on each day will begin at 8:30 a.m. As the No. 12 seed Seton Hall will be paired with golfers from No. 10 Virginia and No. 11 UCF in round one and will tee off of the 10th hole beginning at 9:55 a.m. The Pirate schedule looks like this for Monday…

O'BRIEN (HALL) – 9:55 a.m.
RAMACHANDRAN (HALL) – 10:06 a.m.
XIE (HALL) – 10:17 a.m.
TAIT (HALL) – 10:28 a.m.
ACEVEDO (HALL) – 10:39 a.m.

THE RESULTS
Live scoring will be available at GolfStat.com. Full day results will also be available at SHUPirates.com.

 

[Halldan1]

Brutally early but so far so good

Team - NCAA New Haven Regional - 2022-05-16

 

[HallX2]

Not the easiest draw. Good luck to the men.

 

[Halldan1]

Decent showing so far.

 

[Seton75]

Helluva job by this team regardless of how this goes.

 

[SHUisNJsTeam]

Is it three rounds and those finishing in the top 6 advance?

 

[HALL85]

Definitely a good start...all ranked teams ahead of them (and a few behind)

 

[The Crows Nest]

Definitely a good start...all ranked teams ahead of them (and a few behind)

very respectable. Showing they belong.

Good for them!

 

[HallX2]

In the hunt

 

[Fzacsattac]

We are in 7th place of the 14 teams. We need to be top 5 to advance to Arizona.

https://results.golfstat.com//public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=team&tid=25463

 

[Fzacsattac]

Individually, Andres Acevedo is tied for 9th, Deven Ramanchandran is tied for 15, and Gregor Tait is tied for 28th.

https://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=player&tid=25463

 

[Halldan1]

Acevedo, Pirates Impress in NCAA Yale Regional Round One​

The Hall is just two strokes behind the Top-5 after 18 holes.​

NEW HAVEN, CONN. – Graduate student Andres Acevedo (San Antonio, Texas) fired a 3-under-par, 67, and the Seton Hall men's golf team is in seventh place after a strong first round of the 2022 NCAA Yale Regional on Monday.

Acevedo had five birdies on the day and was without blemish through his first 13 holes. He is currently tied for ninth place among 75 individual golfers with a 3-under-par, 67. Illinois' Piercen Hunt currently leads the individual field at 6-under-par.

It's Acevedo's 10th sub-par round of the year.

As a team, Seton Hall shot a 5-under-par, 275, the second-lowest par-70 single-round score in program history. The top five teams after three rounds will advance to the National Championship. Top-seeded UNC and fourth-seeded Illinois are currently tied for fifth, only two strokes ahead of the Pirates after 18 holes.

Deven Ramachandran (San Rafael, Calif.) came through in a big way in round one with a 2-under-par, 68. The senior had only one blemish, a bogey on the par-4, No. 3 hole. Otherwise, Ramachandran had three birdies, including a 40-foot putt on hole No. 4, and 14 pars. He's currently tied for 15th place overall. It's Ramachandran's 17th career sub-par round.





BIG EAST Individual Champion Gregor Tait (Martlesham Heath, England) was a third Pirate to complete his first round under par. The graduate student had two birdies and 15 pars on his way to a 1-under-par, 69, on Monday. He's currently tied for 28th overall.

Angus O'Brien (Barwon Heads, Australia) continued his strong freshman campaign with a 1-over-par, 71, on Monday. O'Brien had three birdies and 12 pars, and is currently tied for 44th place.

Wenliang Xie (Zhaoqing, China) rounded out the Pirates' lineup. Although his score wasn't counted, it was far from poor. The junior collected 13 pars and a birdie on hole No. 16 on his way to a 3-over-par, 73.

Tournament Details:
2022 NCAA YALE REGIONAL
Host: Yale University
Location: New Haven, Conn.
Course: Yale Golf Course
Course Vitals: Par-70, 6,766 yards
Dates: May 16-18, 2022

TOURNAMENT LEADER BOARDS​
Team Leaders​	Player Leaders​	Combo Listing​	Statistical Leaders​	Twitter​

THE COURSE
In 1923, a 700-acre tract of swamp and woodland was given to Yale by Mrs. Ray Tompkins in memory of her husband. Under the supervision of Charles Blair Macdonald, the renowned golf course architect, champion golfer, and co-founder of the USGA, plans were made for an 18-hole golf course. With a budget of $400,000, Macdonald, in collaboration with Seth Raynor, designed a masterpiece which opened for play in 1926.

Today, the Yale Golf Course is recognized as one of the finest examples from the Macdonald & Raynor portfolios. Large greens with deep bunkers and wide, rolling fairways are the core of Yale's strategic and penal character. The Yale Golf Course is consistently recognized as the finest collegiate course in the nation. The course has been the site of every significant state championship, two USGA Junior National events, and NCAA Regionals in 1991, 1995, 2004, 2010, 2015 and again in 2022. The course has also been the home of the Nike Connecticut Open.

The 6,766-yard, par-70 course features large and deeply bunkered greens and narrow fairways that challenge golfers at all levels of play. Two of the holes—the 432-yard par-4 fourth and the 238-yard par 3 ninth—have been ranked among the world's 100 most difficult holes.

THE FIELD
The field consists of the 14 selected NCAA Yale Regional participants and five individuals. Below are the teams in order of their seed with their Golfstat ranking in parenthesis.

eams:

1. North Carolina (5)
2. Texas Tech (8)
3. Wake Forest (17) – ACC Champion
4. Illinois (20) – Big Ten Champion
5. NC State (27)
6. Charlotte (31) – C-USA Champion
7. North Florida (39) – Atlantic Sun Champion
8. Georgia Southern (49)
9. Mississippi State (52)
10. Virginia (58)
11. UCF (68)
12. SETON HALL (90) – BIG EAST Champion
13. Yale (167) – Ivy League Champion
14. Sacred Heart (204) – NEC Champion

Individuals

1. Roberto Nieves, Delaware
2. Eddy Lai, UCLA
3. Caleb Manuel, Connecticut
4. Adrian Vagberg, VCU
5. Ryan Tall, Lafayette

THE FORMAT
Teams will play five golfers and count the four lowest scores per round. Teams are allowed to substitute a sixth golfer for any player in their lineup prior to any round.

THE STAKES
In addition to the Yale Regional, there are five others being played simultaneously in Bryan, Texas, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., Stockton, Calif., Norman Okla. and Columbus, Ohio. The Top-5 finishing schools from each regional (30 teams total) and the low individual not on an advancing team (six individuals total) will advance to play in the championships at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz., on May 27- June 1.

TEE TIMES
The field will play one round (18 holes) over each day for three days. Competition on each day will begin at 8:30 a.m. Seton Hall will again be paired with golfers from No. 10 Virginia and No. 11 UCF in round two, but will now tee off the first hole beginning at 9:25 a.m. The Pirate schedule looks like this for Tuesday…

XIE (HALL) – 9:25 a.m.
O'BRIEN (HALL) – 9:36 a.m.
TAIT (HALL) – 9:47 a.m.
RAMACHANDRAN (HALL) – 9:58 a.m.
ACEVEDO (HALL) – 10:09 a.m.

THE RESULTS
Live scoring will be available at GolfStat.com. Full day results will also be available at SHUPirates.com.

2022 NCAA YALE REGIONAL - Team Scores Pos. Player R1 R2 R3 TOTAL PAR T1 Wake Forest (17) 267 267 -13 T1 North Florida (39) 267 267 -13 3 Georgia Southern (49) 270 270 -10 4 Texas Tech (8) 271 271 -9 T5 North Carolina (5) 273 273 -7 T5 Illinois (20) 273 273 -7 7 SETON HALL 275 275 -5 8 UCF 276 276 -4 9 Virginia 277 277 -3 T10 Mississippi State 280 280 E T10 Charlotte (31) 280 280 E 12 NC State (27) 284 284 +4 13 Yale 286 286 +6 14 Sacred Heart 309 309 +29

 

[tact]

Golf moving up. Currently in 4th

 

[HallX2]

Would be a big deal to advance. Would help with Met area recruitment which has been tough. Lots of very good Met area players.

 

[SPK145]

Golf moving up. Currently in 4th

Wow!! Fantastic!!!

 

[tact]

This would be a HUGE accomplishment if they can advance to the National Finals.

LETS GO PIRATES111111111111

 

[Halldan1]

Team - NCAA New Haven Regional - 2022-05-16

 

[williaza01]

Pretty cool. Anyone familiar with this course? Interesting how short it is and how much shorter it is than all the other regional sites.

 

[HallX2]

Pretty cool. Anyone familiar with this course? Interesting how short it is and how much shorter it is than all the other regional sites.

Generally considered among the best, if not the best, collegiate courses in the country. 17 great holes and a terrible finishing hole is the general review. It has even made top 100 in years past.

 

[SoOrange84]

Pretty cool. Anyone familiar with this course? Interesting how short it is and how much shorter it is than all the other regional sites.

I have played Yale 7-8 times over the years and it is an absolute blast to play.

While it is a relatively short course, finding the fairway and the right spot on the green are paramount as they are some of the craziest greens you will ever play

 

[williaza01]

I have played Yale 7-8 times over the years and it is an absolute blast to play.

While it is a relatively short course, finding the fairway and the right spot on the green are paramount as they are some of the craziest greens you will ever play

That is cool. seems like a cool old school course that was really done well with a renovation. This region is lowest to par by far

 

[TrueBlue1989]

Pretty cool. Anyone familiar with this course? Interesting how short it is and how much shorter it is than all the other regional sites.

It is a phenomenal course

 

[shu09]

Staying in the top 5 and advancing would be a HUGE deal. Hope they can hang on!

 

[HALL85]

Running 6th but running out of holes….gotta make up 4 strokes.

 

[lloyde dobler]

Running 6th but running out of holes….gotta make up 4 strokes.

Another round tomorrow

 

[GOHALL85]

Awful back nine for the group. Collectively they are +13 on the back nine. Only counting the top 4. Now even for the tournament, dropping 5 strokes today with only a couple left to play. They were -7 on the front. One player had a quadruple bogey. That hurts.

 

[HallX2]

Another round tomorrow

True. And they all need to go low. Tall order.

 

[Halldan1]

Gusty winds ruined a great start to round two for the Pirates, but they're still in contention.​

NEW HAVEN, CONN. – Graduate student Gregor Tait (Martlesham Heath, England) shot a team-best 1-under-par, 69, in Tuesday's windy second round and the Seton Hall men's golf team is in ninth place with 18 holes remaining of the NCAA Yale Regional.

It was a tale of two different performances in two round on Tuesday for the Pirates. The morning started beautifully with all five golfers excelling. At the turn, the Pirates were remarkably 8-under par for the round, in fourth place and only four strokes off the team lead.

Then the wind came.

Just as the Pirates were making the turn, a steady 14 mph wind kicked up with gusts significantly higher. Collectively, the Pirates were +12 on the back nine. They were -5 on the same nine holes 24 hours earlier. The end result was far from horrific, a 6-over-par, 286, but given their start, it makes you wonder where they'd be if the "winds of change" didn't arrive.

In their quest to finish in the Top-5, and advance to the National Championship, the Pirates trail fifth-place Texas Tech by 11 strokes entering Wednesday's final round. For the tournament, The Hall is 1-over-par with a 275-286-561. Wake Forest leads the regional at an impressive 21-under-par.

Seeded 12th and currently in ninth place, the Pirates are still ahead of a pair of Top-35 teams. No. 31 Charlotte is currently 11-over-par and No. 27 NC State is 23-over-par.

Tait was strong for a second consecutive round, and used four birdies and 11 pars to fire another 1-under-par, 69. It was his 30th career sub-par round, which ties former teammate Gen Nagai for second-most in Seton Hall history.

For the tournament, Tait is tied for 16th place with a 2-under-par, 69-69-138.

The top Pirate for the tournament continues to be Andres Acevedo (San Antonio, Texas). In round two, the graduate student was without a blemish through 11 holes, but struggled late. Still, his four birdies led him to an even-par, 70, on Tuesday.

For the tournament, Acevedo is tied for 11th with a 3-under-par, 67-70-137. He trails the individual leader, North Carolina's Ryan Gerard, by seven strokes.

More importantly, however, Acevedo trails the current advancing individual by only one stroke. The top individual that isn't playing for an advancing team (top five) gets the automatic qualifier to the National Championship. There is a tie currently for that position between Illinois' Adrien Dumont de Chassart, VCU's Adrian Vagberg, and a familiar face, UConn's Caleb Manuel, all currently at 4-under-par.

Angus O'Brien (Barwon Heads, Australia) was consistent again on Tuesday, using a birdie and 14 pars to shoot a 2-over-par, 72. Through 36 holes, the freshman is 3-over-par with a 71-72-143.

Senior Deven Ramachandran (San Rafael, Calif.) shot nine pars on the front nine, but had a rough time on the back, finishing with a 6-over-par, 76. For the tournament, Ramachandran is 4-over-par with a 68-76-144.

Wenliang Xie (Zhaoqing, China) was just 1-over-par on the front nine, but also faded late, finishing with a 5-over-par, 75. Entering Wednesday's final round, the junior is 8-over-par with a 73-75-148.

Tournament Details:
2022 NCAA YALE REGIONAL
Host: Yale University
Location: New Haven, Conn.
Course: Yale Golf Course
Course Vitals: Par-70, 6,766 yards
Dates: May 16-18, 2022

TOURNAMENT LEADER BOARDS​
Team Leaders​	Player Leaders​	Combo Listing​	Statistical Leaders​	Twitter​

THE COURSE
In 1923, a 700-acre tract of swamp and woodland was given to Yale by Mrs. Ray Tompkins in memory of her husband. Under the supervision of Charles Blair Macdonald, the renowned golf course architect, champion golfer, and co-founder of the USGA, plans were made for an 18-hole golf course. With a budget of $400,000, Macdonald, in collaboration with Seth Raynor, designed a masterpiece which opened for play in 1926.

Today, the Yale Golf Course is recognized as one of the finest examples from the Macdonald & Raynor portfolios. Large greens with deep bunkers and wide, rolling fairways are the core of Yale's strategic and penal character. The Yale Golf Course is consistently recognized as the finest collegiate course in the nation. The course has been the site of every significant state championship, two USGA Junior National events, and NCAA Regionals in 1991, 1995, 2004, 2010, 2015 and again in 2022. The course has also been the home of the Nike Connecticut Open.

The 6,766-yard, par-70 course features large and deeply bunkered greens and narrow fairways that challenge golfers at all levels of play. Two of the holes—the 432-yard par-4 fourth and the 238-yard par 3 ninth—have been ranked among the world's 100 most difficult holes.

THE FIELD
The field consists of the 14 selected NCAA Yale Regional participants and five individuals. Below are the teams in order of their seed with their Golfstat ranking in parenthesis.

Teams:

1. North Carolina (5)
2. Texas Tech (8)
3. Wake Forest (17) – ACC Champion
4. Illinois (20) – Big Ten Champion
5. NC State (27)
6. Charlotte (31) – C-USA Champion
7. North Florida (39) – Atlantic Sun Champion
8. Georgia Southern (49)
9. Mississippi State (52)
10. Virginia (58)
11. UCF (68)
12. SETON HALL (90) – BIG EAST Champion
13. Yale (167) – Ivy League Champion
14. Sacred Heart (204) – NEC Champion

Individuals

1. Roberto Nieves, Delaware
2. Eddy Lai, UCLA
3. Caleb Manuel, Connecticut
4. Adrian Vagberg, VCU
5. Ryan Tall, Lafayette

THE FORMAT
Teams will play five golfers and count the four lowest scores per round. Teams are allowed to substitute a sixth golfer for any player in their lineup prior to any round.

THE STAKES
In addition to the Yale Regional, there are five others being played simultaneously in Bryan, Texas, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., Stockton, Calif., Norman Okla. and Columbus, Ohio. The Top-5 finishing schools from each regional (30 teams total) and the low individual not on an advancing team (six individuals total) will advance to play in the championships at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz., on May 27- June 1.

TEE TIMES
The field will play one round (18 holes) over each day for three days. Seton Hall will again be paired with golfers from No. 10 Virginia and No. 11 UCF in round three, but will now tee off the first hole beginning at 8:25 a.m. The Pirate schedule looks like this for Wednesday…

XIE (HALL) – 8:25 a.m.
RAMACHANDRAN (HALL) – 8:36 a.m.
O'BRIEN (HALL) – 8:47 a.m.
TAIT (HALL) – 8:58 a.m.
ACEVEDO (HALL) – 9:09 a.m.

THE RESULTS
Live scoring will be available at GolfStat.com. Full day results will also be available at SHUPirates.com.

 

[Halldan1]

2022 NCAA YALE REGIONAL - Team Scores Pos. Player R1 R2 R3 TOTAL PAR 1 Wake Forest (17) 267 272 539 -21 2 North Carolina (5) 273 267 540 -20 T3 North Florida (39) 267 281 548 -12 T3 Georgia Southern (49) 270 278 548 -12 5 Texas Tech (8) 271 279 550 -10 6 Illinois (20) 273 282 555 -5 7 Virginia 277 279 556 -4 8 UCF 276 282 558 -2 9 SETON HALL 275 286 561 +1 10 Mississippi State 280 290 570 +10 11 Charlotte (31) 280 291 571 +11 12 Yale 286 296 582 +22 13 NC State (27) 284 299 583 +23 14 Sacred Heart 309 301 610 +50

 

[LBP43]

Tough position 11 strokes behind 5th place but Team was so awesome when they climbed to 4th after 27 - but there is no quit in this Team - Go Pirates

 

[Halldan1]

And they're off.

Tough hill to climb. But the players are doing the Hall proud. Unlikely they'll make the cut, but for Pirate Nation they have already given us a thrill.

 

[williaza01]

These teams (at stockton regional) are going low