Acevedo, Tait, Xie Net PING All-Region Honors - Seton Hall University Athletics
Seton Hall men's golfers Andres Acevedo (San Antonio, Texas) , Gregor Tait (Martlesham Heath, England) and Wenliang Xie (Zhaoqing, China) were named to the D...
The trio all finished in the top-7 in scoring average in the BIG EAST and helped lift the Pirates to their first conference title in 22 years.
NORMAN, OKLA. – Seton Hall men's golfers Andres Acevedo (San Antonio, Texas), Gregor Tait (Martlesham Heath, England) and Wenliang Xie (Zhaoqing, China) were named to the Division I PING All-Northeast Region Team.Players across six regions – Northeast, East, Southeast, Midwest, Central, and West – earned all-region honors for 2022 from the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA).
Acevedo nets All-Region honors for a second straight season. A First Team All-BIG EAST selection, he took his game to a much higher level in 2021-22, shaving nearly two full strokes off his scoring average and his 72.26 finished fifth-best in the conference. Acevedo recorded 10 sub-par rounds and three sub-par tournaments during the 2021-22 year, including a 1-under-par, 67-70-72, at the NCAA Yale Regional. He's recorded five Top-10 finishes, including a fourth-place tie with a career-best 7-under-par, 69-67-73-209, at the Hartford Hawks Invitational. Acevedo finished his career tied for fifth in Pirate history with 22 career sub-par rounds and ranks in the Top-10 in career scoring average.
Tait's remarkable career finished in spectacular fashion by claiming a share of the BIG EAST individual championship with a brilliant 11-under-par, 70-70-65-205, and firing a 1-under-par, 69-69-71-209, at the NCAA Yale Regional. An All-BIG EAST First Team selection, the England native shaved more than two strokes off his senior scoring average and finished the year shooting 71.68 strokes per round, which was third-best in the conference. Tait shot a stunning 17 sub-par rounds this year in route to five Top-10 finishes. He finished the year with sub-par rounds in nine of his 12 rounds over the final four tournaments. Tait became only the sixth golfer in Seton Hall history to have a career scoring average under 74.00. No one has played more than his 130 career rounds at Seton Hall, and his 31 career sub-par rounds rank second-most all-time.
An All-BIG EAST Second Team selection, Xie collected a team-best six Top-10's this year and his 72.48 scoring average is a career-best which ranked seventh in the BIG EAST Conference. Named BIG EAST Golfer of the Week on March 3, he registered 11 sub-par rounds and four sub-par tournaments this year, including a 4-under-par, 70-72-70-212 at the Loyola Intercollegiate at the start of the spring season. Xie tied for sixth with a 2-under-par, 73-68-73-214, at the BIG EAST Championship, helping lift the Pirates to the team title, and shot a Pirate-best 68 in the final round of the NCAA Yale Regional.
