Posted: May 07, 2012

Huntingdon men’s golf team headed to NCAA Championships for 8th straight year

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Huntingdon men's golf team is heading back to the NCAA Division III Championships.

The NCAA Division III Men's Golf Committee announced the tournament's field on Monday. The championships will be played May 15-18 at the Mission Inn Resort in Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla.

This is eighth straight year the Hawks have reached the NCAA Championships. Counting Huntingdon's final three seasons in NAIA, this is the 11th straight year the golf program has reached a championship tournament.

"I'm proud of our guys for the way they've battled this season," Huntingdon golf coach Matt Mahanic said. "We've played well at times this season and we've struggled at times, but our guys know the history of our program and they understand we have a tradition to uphold.

"We're looking forward to the tournament and we hope to put together our best rounds of golf this season."

The Hawks received a Pool C bid, as an at-large team, to this year's tournament. A total of 210 golfers (41 teams and five individuals) will compete in this year's championship.

The complete tournament field is listed below.

Conferences and Teams Receiving Automatic Qualification (31)

Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference	Penn State-Behrend
American Southwest Conference	Texas-Tyler
Centennial Conference	Franklin & Marshall
College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin	Illinois Wesleyan
Colonial States Athletic Conference	Neumann
Commonwealth Conference	Alvernia
Empire 8	St. John Fisher
Freedom Conference	Manhattanville
Great Northeast Athletic Conference	Rhode Island College
Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference	Transylvania
Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	Central (Iowa)
Liberty League	Skidmore
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Hope
Midwest Conference	Carroll (Wisconsin)
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	St. Thomas (Minnesota)
New England Collegiate Conference	Babson
New England Small College Athletic Conference	Middlebury
North Atlantic Conference	Husson
North Coast Athletic Conference	Wittenberg
North Eastern Athletic Conference	Penn State-Harrisburg
Northern Athletics Conference	Edgewood
Northwest Conference	Linfield
Ohio Athletic Conference	Otterbein
Old Dominion Athletic Conference	Guilford
Presidents' Athletic Conference	Washington and Jefferson
St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	Webster
Skyline Conference	Farmingdale State
So. California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	La Verne
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference	Oglethorpe
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference	North Central (Minnesota)
USA South Athletic Conference	Greensboro