INDIANAPOLIS — The UTSA men's golf team has made history by earning the first NCAA postseason team berth in program history, as the Roadrunners will be the No. 9 seed in the Kingston Springs Regional on May 17-19 at The Golf Club of Tennessee in Kingston Springs, Tenn.
This will mark the first time UTSA has advanced to the NCAA postseason as a team, while it will be the fifth time the Roadrunners are represented at a regional, as Magnus Dohlvik (1998), Mike Mezei (2004) and Zander Lozano (2017, '18) all were individual qualifiers. The at-large selection is just the third by any sport in school history, joining the women's golf program, which earned its second at-large bid last week in addition to its first in 2013.
𝙒𝙚'𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮!
— UTSA Men's Golf (@UTSAMensGolf) May 5, 2021
We earned a berth in the Kingston Springs Regional at The Golf Club of Tennessee May 17-19!
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Under the leadership of 13th-year head coach John Knauer, UTSA earned the No. 9 seed and will compete against 12 other teams in the three-day, 54-hole, stroke-play event. The top five teams (30 teams total) and the low individual not on an advancing team from each regional site (six individuals total) will advance to the national championship on May 28-June 2 at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz.
𝙒𝙚'𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙜!#NCAAGolf | #BirdsUp 🤙 pic.twitter.com/1p97so7LRp
— UTSA Men's Golf (@UTSAMensGolf) May 5, 2021
2021 NCAA Kingston Springs Regional Field
1. Clemson
2. NC State
3. Vanderbilt
4. Arkansas
5. San Diego State
6. Virginia
7. Charlotte
8. Kent State
9. UTSA
10. Houston
11. Loyola (Md.)
12. UConn
13. Iona
UTSA's NCAA Regional Individual Finishes
Year | Player | Location | Finish (Score)
1998 | Magnus Dohlvik | San Antonio, Texas | T-75th (76-73-74—223)
2004 | Mike Mezei | West Lafayette, Ind. | T-91st (83-74-80—237)
2017 | Zander Lozano | Baton Rouge, La. | T-24th (77-73-74—224)
2018 | Zander Lozano | Bryan, Texas | T-55th (76-73-77—226)
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