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South Easton, Mass. – The Northeast-10 will have four teams along with two individuals represented at the 2009 NCAA Division II Men’s Golf Regional Championships in Beckley, W.Va. at the Glade Springs Resort Golf Club. Regional competitions will begin on Monday, May 4 and conclude on Wednesday, May 6 as eighty teams and 32 individuals across Division II have been selected to participate.

The Northeast-10 will be represented by American International College, Le Moyne College, the University of Massachusetts Lowell and Southern New Hampshire University. In addition, Kent St. Charles (Wells, Maine) from Pace University and Matt Horton (Troy, N.Y.) from the College of Saint Rose also received post-season bids as individual participants.

Le Moyne received the automatic qualifying bid after winning the Northeast-10 Championship this past fall. It marked the Dolphins first-ever Northeast-10 championship in program history as freshman Kevin Jackson (Chittenango, N.Y.) earned medalist honors after shooting a tournament low 144 (69-75).

American International is making its first-ever appearance in the NCAA’s after finishing the year ranked fifth in the East Region. The Yellow Jackets are the highest ranking Northeast-10 school. Southern New Hampshire is sixth in the region as the Penmen will be making their third appearance and the first since 2006. Le Moyne is advancing to the regional as the seventh ranked team, while UMass Lowell follows as the eighth ranked team. The River Hawks are making their second-straight appearance after finishing sixth in the regional last year.

The top five teams and the top two individuals not with a team from each regional (regardless of region) will advance to the finals May 19-22 at Loomis Trail Golf Club in Blaine, Washington. The finals will be hosted by Western Washington University.

With 15 member institutions the Northeast-10 is the second largest NCAA Division II athletic conference in the nation. Its 23 championship sports provide athletic opportunities for over 5,500 student-athletes, the largest such program of any Division II conference.

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