PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – For the first time in program history the Wonder Boys will compete in the NCAA DII Men's Golf National Championship Finals after a near-sweep of West Florida in the semifinals. Arkansas Tech will take on No. 4 Georgia Southwestern for the National Championship title in the third and final match-play* set to tee off Friday morning.
FULL RESULTS
Santiago De La Fuente brought in the first point for Arkansas Tech, besting Cameron Marrero by three strokes.
Austin Gean brought in the second point, topping Elias Haavisto by a dominating 10 strokes, the largest lead in either of the semifinal matches, while leading through 13 holes.
Francois Jacobs brought in the first tie of the Wonder Boys' match-play, in a tight contest against Felipe Garces Garzon.
Henry Frizzell was down by one stroke and fell to Jake DeZoort on hole 18, prior to which Frizzell led through hole 15.
Andre Jacobs brought in the winning point with a 5-stroke victory over Alejandro Restrepo after leading through hole 18.
The Wonder Boys are attempting to win their first national title in golf and just the third national championship in school history. The ATU women's basketball team won back-to-back NAIA national titles in 1992 and 1993.
Additionally, the Wonder Boys are just the second Great American Conference program to make an NCAA title game in the league's history, and the first men's golf team.
*This is a "Medal Match" event. Each match is scored by the cumulative number of strokes won by rather than the number of holes won. Up 3 means that the player is up by 3 strokes, not 3 holes. The player up by the most strokes after 18 holes wins the match.
