MEN'S GOLF
GANNON GOLDEN KNIGHTS at NCAA DIVISION II ATLANTIC/EAST REGIONAL
DATE/TIME: Thursday through Saturday I 7:30 a.m. tee times (Gannon tees off at 11 a.m. on Thursday)
FORMAT: Play 5, score 4 I One substitution allowed per day.
COURSE/LOCATION: Oglebay Golf Resort, Jones Course I Wheeling, W.Va.
LIVE SCORING
 

GANNON IN THE NCAA ATLANTIC/EAST REGIONAL
2022-23 – 4th / 20 teams (Iron Valley Golf Club, Lebanon, Pa.)
Three-Day Scores: 301-306-294 = 901 (+37)
Top Finishers: T4. Giovanni Delorenzi (Reggio Emilia, Italy/International School of Modena) – 73-73-72 – 218 (+2); T28. Elijah Ruppert (Fleetwood, Pa./Brandywine Heights) – 78-77-72 – 227 (+11); T33. Shaunak Rama (Bryanston, South Africa/St Stithians Boys School) – 72-82-74 = 228 (+12)

2021-22 – T3rd / 16 teams (Ravenwood Golf Club, Victor, N.Y.)
Three-Day Scores: 300-294-293 = 887 (+23)
Top Finishers: Connor Bennink (T6th – 74 -72-73 – 219 (+3)); T13. Abe Holmes (Barrie, Ontario/Barrie North Collegiate) – T13th – 77-71-73 – 221 (+5))

2020-21 – 1st / 16 teams (Lake View Country Club, North East, Pa.)
Three-Day Scores: 343-316-314 = 993
Top Finishers: Connor Bennink (T3rd – 75-75-75 = 225); Ethan Bennett (6th – 74-75-77 = 226)

2019-20 (no tournament)

2018-19 – 4th / 20 teams (Totteridge Golf Course, Greensburg, Pa.)
Three-Day Scores: 308-302-300 = 910
Top Finisher: Michael Marsico (4th – 73-74-73 = 220)

2017-18 – 18th / 20 teams (The Resort at Glade Springs, Daniels, W.Va.)
Three-Day Scores: 308-308-312 = 928
Top Finisher: Billy Colbert (T34th – 75-74-76 = 225)

2016-17 – 2 individuals competed (The Resort at Glade Springs, Daniels W.Va.)
Top Finisher: Daegan Wall (27th – 75-75-77 = 227)

2015-16 – 17th / 20 teams (Timber Banks Golf Club, Baldwinsville, N.Y.)
Three-Day Scores: 329-304-312 = 945
Top Finisher: Cameron Zbrzeznj (T14th – 79-73-73 = 225)

2014-15 – 8th / 20 teams (Longaberger Golf Club, Nashport, Ohio)
Three-Day Scores: 315-312-301 = 928
Top Finisher: Matt Barto (T5th – 74-79-70 = 223) (NCAA Finals qualifier)

2013-14 – 11th / 20 teams (Edgewood Country Club, Charleston, W. Va.)
Three-Day Scores: 303-307-300 = 910
Top Finisher: Jesper Jensen (T34th – 76-77-71 = 224)

2012-13 – 10th / 20 teams (Oglebay Resort, Wheeling, W. Va.)
Three-Day Scores: 319-304-303 = 926
Top Finisher: Cameron Zbrzeznj (T10th – 75-73-77 = 225)

2011-12 – Did Not Qualify

2010-11 – 1 individual competed (Hershey Links Golf Club, Hershey, Pa.)
Top Finisher: Drew Deimel (4th – 71-69-75 = 213) (NCAA Finals qualifier)
 
 
GANNON LINEUP
Giovanni Delorenzi (Reggio Emilia, Italy/International School of Modena) (So., 72.8 average in 25 rounds)
Shaunak Rama (Bryanston, South Africa/St Stithians Boys School) (Sr., 74.0 average in 20 rounds)
Mattia Parrini (Verolengo, Italy/Verolengo) (Fr., 74.1 average in 25 rounds)
Ryan Ferry (Meadville, Pa./Meadville) (Sr., 75.0 average in 25 rounds)
Michael Wareham (Murrysville, Pa./Franklin Regional) (Jr., 74.3 average in 22 rounds)

Alternate: Jacob Wolak (Slippery Rock, Pa./Slippery Rock Area) (Fr., 76.6 average in 22 rounds)
 
 
PARTICIPATING TEAMS
Charleston
Indiana (Pa.)
Gannon
Glenville State
Millersville
Virginia Union
Pitt-Johnstown
Livingstone
Davis & Elkins
Fayetteville State
St. Thomas Aquinas
Goldey-Beacom
Post
Assumption
Adelphi
Dominican (N.Y.)
St. Anselm
Southern New Hampshire
Bentley
Franklin Pierce
 
               
WHEELING, W.Va. – The Gannon men's golf team will shoot for a spot in the NCAA Division II Championships as the Golden Knights compete in the Atlantic/East Regional this week.
 
Coach Dustin Coleman's team will tee off in the three-day regional on Thursday at Oglebay Golf Resort's Jones Course. The Golden Knights will aim for one of the five qualifying spots for the NCAA finals from the 20-team regional field, which includes 10 Atlantic Region teams and 10 East Region teams.
 
Gannon is the No. 3 seed from the Atlantic Region, behind only No. 1 Charleston (W.Va.) and No. 2 Indiana (Pa.). The Golden Knights missed advancing to the NCAA Championships by one shot in 2023 when they finished fourth in the regional, and the top three teams advanced. Davis & Elkins is the defending regional champion, while Fayetteville State placed second and IUP finished third.
 

 
The Knights advanced to the NCAA Championships in 2022 and 2021, when they won the Atlantic/East Regional.
 
"We can't wait to compete at the regional championship," said Coleman. "We work all year for this. I want these guys to experience a region championship so bad. They really deserve it. There's nothing like the feeling we experienced three years ago. This group is ready to compete and go earn one."
 
In Gannon's most recent tournament, the Knights placed second among 26 teams at the Atlantic/East Region Preview, which took place at the same Oglebay Golf Resort where the teams will compete this week. Charleston won that tournament, which featured 15 of the 20 teams that will participate in the Atlantic/East Regional this week.
 
Gannon sophomore Giovanni Delorenzi (Reggio Emilia, Italy/International School of Modena) and senior Shaunak Rama (Bryanston, South Africa/St Stithians Boys School) tied for third in the regional preview, and junior Michael Wareham (Murrysville, Pa./Franklin Regional) tied for sixth.
 
"We saw the course a couple of weeks ago, so we know what to expect," Coleman said. "The front nine is where you can make some noise and then you just kind of hold on for the difficult back nine. Nothing we can't handle."
 
Delorenzi, Rama, and Wareham will be joined in the Gannon lineup by freshman Mattia Parrini (Verolengo, Italy/Verolengo) and senior Ryan Ferry (Meadville, Pa./Meadville). Four of the five scores each day will count toward Gannon's team score. Freshman Jacob Wolak (Slippery Rock, Pa./Slippery Rock Area) will serve as the alternate.
 
Delorenzi led Gannon with a fourth-place finish in the 2023 Atlantic/East Regional.
 
"This battle-tested group won't see anything they're not used to so I'm confident they will play well," Coleman said. "They've put in all the work so it's now time to do it."