The NCMC Men's Golf team traveled to Plymouth, Indiana last week to compete in the NJCAA DII Men's Golf Championship. NCMC qualified as a team for the National Tournament from the South-Central District for the first time ever. The South Central District proved to be one of the strongest in NJCAA DII with Murray State becoming the eventual National Champions. The tournament was also comprised of the other 22 teams who qualified out of their respective Districts and nine individuals who also qualified.
The Men's squad finished in 20th place by the conclusion of the event shooting a 72-hole team score of 1240. The Pirates posted rounds of 309-313-313-305 and jumped up two spots in the standings on the final day of the event.
Alvaro Alegria led the Pirates at the Championship finishing in T59th at the event after shooting rounds of 74-76-80-76 for a 72-hole total of 306. Alegria's opening round 74 included three Birdies and an Eagle and collected seven more birdies during the tournament.
Jorge Gomez finished in T75th place for the tournament after individual rounds of 75-79-79-77 to get to his four-round total of 310. Gomez recorded four birdies in the opening round and one birdie each in Rounds 2-4. Kaleb Groomer was right behind Gomez finishing in T79th place with a 72-hole total of 312. After opening the tournament with a round of 85, Groomer responded well with a second round 78, third round 76 and final round 73 which included three birdies.
Dylan Groomer finished inside the Top 100 finishing in T99 place at the conclusion the event posting rounds of 78-80-83-79. Guillermo Gomez rounded out the team scoring for NCMC finishing in T105th place with a 72-hole tournament total of 324 after shooting rounds of 82-81-78-83.
Coach Swann had these remarks after the event, "What a fun postseason run this was for the Men's team to close out the year. To get to this point of the season in college golf doesn't happen by accident. Everyone involved throughout the year on our roster pushed each other in practice throughout the year to get here and could not be prouder of this group. Overall, the Swan Lake Golf Club was a great golf course and provided a lot of challenges for the guys off the tee and around the greens. Really happy with how the team responded each round with a new mindset and sticking to their game plan. Really solid finish for the guys in the final round to move up a couple spots on the team leaderboard and post their best team score of the week."
