NEW YORK, NY- On the strength of two first place finishes and one second so far this fall, the Sonoma State men's golf team has been ranked No. 2 in the latest
GolfWorld/Nike Golf Division II National Rankings. The Seawolves are currently in a tie for that No. 2 spot with Florida Southern, though they did garner two first place votes.
The Seawolves have been simply phenomenal thus far with championships at the Western Washington Invitational and the InterWest Wildcat Classic. Their second place finish was at the NCAA Division II Preview Tournament, which featured 14 nationally-ranked programs.
Two-time defending national player of the year
Jarin Todd has been leading the way with one individual medalist crown and a stroke average of 70.88. Todd has finished outside the top ten in a tournament just once in the last two-plus years (a span of 28 events).
Nearly as impressive as Todd's play has been that of his teammates, including
Patrick Bauer (71.13),
Keith Rodriguez (72.88),
Ryan Carter (73.88), and
Spencer Shishido (75.25).
The Seawolves will host their own tournament next week, the Sonoma State Invitational, at Santa Rosa Golf & Country Club.
| GolfWorld/ESPN National Rankings |
| 1 |
South Carolina-Aiken |
| 2 |
SONOMA STATE |
| |
Florida Southern |
| 4 |
Central Oklahoma |
| 5 |
Columbus State |
| 6 |
Georgia College & State |
| 7 |
Nova Southeastern |
| 8 |
West Florida |
| 9 |
Chico State |
| 10 |
Hawaii-Hilo |
| 11 |
Lander |
| 12 |
Lynn |
| 13 |
Abilene Christian |
| 14 |
North Alabama |
| 15 |
Barry |
| 16 |
Coker |
| |
Western Washington |
| 18 |
Cal State San Bernardino |
| 19 |
Washburn |
| 20 |
Cal State Monterey Bay |
| 21 |
Clayton State |
| 22 |
Valdosta State |
| 23 |
Belmont Abbey |
| 24 |
Cal State Stanislaus |
| 25 |
Grand Canyon |
| |
Saint Edward's |