May 7, 2007

LAS VEGAS - The UNLV men's golf team, ranked No. 6 in the nation in Golfstat's rankings, has been awarded the third seed at the NCAA West Regional, which will be played at Karsten Golf Course in Tempe, Ariz., beginning Thursday, May 17, the NCAA announced Monday.

The invitation marks UNLV's 19th straight appearance in a NCAA Regional.

Three regional tournaments, encompassing the current nine sub-regions, will be played May 17-19. A total of 27 teams and six individuals not on selected teams were assigned to each regional site. The other regional sites are The Golf Club of Georgia (East) in Alpharetta, Ga., and Rich Harvest Farms (Central) in Sugar Grove, Ill.

Ten teams and two individuals not on advancing teams will move on from each regional to the championship finals.

The NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship will be conducted May 30-June 2 at the Gold Course at Golden Horseshoe Golf Club in Williamsburg, Va.

Virginia Commonwealth University is the host institution for this year's championship.

Listed below are the teams and individuals selected to participate in the West Regional. Teams winning automatic qualification are designated by their conferences in parenthesis.

UNLV finished second at the Mountain West Conference Championship, April 26-28, in its last outing. UNLV has won two tournaments this season and has recorded six top-five finishes this year.

NCAA WEST REGIONALMay 17-19Karsten Golf Course, Tempe, Ariz.Hosted by Arizona State University

Teams (seeded in the following order):1. Stanford2. UCLA3. UNLV4. Southern California (Pacific-10 Conference)5. East Tennessee State (Atlantic Sun Conference)6. Brigham Young (Mountain West Conference)7. Arizona State8. Wake Forest9. Arizona10. UC Irvine (Big West Conference)11. South Carolina12. Washington13. Vanderbilt14. Augusta State15. Pepperdine (West Coast Conference)16. San Diego State17. New Mexico18. Oregon State19. Colorado State20. Oregon21. California22. Nevada (Western Athletic Conference)23. Denver24. Pennsylvania (Ivy Group)25. Detroit (Horizon League)26. Bucknell (Patriot League)27. Monmouth (Northeast Conference)

Individuals:1. Brian Locke, Loyola Marymount2. Dustin Pimm, Utah3. Darrin Hall, San Diego4. Michael McRae, St. Mary's (California)5. Geoff Gonzalez, Cal Poly6. Thomas Petersson, Pacific