BRYAN, Texas – Arizona Men's Golf will begin its postseason on Monday morning as the No. 6 seed at the NCAA Bryan Regional, hosted by Texas A&M. The Wildcats will tee off in the second group of teams, beginning on the 10
th hole, at 6 a.m. (MST) from Traditions Golf Club. Arizona will play along side fifth-seeded Kansas as well as No. 4 seed Tennessee.
"This will be an exciting week of golf for our program in a big-time atmosphere on an impeccable golf course," said head coach
Jim Anderson. "We have played in marquee events throughout the fall and spring that have prepared us for these three days. On top of that, we have had a great couple of weeks of practice and qualifying to really tune us up for postseason play."
Arizona will play 54 holes over three days in Texas as the top five teams from each NCAA Regional will advance to the NCAA Championships in Scottsdale, Arizona later this month. The Wildcats won the Arizona Intercollegiate in Tucson in January in addition to a pair of runner-up finishes at the Blessings Collegiate Invitational in Arkansas and the John Burns Intercollegiate in Hawai'i.
The entire field at the Bryan, Texas Regional in seeded in order consists of:
- Pepperdine
- Texas A&M
- Georgia
- Tennessee
- Kansas
- Arizona
- Michigan State
- SMU
- Boise State
- Oregon State
- Colorado State
- Southeastern Louisiana
- Texas Southern
The Cats are led by a pair of All-Pac-12 selections in graduate senior
Christian Banke and junior
Chase Sienkiewicz. Banke, an All-Pac-12 First Team selection, won the individual title at the Arizona Intercollegiate by one stroke for his first collegiate victory with a runner-up finish at the Arizona NIT as well.
Sienkiewicz earned a spot on the All-Pac-12 Second Team for a second consecutive season after posting four top-10 performance, which included a runner-up finish at the Blessings Collegiate Invitational.
