TOURNEY TIDBITS: 2021 NCAA Noblesville Regional

Monday, May 17

Nobelsville, Ind.

8:30 a.m.

University of North Florida

NCAA Noblesville Regional

5/16/2021 12:00:00 PM | Men's Golf

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By: North Florida Athletics

FIRST TEE — No. 19 North Florida Men's Golf is the No. 4-seed in the upcoming NCAA Noblesville (Ind.) Regional being held Monday thru Wednesday at The Sagamore Club. The Ospreys are making their 11th consecutive appearance in an NCAA Regional.

ON THE TEE (Osprey lineup with 2020-21 averages)
Nick Gabrelcik (69.25)
Nick Infanti (73.00)
Michael Mattiace (73.40)
Davis Lee (74.33)
Cody Carroll (73.45)
Alternate: Grant Sutliff (73.24)

COURSE REPORT
- The Sagamore Club (Noblesville, Ind.)
- Par 72 | 7,173 yards
- 54 holes (3 rounds of 18 holes)

THE FIELD: 13 Teams (Current Golfstat Top 100 Rankings / thru 5-12-21)
# 5 Texas
#8 North Carolina
#18 Tennessee
#19 North Florida
#28 Louisville
#36 South Florida
#38 UAB
#43 Duke
#53 UNC Wilmington
#61 Arkansas State
#74 Campbell
UT Martin
Loyola Chicago

TOURNAMENT REFLECTIONS
- North Florida has qualified for 16 NCAA Regionals in the program's D1 era and will be making its 11th consecutive regional appearance
- Ospreys have advanced to the NCAA Championship six times including in each of the past two seasons
- UNF's lineup features two players with previous NCAA Regional experiece | Mattiace (2017, 2018, 2019) & Infanti (2017 at Cleveland State)
- North Florida has played against seven of the other 12 teams in the regional field this season owning a 10-4 record
- Ospreys have finished among Top 3 at a regional four times including capturing the team title at the 2013 NCAA Tallahassee Regional
- Travis Trace earned the medalist crown at the 2018 NCAA Norman Regional and advanced to NCAA Championship as an individual | Ospreys have had 12 individual golfers finish in the Top 10 at an NCAA Regional
- North Florida begins play Monday at 8:30 a.m. on Hole 10 alongside Louisville and USF

SCORECARD REPORT
- Freshman Nick Gabrelcik, currently ranks No. 2 in Golfstat national individual rankings after winning three medalist titles | Named ASUN Golfer of the Year and Freshman of the Year & All-ASUN 1st team
- Gabrelcik leads the squad with eight Top 25 finishes and five in the Top 5 including runner-up at ASUN Championship
- 14 of Gabrelcik's 24 competitive rounds have been in the 60s this season and only three have been over par
- Gabrelcik was named to the "Watch List" for the prestigious Haskins Award, presented to the collegiate Golfer of the Year | Semifinalist for the Ben Hogan Award | Chosen to represent the United States in the Palmer Cup
- Thru eight events, UNF boasts 24 Top 25 individual finishes
- The Ospreys earned Top 5 finishes in six of eight events this season including a victory at the Sea Best Invitational (Feb. 1-2) marking the 30th team title in the program's Division I era
- Ospreys have captured a tournament championship in each of the past five seasons

FROM THE 19th HOLE (Recap from last event)
- UNF earned a fourth-place showing at the 2021 ASUN Championship on Apr. 18-20 in Athens, Ga.
- Nick Gabrelcik placed second in medalist play earning ASUN All-Tournament accolades
- Nick Infanti (T17), Michael Mattiace (T22) and Robbie Higgins (T22) gave the Ospreys four players in the Top 25

CLUBOUSE CHATTER
"We always look forward to participating in the postseason. We've had a few good days getting ready and now we turn our attention to competing against a challenging field."
- Head coach Scott Schroeder

UP NEXT
North Florida hopes to advance to the NCAA Championship in Scottsdale, Ariz., on May 28-June 2 at Grayhawk Golf Club

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