{"id":633252,"date":"2026-04-27T03:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T03:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/633252\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T03:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T03:10:08","slug":"harding-mens-golf-earns-no-3-seed-in-ncaa-central-midwest-regional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/633252\/","title":{"rendered":"Harding Men’s Golf Earns No. 3 Seed in NCAA Central\/Midwest Regional"},"content":{"rendered":"

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SEARCY, Ark. \u2014 Fresh off a runner-up finish at the conference championships, the No. 19-ranked Harding men’s golf team is headed back to the NCAA postseason.<\/p>\n

The NCAA Division II Men’s Golf Committee announced its regional selections Sunday, and the Bisons earned the No. 3 seed in the Central Region. Harding will travel to Big Rapids, Michigan, to compete in the 2026 NCAA Central\/Midwest Regional at Katke Golf Course on May 7\u20139.<\/p>\n

The regional tournament is hosted by Ferris State University and features a high-powered field of 20 teams\u201410 from the Central Region and 10 from the Midwest Region\u2014along with eight individual qualifiers.<\/p>\n

Harding enters the regional with significant momentum. Junior Dennis Staykov<\/a>, the recently crowned GAC Player of the Year and individual medalist, leads a lineup that has secured two tournament titles, 127 head-to-head wins and an .852 winning percentage this season.<\/p>\n

The Central Region field is led by No. 1 seed Central Oklahoma and No. 2 Central Missouri. Harding is one of three Great American Conference programs to earn a team bid, joined by No. 7-seeded Arkansas Tech and No. 8-seeded Southern Arkansas. Conrado Diaz Ermacora of Southwestern Oklahoma State also qualified as an individual for the Central Region.<\/p>\n

The Midwest Region is headlined by top seed Grand Valley State and No. 2 Findlay.<\/p>\n

Teams will play a practice round on May 6 before beginning the 54-hole competition on May 7. The top four teams from the regional and the two highest-placing individuals not on an advancing team will advance to the NCAA Division II National Championships on May 18-22 in Boulder City, Nevada. <\/p>\n

Harding is making its seventh regional appearance, all since 2017, and its first under head coach Sam Tandy<\/a>.\u00a0Harding qualified for the National Championship in both 2023 and 2024.<\/p>\n

NCAA Central Regional Selections<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Central Oklahoma (MIAA)

\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a02.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Central Missouri

\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Harding (GAC)

\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a04.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Washburn

\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a05.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Winona State (NSIC)

\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a06.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Pittsburg State

\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a07.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Arkansas Tech

\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a08.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Southern Arkansas

\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a09.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Missouri Western

\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a010.\u00a0\u00a0Arkansas-Fort Smith<\/p>\n

NCAA Midwest Regional Selections

\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Grand Valley State (GLIAC)

\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a02.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Findlay (G-MAC)

\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Missouri S&T

\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a04.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Missouri-St. Louis (GLVC)

\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a05.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Rockhurst

\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a06.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Ferris State

\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a07.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Davenport

\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a08.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Tiffin

\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a09.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Wayne State (Mich.)

\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a010.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Hillsdale<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Story Links SEARCY, Ark. \u2014 Fresh off a runner-up finish at the conference championships, the No.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":633253,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":["post-633252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/633253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}