Monday, May 18
Athens, Ga.
College of Charleston
vs
NCAA Athens Regional
Men's Golf Heads to NCAA Athens Regional
5/17/2026 1:17:00 PM | Men's Golf
ATHENS, Ga. - The College of Charleston men's golf team has been selected to play in the NCAA Athens Regional May 18-20 at the University of Georgia Golf Club.
The Cougars will travel to Athens as the 9-seed. They are joined in the field by Auburn, Illinois, Vanderbilt, BYU, Georgia, Louisville, Kansas, Northwestern, Rice, Southern Miss, Harvard, and Howard.
Head coach Mitch Krywulycz's program is making its third straight regional appearance and second straight at-large appearance in the NCAA Regionals. It is the 11th regional appearance in program history.
Charleston is coming off a third-place finish at the 2026 CAA Men's Golf Championship. The Cougars finished -17, four strokes behind second place Elon. UNCW won the title at -38. After concluding the opening round in fifth place, Charleston bounced back to secure a top three team finish.
Loran Appel led Charleston with a T4 (-6) finish, playing all three rounds at or under par to earn All-Tournament honors. The junior recorded six birdies during Tuesday's final round. Nevill Ruiter joined Appel in the top ten at ninth after a bogey-free, 4-under final round for the Cougars' top round of the tournament.
Miles Eubanks and Appel earned spots on the All-CAA First Team while Ruiter was named to the All-CAA Second Team.
Eubanks earned the regular season as the top ranked player in the CAA in the NCAA Clipp'd rankings at #117 nationally with 70.5 stroke average. He won his first collegiate individual title at the Wexford Collegiate in February, also earning CAA Golfer of the Week honors for his performance. This is Eubank's first postseason honor.
Appel joins Eubanks on the first team after registering a pair of top-five marks, highlighted by a runner-up finish at the Hootie Intercollegiate to go with a fourth-place standing in the CAA Men's Golf Championship. He was named the CAA Golfer of the Week after his Hootie finish. This is Appel's second postseason honor after earning second team accolades in 2024.
Ruiter earned a spot on the All-CAA Second Team for back-to-back postseason honors after earning first team honors a year ago. The overall fifth ranked CAA golfer in the NCAA Clipp'd standings with a 71.3 stroke average, he won the Giles-Sprately Collegiate individual title to conclude the regular season.
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
When: Monday, May 18 – Wednesday, May 20
Format: 18 holes Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
Yardage: 7,258
Par: 72
Where: University of Georgia Golf Course (Athens, Ga.)
Live Scoring: https://scoreboard.clippd.com/tournaments/243264/scoring/participants
COUGAR LINEUP
For complete coverage of Charleston men's golf, follow us on X (@cofcmgolf) and Instagram (@cofcmensgolf).
The Cougars will travel to Athens as the 9-seed. They are joined in the field by Auburn, Illinois, Vanderbilt, BYU, Georgia, Louisville, Kansas, Northwestern, Rice, Southern Miss, Harvard, and Howard.
Head coach Mitch Krywulycz's program is making its third straight regional appearance and second straight at-large appearance in the NCAA Regionals. It is the 11th regional appearance in program history.
Charleston is coming off a third-place finish at the 2026 CAA Men's Golf Championship. The Cougars finished -17, four strokes behind second place Elon. UNCW won the title at -38. After concluding the opening round in fifth place, Charleston bounced back to secure a top three team finish.
Loran Appel led Charleston with a T4 (-6) finish, playing all three rounds at or under par to earn All-Tournament honors. The junior recorded six birdies during Tuesday's final round. Nevill Ruiter joined Appel in the top ten at ninth after a bogey-free, 4-under final round for the Cougars' top round of the tournament.
Miles Eubanks and Appel earned spots on the All-CAA First Team while Ruiter was named to the All-CAA Second Team.
Eubanks earned the regular season as the top ranked player in the CAA in the NCAA Clipp'd rankings at #117 nationally with 70.5 stroke average. He won his first collegiate individual title at the Wexford Collegiate in February, also earning CAA Golfer of the Week honors for his performance. This is Eubank's first postseason honor.
Appel joins Eubanks on the first team after registering a pair of top-five marks, highlighted by a runner-up finish at the Hootie Intercollegiate to go with a fourth-place standing in the CAA Men's Golf Championship. He was named the CAA Golfer of the Week after his Hootie finish. This is Appel's second postseason honor after earning second team accolades in 2024.
Ruiter earned a spot on the All-CAA Second Team for back-to-back postseason honors after earning first team honors a year ago. The overall fifth ranked CAA golfer in the NCAA Clipp'd standings with a 71.3 stroke average, he won the Giles-Sprately Collegiate individual title to conclude the regular season.
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
When: Monday, May 18 – Wednesday, May 20
Format: 18 holes Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
Yardage: 7,258
Par: 72
Where: University of Georgia Golf Course (Athens, Ga.)
Live Scoring: https://scoreboard.clippd.com/tournaments/243264/scoring/participants
COUGAR LINEUP
For complete coverage of Charleston men's golf, follow us on X (@cofcmgolf) and Instagram (@cofcmensgolf).
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