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NSU Men’s and Women’s Golf
Teams Capture Championships
May 19 proved to be a historic day as the NSU men’s and women’s
golf teams won their respective
NCAA Division-II Championships
in
Louisville, Kentucky.
“What a day to be a Shark! Winning two national championships on
the same day is really special, in fact really remarkable,” commented Mi-
chael Mominey, NSU director of athletics. “The university and the athletic
department are so proud of the student athletes and coaching staffs that
make up these teams. We commend them on a season-long commitment
to be champions in their respective sports both on and off the field.”
The second-ranked NSU women’s golf team overcame the grueling
par-72 Persimmon Ridge Golf Course to win its fourth consecutive NCAA
Division-II National Championship. The Sharks finished atop the 12-team
field to win the tournament with a collective score of +82 (308-306-315-
305—1,234)—20 strokes ahead of runner-up No. 1 Florida Southern.
The top-ranked NSU men’s golf team captured its first NCAA National
Championship title at the par-72 Cardinal Club Golf Course in a five-day,
six-round tournament, defeating Chico State in a head-to-head final match
with a 5-0 sweep. During the five-day tournament, the Sharks finished the
first three rounds second overall, making the eight-team cut to advance to
head-to-head match play. The Sharks battled through 36 holes to defeat
South Carolina-Aiken in the quarterfinals 4-1 before squeaking by Central
Oklahoma in the semifinal round by way of the total strokes tie-breaker to
advance to the national final against Chico State.
at the Oceanographic Center’s Save Our Seas Shark Center USA and
Guy Harvey Research Institute.
Dr. Shivji’s team first discovered the new hammerhead species in
2005 when examining the DNA of sharks thought to be scalloped ham-
merheads based on their physical appearance. A research team from
the University of South Carolina independently confirmed the existence
of the new species in 2006. Combining the genetic assessments of
NSU and South Carolina researchers shows that at least seven percent
of the sharks in U.S. waters originally thought to be scalloped hammer-
heads turned out to be the new species. This means the population of
the endangered real scalloped hammerhead in U.S. waters is probably
smaller than originally thought.
© Save Our Seas Foundation/Peter Verhoog