May 9, 2000

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.--The Wake Forest men's golf team has been selected to participate in the 2000 NCAA Men's Golf East Regional Championship, held May 18-20 at the Glenmaura National Golf Club in Moosic, Pa. Temple University will be the host school for the event.

The Demon Deacons were one of 27 teams selected to participate in the East Regional, in addition to six individual golfers. An additional 54 teams and 12 individuals will compete in the Central and West Regionals, also held May 18-20. Thirty teams and six individuals will advance from the three regionals to the NCAA Championship, held May 31-June 1 at the Grand National Golf Course in Auburn, Ala. At least eight teams will advance from each region; a specific breakdown of how many teams will advance from each region will be announced on Wednesday, May 10, at 6:00 pm EST at the NCAA website at www.ncaa.org.

Playing primarily with freshmen and sophomores in the lineup, the Demon Deacons have won two tournaments in 1999-2000 - the Cavalier Classic in the fall and The Intercollegiate at MacGregor Downs in the spring. Freshman Brent Wanner (73.0 stroke average) and sophomore Jay Morgan (73.3) have been the Deacs' top performers.

Currently ranked 36th in the Mastercard rankings and 38th in the Golfweek/Sagarin ratings, Wake Forest has received a team bid to the NCAAs in 33 of the last 34 years. The Deacs missed out on a team bid for the first time since 1967 last spring, but they were represented well in the event by an individual (senior Michael Capone), who advanced to the NCAA finals. Since the NCAA began the regional playoff format in 1989, the Deacs have advanced from the regionals to the finals seven times - every season except 1989, 90, 98 and 99. Wake Forest owns three NCAA titles (1974, 75, `86) and was the NCAA runner-up four times, most recently in 1997.

THE 2000 NCAA EAST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD
TEAMS: Alabama-Birmingham, Auburn, Augusta State, Clemson, Dartmouth, Duke, East Tennessee State, Florida, Georgia, Georgia State, Georgia Tech, James Madison, Middle Tennessee State, Mississippi State, North Carolina, NC State, North Florida, Penn State, Rhode Island, Richmond, Seton Hall, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth, Wake Forest, Yale

INDIVIDUALS: Josh Broadway, Troy State; Gary Mankulish, Maryland; Jedd McLeun, College of Charleston; Alan Morgan, Louisiana State; Keith Unikel, Maryland; Philip Worthington, Bethune Cookman.