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ORLANDO, FL -- The George Washington golf team placed 23rd in the 27-team NCAA East Regional with a 54-hole total 922, Thursday-Saturday, at the par-72, 7,179-yard Lake Nona Golf & Country Club in Orlando, FL. The Colonials needed to finish in the top 10 to advance to the NCAA Men's Golf Finals in Oregon.

GW senior Brian Carroll (Crystal Lake, IL) shot a seven-over-par 223 (73-77-73) to tie for 44th place out of 144 golfers, 12 strokes off the pace. Carroll recorded 10 birdies and was four-under on the par-5 holes for the tournament.

Wake Forest won the 27-team Regional with a 54-hole total 864, one stroke ahead of runner-up Georgia. UCLA's Kevin Chappell took individual medalist honors with a 5-under 211, defeating three other individuals by a stroke.

GW junior Raman Luthra (East Amherst, NY) tied teammate Andrew Gallo (Toronto, Ontario) as the second-lowest Colonials, each with a 232 to tie for 103rd place.

GW senior Dan Mirabella (Ann Arbor, MI), playing in his final collegiate tournament, fired a 235 (79-76-80) to tie for 116th place.

It marked the first time in 60 years that GW had qualified as a team for NCAA Tournament play. GW last qualified for the 1946 NCAA Tournament when it finished 12th at Princeton.

GW individual scores (141 total players):
T 44 Brian Carroll 73-77-73--223
T103 Raman Luthra 78-77-77--232
T103 Andrew Gallo 77-77-78--232
T116 Dan Mirabella 79-76-80--235
137 Juan Pablo Zuluaga 85-80-83--248

Final Team Standings
1 Wake Forest E F -5 285 296 283 864
2 Georgia +1 F -1 284 294 287 865
3 Texas Tech +9 F +3 289 293 291 873
4 North Carolina +10 F +1 294 291 289 874
T5 Coastal Carolina +13 F E 301 288 288 877
T5 Charlotte +13 F E 299 290 288 877
7 UCLA +14 F -2 292 300 286 878
8 Auburn +15 F +1 296 294 289 879
9 South Carolina +17 F -4 304 293 284 881
10 UNLV +20 F +16 287 293 304 884
T11 Georgia State +27 F +7 298 298 295 891
T11 Georgia Southern +27 F +1 295 307 289 891
T11 Indiana +27 F -1 299 305 287 891
14 Florida State +29 F -5 302 308 283 893
T15 Southern California +31 F +15 298 294 303 895
T15 Jacksonville +31 F +5 297 305 293 895
17 Notre Dame +33 F +1 300 308 289 897
18 Tennessee +37 F +10 310 293 298 901
19 Rhode Island +43 F +18 288 313 306 907
T20 Maryland +51 F +10 305 312 298 915
T20 Western Illinois +51 F +14 298 315 302 915
22 Liberty +53 F +16 310 303 304 917
23 GW +58 F +20 307 307 308 922
24 Wichita State +59 F +9 311 315 297 923
25 Richmond +64 F +15 309 316 303 928
26 Binghamton +78 F +18 312 324 306 942
27 Army +93 F +29 314 326 317 957