Florida Southern men's golf team wins NCAA D-II national championship

The Florida Southern College men's golf team won its 14th NCAA national championship on Friday, May 22, defeating Wingate University of North Carolina 3-2 in the final. Friday's win gave the storied athletic program for the Lakeland college its 31st overall national championship in all sports. The men's golf program last one a championship in 2017.

All three FSC seniors won their finals Friday at the Boulder Creek Golf Club in Boulder City, Nevada. Tyler Mistretta beat Wingate's Brandon Skidmore by one stroke, 70-71. The graduate student from North Palm Beach went down one stroke on the opening hole before tying on hole 2.

He then went 1-up and held on to the advantage for most of the front nine. He worked all the way to 4-up on the back nine. Skidmore closed the gap to one stroke but Mistretta held on to clinch his match.

The Moccasins' Donte Groppuso dominated his match against Mattia D'Errico, winning by five strokes, 66-71. Groppuso, a graduate student from Kingston, New York, carded five birdies and an eagle, losing only two holes and tying his tournament low 66 from the semifinal round. The highlight of his round was sinking a 30-foot eagle putt on 15.