South Carolina-Aiken golf coach Mike Carlisle finally got the good fortune his team has been waiting for. After a decade of close calls, including three runner-up finishes, Carlisle's Pacers won their first Division II Men's Golf Championships team title.

The tournament was part of the first Division II National Championships Festival and was conducted May 12-15 at the Victoria Hills Golf Club in DeLand, Florida.

"We feel like we probably should have won two or three times before this, but this is a hard goal to achieve," Carlisle said after his team fired a final-round 298 to stave off Cal State Chico and Barry.

"We were very fortunate -- you could play the same situation tomorrow and another team would win. There are a lot of good, quality teams in this tournament and to be able to win it against such good teams just makes it all that much better."

South Carolina-Aiken opened the final round just one stroke ahead of Barry and two ahead of Cal State Chico. The Pacers' Scott Brown and Dane Burkhart both fired 1-over-par 73s, while Clint Smith had a 75 and James McGhee a 77. The final-round total of 298 was good enough to beat Cal State Chico by nine shots and Barry by 10.

But Cal State Chico had the tournament medalist in J.J. Jakovac, who won the individual title after firing a final-round 73 to finish the tournament with a 1-under-par 287. Jakovac also won the title in 2002, becoming only the third player in Division II history to win two individual national championships.

After Jakovac's 73, Cal State Chico's next-lowest score was a 76 from Marc Peterson. Barry's James Bowery fired a 1-under 71, one of only three rounds under par on the day, but the Buccaneers' next-lowest score was Ryan Lamond's 77.

Jakovac was six strokes ahead of Barton's Courtney Faircloth and Cal State Stanislaus' Ryan Thornberry, who both finished at 293.

"I played really solid on the front nine when it started raining on us -- I shot a 35, which I thought was really good since it was raining hard for a while," Jakovac said of his final-round performance. "On the back nine I just wanted to make par, cruise in. It was really special to win my sophomore year, but even more so this year because I was here with the team and that makes it more special."

Columbus State and Barry were the team leaders after rounds one and two, respectively. Both teams in fact compiled the low aggregate rounds of the tournament (291), Columbus State in round one and Barry in round two. Columbus State, though, which has won the tournament six times (most recently in 1997), finished 11th overall after posting rounds of 314, 313 and 316.

Jakovac had the low round of the tournament with a third-round 67. He added a second-round 70, a score matched only by Nick Mason of Hawaii-Hilo, who tied for fourth in the individual standings.

Glenville State's Tim Fisher made the only hole-in-one of the championships with an ace on the 182-yard par-3 second hole.

Regionals

Northeast -- 1. Bryant, 935; 2. (tie) Le Moyne and Pace, 952; 4. St. Thomas Aquinas, 962; 5. New Haven, 973; 6. Bentley, 980; 7. Adelphi, 1,002; 8. Queens (N.Y.), 1,015 (Bryant advances).

East -- 1. Charleston (W.V.), 915; 2. West Liberty St., 925; 3. Millersville, 928; 4. Concord, 943; 5. Clarion, 948; 6. Ohio Valley, 949; 7. West Chester, 960; 8. Indiana (Pa.), 974 [Charleston (W.V.) advances].

Atlantic -- 1. Barton, 592; 2. Pfeiffer, 598; 3. Coker, 604; 4. St. Andrews, 606; 5. (tie) Queens (N.Y.) and Anderson, 614; 7. Belmont Abbey, 616; 8. Fayetteville St., 332 (Barton advances).

Southeast -- 1. S.C.-Aiken, 578; 2. Kennesaw St., 586; 3. Armstrong Atlantic, 590; 4. (tie) Columbus St. and GC&SU, 601; 6. Carson-Newman, 602; 7. Presbyterian, 609; 8. Francis Marion, 305 (S.C.-Aiken advances; Armstrong Atlantic, Columbus St. and GC&SU receive at-large bids).

Central -- 1. Washburn, 910; 2. Truman, 925; 3. Mo. Southern St., 926; 4. Central Mo. St., 930; 5. Winona St., 312 931; 6. Mo. Western St., 936; 7. Bemidji St., 969; 8 Southwest Baptist, 982 (Washburn advances).

Great Lakes -- 1. Northern Ky., 899; 2. Saginaw Valley St., 904; 3. Grand Valley St., 911; 4. Wayne St. (Mich.), 919; 5. Ferris St., 927; 6. (tie) Lewis and Bellarmine, 929; 8. Findlay, 950 (Northern Ky. advances).

South -- 1. West Fla., 867; 2. Barry, 872; 3. North Ala., 880; 4. Valdosta St., 884; 5. Lynn, 893; 6. Delta St., 897; 7. Arkansas Tech, 906; 8. Fla. Southern, 916 (West Fla. advances; Barry and North Ala. receive at-large bids).

South Central -- 1. Northeastern St., 869; 2. (tie) St. Edward's, 886; 3. (tie) Central Okla. and West Tex. A & M, 892; 5. Abilene Christian, 899; 6. Cameron, 900; 7. St. Mary's (Tex.), 906; 8. Southwestern Okla., 924 (Northeastern St. advances).

Northwest -- 1. St. Cloud St., 900; 2. (tie) Fort Lewis, Minn. St. Mankato and South Dakota, 909; 5. (tie) UC-Colo. Spgs. and Neb.-Kearney, 915; 7. North Dakota St., 917; 8. Colorado St.-Pueblo, 931 (St. Cloud St. advances).

West -- 1. Cal St. Chico, 855; 2. St. Martin's, 868; 3. Cal St. Stanislaus, 871; 4. UC San Diego, 872; 5. Western Wash., 874; 6. Hawaii-Hilo, 875; 7. Cal St. Bakersfield, 878; 8. Grand Canyon, 920 (Cal St. Chico advances; Cal St. Stanislaus, UC San Diego and Western Wash. receive at-large bids).

Championships

Team results

1. S.C.-Aiken, 304-297-292-298 -- 1,191; 2. Cal St. Chico, 300-297-298-305 -- 1,200; 3. Barry, 305-291-298-307 -- 1,201; 4. Cal St. Stanislaus, 295-307-309-299 -- 1,210; 5. Barton, 310-301-303-300 -- 1,214; 6. West Fla., 299-308-300-309 -- 1,216; 7. Northeastern St., 313-306-302-298 -- 1,219; 8. Armstrong Atlantic, 304-306-302-313 -- 1,225; 9. Western Wash., 301-302-311-314 -- 1,228; 10. GC&SU, 302-317-305-305 -- 1,229; 11. Columbus St., 291-314-313-316 -- 1,234; 12. Washburn, 323-306-303-303 -- 1,235; 13. (tie) Bryant, 305-319-307-305 -- 1,236; and North Ala., 312-310-315-299 -- 1,236; 15. UC San Diego, 307-303-314-313 -- 1,237; 16. St. Cloud St., 309-309-318-313 -- 1,249; 17. Northern Ky., 321-313-322-308 -- 1,264; 18. Charleston (W.V.), 315-313-318-335 -- 1,281.

Individual results

1. J.J. Jakovac, Cal St. Chico, 77-70-67-73 -- 287; 2. (tie) Courtney Faircloth, Barton, 73-74-71-75 -- 293; and Ryan Thornberry, Cal St. Stanislaus, 73-77-71-72 -- 293; 4. (tie) Scott Brown, S.C.-Aiken, 75-74-73-73 -- 295; and Nick Mason, Hawaii-Hilo, 76-70-74-75 -- 295; 6. (tie) Dane Burkhart, S.C.-Aiken, 76-73-74-73 -- 296; Christian Ries, Columbus St., 72-75-74-75 -- 296; Clint Smith, S.C.-Aiken, 76-73-72-75 -- 296; and Brett Swedberg, St. Cloud St., 73-75-74-74 -- 296; 10. (tie) Luke Antonelli, St. Mary's (Tex.), 72-79-71-75 -- 297; and Ryan Lamond, Barry, 74-73-73-77 -- 297; 12. Matt Warnock, Washburn, 79-72-74-73 -- 298; 13. Justin Bates, Ouachita Baptist, 75-75-75-74 -- 299; 14. Kris Shepherd, Kennesaw St., 75-75-73-77 -- 300; 15. Thomas Whittaker, Armstrong Atlantic, 75-76-73-77 -- 301; 16. (tie) Tyler Bale, Barry, 74-75-74-79 -- 302; Carter Collins, GC&SU, 75-74-79-74 -- 302; Tim Feenstra, Western Wash., 76-76-74-76 -- 302; Matt Johnston, Washburn, 80-74-74-74 -- 302; and Jon Wetton, Barton, 81-73-79-69 -- 302; 21. (tie) Jason Clary, Bryant, 75-81-74-73 -- 303; and Keith Ornelas, Cal St. Stanislaus, 73-78-76-76 -- 303.

23. (tie) Hernan Borja, Barry, 76-71-76-81 -- 304; Brad Conner, North Ala., 78-73-78-75 -- 304; Tim Fisher, Glenville St., 75-78-73-78 -- 304; and Marc Peterson, Cal St. Chico, 71-75-82-76 -- 304; 27. (tie) Chris Anderson, Western Wash., 75-76-76-78 -- 305; Brian Duckworth, UC San Diego, 77-77-77-74 -- 305; Josh Immordino, Western Wash., 71-77-79-78 -- 305; Fredrik Lundberg, West Fla., 76-79-73-77 -- 305; J. Martinez Medrano, GC&SU, 79-80-72-74 -- 305; Travis Morton, Colorado St.-Pueblo, 74-78-78-75 -- 305; Adam Neville, West Fla., 72-77-78-78 -- 305; and Andrew Suggs, Armstrong Atlantic, 73-74-77-81 -- 305; 35. (tie) Joby Dutcher, Northeastern St., 78-74-72-82 -- 306; Jonathan Ehlen, Northern Ky., 82-75-75-74 -- 306; Ben Knight, Cal St. Chico, 80-74-73-79 -- 306; Eric Moore, Northeastern St., 83-76-75-72 -- 306; James Porter, North Ala., 75-78-75-78 -- 306; and Brad Risenhoover, Northeastern St., 77-80-79-70 -- 306; 41. (tie) Joe Dolby, UC San Diego, 73-79-79-76 -- 307; Pierre Goethals, Abilene Christian, 74-78-75-80 -- 307; and Bryan Overby, Barton, 76-78-74-79 -- 307; 44. (tie) Will Grace, West Fla., 78-84-72-74 -- 308; James McGhee, S.C.-Aiken, 80-78-73-77 -- 308; and Andrea Signor, West Fla., 73-73-81-81 -- 308; 47. (tie) James Bowery, Barry, 81-78-79-71 -- 309; Chris Little, St. Cloud St., 80-74-80-75 -- 309; Shane Prante, St. Martin's, 81-78-74-76 -- 309; A.J. Shiffert, Cal St. Stanislaus, 74-79-83-73 -- 309; and Dion Sirrianni, Lees-McRae, 80-71-77-81 -- 309.

52. (tie) Chris Epperson, Armstrong Atlantic, 78-78-74-80 -- 310; Brandon Parsons, Northern Ky., 77-75-78-80 -- 310; John Quigley, Barry, 83-72-75-80 -- 310; and Bryant West, North Ala., 77-79-81-73 -- 310; 56. (tie) Dave Falcucci, Bryant, 77-76-79-79 -- 311; Jeff King, Cal St. Stanislaus, 75-73-84-79 -- 311; Ashley Loyd, Armstrong Atlantic, 80-78-78-75 -- 311; Chris McCormick, Charleston (W.V.), 71-72-84-84 -- 311; Jim O'Connell, Bryant, 76-81-77-77 -- 311; and Bobby Thomas, Columbus St., 70-79-81-81 -- 311; 62. (tie) Brice Garnett, Mo. Western St., 80-71-84-77 -- 312; Adam Miller, Saginaw Valley, 79-75-82-76 -- 312; Bryan Sangid, S.C.-Aiken, 77-77-81-77 -- 312; and Brian Ward, Northeastern St., 81-81-76-74 -- 312; 66. (tie) Wes Ker-Fox, Columbus St., 72-80-80-82 -- 314; Chris Massoletti, Cal St. Chico, 73-78-77-86 -- 314; Sam Rauschenberg, GC&SU, 76-81-76-81 -- 314; and Ryo Yamada, UC San Diego, 77-75-81-81 -- 314; 70. (tie) Blake Eldridge, Barton, 80-76-79-80 -- 315; and Michael Todd, Charleston (W.V.), 79-79-76-81 -- 315; 72. (tie) Matthew Berzovich, West Fla., 80-79-77-80 -- 316; and Brent Silano, New Haven, 80-79-79-78 -- 316; 74. (tie) Brad Fleetwood, Northeastern St., 77-76-82-82 -- 317; and Alan Scheer, UC San Diego, 80-72-83-82 -- 317.

76. (tie) Craig Chapman, Bryant, 77-83-82-76 -- 318; Chris McGown, Washburn, 83-83-75-77 -- 318; Billy Moon, Cal St. Stanislaus, 81-80-79-78 -- 318; Jess Stimack, Cal St. Chico, 79-81-81-77 -- 318; and John Tillery, GC&SU, 72-82-78-86 -- 318; 81. (tie) Sean Packer, Western Wash., 79-74-82-84 -- 319; and Paul Resner, Washburn, 81-78-81-79 -- 319; 83. (tie) Dan Falcucci, Bryant, 83-81-77-79 -- 320; and Trey Kent, Armstrong Atlantic, 78-82-78-82 -- 320; 85. (tie) Luke Bennett, Western Wash., 80-76-83-82 -- 321; Jarryd Dillas, Columbus St., 77-80-86-78 -- 321; Ronan Flannery, North Ala., 84-80-81-76 -- 321; Justin Grant, UC San Diego, 82-80-77-82 -- 321; David Shearer, Northern Ky., 82-78-85-76 -- 321; and Josh Talton, Barton, 81-79-84-77 -- 321; 91. Michael Peet, Charleston (W.V.), 84-76-80-83 -- 323; 92. Martin Medrano, GC&SU, 84-85-80-76 -- 325; 93. (tie) Garrett Donavon, Washburn, 83-82-80-81 -- 326; and Omar Sanchez, Columbus St., 80-86-78-82 -- 326; 95. Bob Gartland, St. Cloud St., 78-87-78-84 -- 327; 96. (tie) Jon McAlpin, North Ala., 82-85-86-75 -- 328; Curtis Phelps, Northern Ky., 81-85-84-78 -- 328; Glenn Davidson, Northern Ky., 81-86-85-80 -- 332; Josh Hagstrom, St. Cloud St., 81-84-86-81 -- 332; and Pete Jameson, St. Cloud St., 78-76-95-83 -- 332; 101. Tim Lawrie, Charleston (W.V.), 81-88-78-87 -- 334; 102. Mark Bergman, Charleston (W.V.), 86-86-86-89 -- 347.