Sonoma State caught Cal State San Bernardino on the 72nd hole of the 2009 Division II Men’s Golf Championships on Friday and then beat the Coyotes in a one-hole playoff to capture its first national golf crown.

The tournament was played May 19-22 at the Loomis Trail Golf Club in Blaine, Washington.

It appeared Cal State San Bernardino was poised to win its first golf title in the program’s 25-year history, but the Coyotes watched an eight-stroke lead slip to one stroke at the 18th hole. Then Sonoma State’s Patrick Bauer pulled his team into a tie despite a bogey at 18 because the Coyotes’ Gene Webster double-bogeyed the last.

The Seawolves then claimed their first national championship by getting four pars and a bogey in the sudden-death playoff on the 18th hole. Cal State San Bernardino had three pars and two bogeys. It was the second straight year the team championship needed a playoff since West Florida won a three-way tiebreaker in 2008, the first time the tournament had to be decided in extra holes.

“I tried to keep it really simple and told them no matter the outcome, I just wanted them to do their best,” said Sonoma State coach Val Verhunce. “That was all I could ask.”

The team outcome was a win-win for the California Collegiate Athletic Association, which had its two top golf squads finish 1-2. It was the first Division II golf championship for a CCAA team since Cal State Northridge in 1974 and the first by a California school since UC Davis in 1979.

The Coyotes’ second-place finish was the program’s best effort in 13 trips to the national championship.

Both the team and individual titles were decided by playoffs, with Gavin Smith of Indiana (Pennsylvania) winning medalist honors over Kelbi Lee of Ferris State.

Smith, who had finished his round more than four hours before the playoff, drained a birdie putt from 18 feet just after Lee lipped out a putt from a nearly equal distance.

Smith, a junior from Stirling, Scotland, had no idea he’d still be in contention when he finished with a final-round 74 to put him at 5-over 289 for the tournament.

“I never thought I’d be in a playoff,” he said. “We were hanging around because there’s an award presentation for the top 10. Then it looked like there might be a playoff, maybe with five people, then four, three, and finally just two. (At the start of the week,) I thought maybe top 20. To win it ... I have no words.”

Team results

1. (tie) Sonoma St.*, 293-296-299-291 -- 1,179; and Cal St. San B’dino, 298-286-295-300 -- 1,179; 3. Columbus St., 301-288-299-294 -- 1,182; 4. Barry, 293-290-304-296 -- 1,183; 5. GC&SU, 301-289-301-300 -- 1,191; 6. (tie) Indianapolis, 308-297-297-293 -- 1,195; and Cal St. Stanislaus, 308-301-298-288 -- 1,195; 8. Ferris St., 303-294-301-298 -- 1,196; 9. (tie) Lynn, 300-292-306-303 -- 1,201; and North Ala., 308-299-290-304 -- 1,201; 11. Northeastern St., 297-311-300-295 -- 1,203; 12. Indiana (Pa.), 309-301-299-302 -- 1,211; 13. Wayne St. (Mich.), 309-300-302-306 -- 1,217; 14. Central Mo., 310-303- 03-306 -- 1,222; 15. Grand Canyon, 301-305-305-312 -- 1,223; 16. UC Colo. Springs, 314-305-308-306 -- 1,233; 17. Fayetteville St., 311-319-308-304 -- 1,242; 18. St. Thomas Aquinas, 318-304-317-322 -- 1,261; 19. Fairmont St., 322-318-327-309 -- 1,276; Concord, 306-298-313 (did not finish).

*won playoff.

Individual results

1. (tie) Gavin Smith*, Indiana (Pa.), 76-69-70-74 -- 289; and Kelbi Lee, Ferris St., 76-73-68-72 -- 289; 3. (tie) Patrick Bauer, Sonoma St., 71-72-76-71 -- 290; and Gene Webster, Cal St. San B’dino, 70-71-72-77 -- 290; 5. (tie) Steven Brame, Lynn, 73-72-74-73 -- 292; Steve Cuzzort, Wayne St. (Mich.), 71-70-74-77 -- 292; Aaron Monson, Indianapolis, 75-73-72-72 -- 292; and Steven Paine, Columbus St., 75-73-74-70 -- 292; 9. (tie) Micah Burke, Cal St. San B’dino, 77-70-73-73 -- 293; Niclas Johansson, GC&SU, 74-73-72-74 -- 293; and Justin Yoder, Central Mo., 77-71-75-70 -- 293; 12. (tie) Jake Koppenberg, Western Wash., 73-74-74-73 -- 294; and Jarin Todd, Sonoma St., 72-76-73-73 -- 294; 14. (tie) Joe Alldis, Cal St. San B’dino 75-72-73-75 -- 295; Matt Ewald, Washburn, 72-75-74-74 -- 295; and Brett Munson, North Ala., 76-73-70-76 -- 295; 17. (tie) Kyle Albright, Columbus St., 77-72-74-73 -- 296; Chris Carlin, Barry, 73-71-73-79 -- 296; and Billy Shida, GC&SU, 77-71-73-75 -- 296; 20. (tie) Victor Billskoog, Barry, 71-73-77-76 -- 297; Andrew Georgiou, Columbus St., 72-75-76-74 -- 297; Michael Hicks, Columbus St., 77-68-75-77 -- 297; Bryan Kiss, Cal St. Stanislaus, 77-78-71-71 -- 297; Brian Richey, Fla. Southern, 72-78-74-73 -- 297; Daniel Stapff, Barry, 76-74-77-70 -- 297; and Kurt Valley, Ferris St., 74-75-78-70 -- 297; 27. (tie) Brandon Harkins, Cal St. Chico, 76-68-77-77 -- 298; and Danny Hoff, Cal St. Stanislaus, 73-78-73-74 -- 298; 29. (tie) Jonathan Burke, Barton, 71-79-76-73 -- 299; Seth Fair, Indianapolis, 79-71-77-72 -- 299; David Gies, North Ala., 75-74-76-74 -- 299; and Janssen Todd, Sonoma St., 76-75-75-73 -- 299; 33. (tie) Chris Fitzpatrick, St. Thomas Aquinas, 76-75-71-78 -- 300; Joe Juszczyk, Wayne St. (Mich.), 78-69-78-75 -- 300; Brant Kummerfeld, Adelphi, 74-74-74-78 -- 300; and Matt Miller, Central Mo., 77-78-73-72 -- 300; 37. (tie) Pedro da Costa Lima, GC&SU, 75-74-76-76 -- 301; Chris Goldan, Lynn, 76-75-74-76 -- 301; Preston Roberts, Barry, 73-72-79-77 -- 301; Patricio Salem, Lynn, 72-75-79-75 -- 301; Spencer Shishido, Sonoma St., 74-76-77-74 -- 301; and Carlos Velez, Barry, 76-75-77-73 -- 301; 43. (tie) Jake Greer, North Ala., 80-73-74-75 -- 302; and Brooks Herrick, Bellarmine, 76-76-74-76 -- 302; 45. (tie) Josh Boswell, Northeastern St., 73-81-72-77 -- 303; Sam Powell, Northeastern St., 71-79-80-73 -- 303; Jared Schmader, Clarion, 74-70-83-76 -- 303; and Derek Scott, Fayetteville St., 74-82-72-75 -- 303; 49. (tie) Brad Boyle, Indiana (Pa.), 77-73-77-77 -- 304; Thomas Chu, Cal St. San B’dino, 77-73-77-77 -- 304; Kevin King, Northeastern St., 77-73-79-75 -- 304; and Blake Walker, Northeastern St., 78-78-73-75 -- 304; 53. (tie) Kyle Pearson, Indianapolis, 76-76-77-76 -- 305; and Philip Somersall, Concord, 81-77-72-75 -- 305; 55. (tie) Francisco Bide, GC&SU, 75-76-80-75 -- 306; Ryan Carter, Sonoma St., 76-73-75-82 -- 306; Jeff Cox, Northeastern St., 76-82-76-72 -- 306; Justin Hueber, Indianapolis, 78-77-78-73 -- 306; Brian Morfeld, UC-Colo. Springs, 77-77-76-76 -- 306; Kenny Pigman, Cal St. San B’dino, 76-75-80-75 -- 306; and Joe Young, GC&SU, 77-71-81-77 -- 306; 62. (tie) Trevor Blair, Cal St. Stanislaus, 82-75-77-73 -- 307; Jonathan Earl Cockerill, Cal St. Stanislaus, 78-72-77-80 -- 307; Terence Daniels, Grand Canyon, 79-73-79-76 -- 307; Eric Lilleboe, Ferris St., 74-71-84-78 -- 307; Bentley Nakasawa, Grand Canyon, 74-78-74-81 -- 307; Teddy Schrier, Cal St. Stanislaus, 80-76-81-70 -- 307; and Tyler Wooldridge, Grand Canyon, 76-78-75-78 -- 307; 69. Tyler Bishop, UC-Colo. Springs, 79-76-78-75 -- 308; 70. (tie) Ryan Kennedy, Indiana (Pa.), 77-81-77-74 -- 309; David Rose, Lynn, 79-72-79-79 -- 309; Chris Shoop, UC-Colo. Springs, 79-75-77-78 -- 309; and Cory Stelick, Indiana (Pa.), 79-78-75-77 -- 309; 74. (tie) Ty Chandler, North Ala.,77-82-72-79 -- 310; and Pat Steffes, Ferris St., 79-75-75-81 -- 310; 76. (tie) David Cosel, UC-Colo. Springs, 79-77-78-77 -- 311; Mike Krahe, Grand Canyon, 80-76-78-77 -- 311; Kevin Lyles, Fayetteville St., 78-80-79-74 -- 311; and Joel Lynn, Fayetteville St., 79-80-78-74 -- 311; 80. Blair Webb, Indianapolis, 84-80-71-77 -- 312; 81. (tie) Brandon Hill, Grand Canyon, 72-79-78-84 -- 313; Chad Johnson, Wayne St. (Mich.), 79-81-75-78 -- 313; and Marcus Williams, Lynn, 80-73-80-80 -- 313; 84. JP van der Walt, Columbus St., 78-77-81-78 -- 314; 85. (tie) Emmanuel Charmat, Concord, 78-79-78-80 -- 315; Brian Janty, Ferris St., 80-77-80-78 -- 315; and Jon Wrast, Central Mo., 73-72-85-85 -- 315; 88. (tie) Hagan Risner, Wayne St. (Mich.), 81-80-79-76 -- 316; and Wes Smith, North Ala., 84-79-74-79 -- 316; 90. (tie) Andrew Duff, Fairmont St., 79-81-85-72 -- 317; and Jeremy Ringled, Fayetteville St., 80-77-79-81 -- 317; 92. Riley Andrews, UC-Colo. Springs, 84-79-77-78 -- 318; 93. (tie) Andrew Mehler, Concord, 79-80-80-80 -- 319; and Patrick Schwarze, St. Thomas Aquinas, 83-79-83-74 -- 319; 95. Matt Gissy, Fairmont St., 79-81-84-77 -- 321; 96. (tie) Jeff Cunningham, Fairmont St., 86-80-76-80 -- 322; and Brian Viola, St. Thomas Aquinas, 82-75-79-86 -- 322; 98. Jared King, Central Mo., 83-84-75-82 -- 324; 99. (tie) Leo Acklin, Indiana (Pa.), 79-84-84-79 -- 326; and Zach Rudy, Fairmont St., 86-76-82-82 -- 326; 101. Sean Campbell, St. Thomas Aquinas, 79-75-84-91 -- 329; 102. Sean Stevens, Fairmont St., 78-87-85-80 -- 330; 103. (tie) Ty Needels, Central Mo., 87-82-80-82 -- 331; and Michael Wouters, Wayne St. (Mich.), 87-86-75-83 -- 331; 105. John Casey, St. Thomas Aquinas, 81-83-85-84 -- 333; 106. Willie McClure, Fayetteville St., 84-95-91-88 -- 358; Ryan Terdik, Concord, DQ-76-72-79; Kyle Long, Concord, DQ-74-76-79.

*won playoff.