Kyrin Mayfield

Men’s Golf Concludes Historic Season at NCAA II South/Southeast Regional

5/10/2025 6:10:00 PM | By: Kyrin Mayfield | @k_mayfield97

Results
HOWEY-IN-THE-HILLS, Fla. - The 2024-25 season came to a close for Embry-Riddle Men's Golf with a 15th-place finish in the program's first-ever NCAA II regional appearance at the NCAA II South/Southeast Regional. The Eagles shot a 297 in the third and final round on Saturday to conclude the event with an 884 stroke total. Embry-Riddle needed to be in the top seven to advance to the NCAA II National Championship, but the Eagles came up just 15 shots short of the final transfer spot.

ERAU placed ahead of notable programs including No. 18 Rollins, No. 19 Nova Southeastern, No. 26 Barry and No. 34 Flagler.

It was a loaded regional that featured 13 teams ranked inside the top 25 of the most recent Clippd rankings with seven in the top 10.

THE TOURNAMENT HISTORY
Appearance: 1st

THE COURSE
Mission Inn Resort (El Campeón)
Par: 72
Yards: 6,960

THE FIELD
Teams: 20

#2 West Florida
#3 Lincoln Memorial
#4 North Georgia
#5 Georgia Southwestern
#7 Lee
#9 USC Aiken
#10 Florida Southern
#13 Columbus State
#14 Wingate
#16 Lander
#18 Rollins
#19 Nova Southeastern
#25 Lenoir-Rhyne
#26 Barry
#34 Flagler
#35 Saint Leo
#36 Embry-Riddle
#38 Palm Beach Atlantic
#44 Barton
Spring Hill

Individuals: 108

46 were ranked inside the top 100

THE PLAY
Embry-Riddle (296-291-297=884) | 15th

The Eagles began the day on a tear, moving all the way up into 11th thanks to Ball's five-under-par start.
ERAU was eight under par on par 5s.

Tiago Barni (69-72-74=215) | T-19th

Barni closed out his collegiate career with five pars and a birdie on his last six holes.
That birdie came under unusual circumstances.
- A drive wide right of the fairway on hole No. 9 placed the ball right next to the cart path underneath bushes.
- Taking a relief drop on the other side of the cart path in the rough behind the green of hole No. 7, Barni had to shoot the ball, which was on a downward-sloping patch of rough, over the bushes, palm trees, and a tee box on the 15th hole to reach the green, which he did.
- A successful putt on his third shot ensured a birdie.
Barni garnered his third top-20 result of the season and the sixth of his career.
His 215 stroke total was his lowest of the spring.
Barni's 4.00 stroke average on par 4s tied for the fifth-best mark in the field.
He was also two under par on par 5s.
His 15 birdies led the squad and were the third-most in the field.

Edoardo Scialanga (76-70-76=222) | T-55th

Scialanga played consistently by notching a team-leading 15 pars on the day.
That included the first five holes and the final nine holes.
His 36 pars led the team.

Michael Faringer (73-77-78=228) | T-87th

Faringer earned a birdie on the par-5, 569-yard hole No. 10.
He was two under on par 5s in the tournament.

Ian Ball (78-81-70=229) | T-90th

Ball saved his best round of the spring for last with a 70 on Saturday.
He was on a tear, starting his round with two birdies and an eagle in his first four holes.
All three could be contributed to sunk puts of 10 or more feet, including a 30-foot putt for his eagle on the par-5 17th, which was the team's only eagle of the tournament.
Another birdie on Ball's eighth hole had the junior at five under halfway through the round.
Ball excelled on par 5s, going three under par for the tournament.

Ryan Gear (82-72-77=231) | T-95th

Gear posted a pair of below-par scores on par 5s in a three-hole span.
He found success on par 5s over his three rounds, going one under par on such holes.

THE LEADERS
Team
No. 4 North Georgia | -18 (285-273-278=836)

Individual
No. 39 Brandon Skidmore (Wingate) and No. 26 Jack Vajda (North Georgia) | -10 (206)

UP NEXT
That concludes the 2024-25 Embry-Riddle Men's Golf season. It was a historic year for the Eagles with multiple milestones reached, earning a bid to an NCAA II regional for the first time ever while Scialanga became the program's first All-Sunshine State Conference selection.

At the Shark Invitational, Embry-Riddle won its first-ever tournament outside the Daytona Beach area and set program records in individual single-round score as well as team single-round and three-round totals. Additionally, the team broke the single-season stroke average record. Three Eagles broke into the program's single-season scoring average top-10 list, including Scialnga (73.3, 3rd), Joon Kim (74.0, 7th) and Ball (74.3, 10th).

Barni ends his career with the third-best career scoring average (74.53) in program history while Faringer ranks seventh (75.40).

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