Valpo Men’s Golf Accepts Invite to National Golf Invitational
Thursday, May 4, 2023
Valpo Men’s Golf Accepts Invite to National Golf Invitational

The good news just keeps coming for the Valparaiso University men’s golf team.

A day after Anthony Delisanti (Sanborn, N.Y. / Niagara Wheatfield) and Caleb VanArragon (Blaine, Minn. / Blaine) were both announced as part of the NCAA Bath Regional field, the program has revealed that the team’s season is not done yet.

The Beacons have earned a place in the inaugural National Golf Invitational (NGI), a postseason tournament similar to the NIT in basketball. The 18-team, 54-hole event will be held from May 18-21 at Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club in Maricopa, Ariz.

Invitations for the postseason tournament are extended to top teams that did not secure automatic or at-large bids into the NCAA Regional field. The committee used a cumulative average of Golfweek/Sagarin and GolfStat rankings along with a committee decision on teams that have strong resumes.

Valpo leads the Missouri Valley Conference with a 289.48 season scoring average. The Beacons finished as the team runner-up at the MVC Championship with Delisanti winning individual medalist honors for the second straight season. Valpo owns a season winning percentage of .754 (107-35) during a historic year for the program. Delisanti earned MVC Golfer of the Year status, while VanArragon garnered the MVC Elite 17 Award and both were named to the All-MVC team.

This will mark the first time that the program has advanced to postseason play as a team since competing in the NCAA Columbus Regional in 2013.