Cole Vieira, Assumption Competing in DII NCAA Tournament
Former Barrington star Cole Vieira and his Assumption Greyhounds are set to tee it up in the DII NCAA Tournament on Thursday morning.
For Assumption, this is their ninth straight appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
The squad is playing in the East/Atlantic Regional at Sunnehanna Country Club in Pennsylvania starting at 10 a.m.
The regional is a 54-hole tournament with the top six teams and two individuals (not with an advancing team) moving onto the national tournament later this month.
Along with Assumption, other teams in the regional are Adelphi University, Post University, Southern New Hampshire University, Bentley University, St. Thomas Aquinas College, and Wilmington University (Del.). The Atlantic region is represented by Gannon University, West Chester University (Pa.), Pitt-Johnston, Indiana (Pa.), Bluefield State, California (Pa.), Charleston (Va.), Winston-Salem State, Glenville State, Fairmont State, Fayetteville State, Wheeling, and West Liberty.
Now a junior, Vieira is coming off a top 20 finish at the Hawk Invitational and a sixth place finish at the Penmen Invitational last month.