HATTIESBURG, Miss. – The Southern Miss men's golf team has spent this season stacking high-quality performances, climbing leaderboards, and now, it has led to something bigger. On Wednesday, that consistency finally paid off in historic fashion, as the Golden Eagles will officially compete in the NCAA Championships, which will begin on May 29.

For the first time in program history, the Golden Eagles were selected to an NCAA Regional, officially teeing up their postseason breakthrough as an 11-seed. They will be heading to the Athens Regional, where they’ll be grouped with Auburn (1), Illinois (2), Vanderbilt (3), BYU (4), Georgia (5), Louisville (6), Kansas (7), Northwestern (8), College of Charleston (9), Rice (10), Harvard (12) and Howard (13).

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This also marks the second consecutive year that a Southern Miss golf team has reached the regional stage, as the women's team made it last season.…