INDIANAPOLIS – The nationally 17^th-ranked University of South Carolina Aiken golf team is ranked ninth in the inaugural NCAA Division II Southeast Region rankings of the spring of 2011.

The Pacers are one of six Peach Belt Conference teams currently in the top 10 in the region. Georgia College is the highest ranked PBC squad, coming in at No. 1. Armstrong Atlantic State is third in the region poll followed by Columbus State (fourth) and UNC Pembroke (fifth). Flagler is just ahead of the Pacers in eighth.

The Pacers have had a solid spring so far as USC Aiken has finished in the top 10 as a team in four of its five tournaments this spring. The Pacers have secured three top five finishes, including a third place finish at West Florida's Argonaut Invitational.

USC Aiken is concluding play today at the 2011 Insperity Augusta State Invitational.

The third and final round of the 2011 Insperity Augusta State Invitational began at 9 a.m. on Sunday, April 3. The first Pacer teed off at 10:30 a.m. on hole No. 10.

The 2011 Insperity Augusta State Invitational is USC Aiken's final regular season tournament of the 2010-11 season.

USC Aiken will next compete in the Peach Belt Conference Championship, which will be contested on Monday, April 11 and Tuesday, April 12 at the Savannah Quarters Country Club in Pooler, Ga.

For more information on the 2011 Peach Belt Conference Golf Championship, please visit the official tournament website at: http://www.aasupirates.com/sports/pbcgolf2011tournament

NCAA Division II
Southeast Region Rankings

1. Georgia College
2. Barton
3. Armstrong Atlantic State
4. Columbus State
5. UNC Pembroke
6. Newberry
7. Queens
8. Flagler
9. USC Aiken
10. Lincoln Memorial