Pitt-Johnstown's first ever appearance in the NCAA Regional Golf Tournament proved to be a good one.  Mitch Jeffe finished in a six-way tie for 13^th-place to lead the Mountain Cats to a sixth-place tie with West Chester University after Saturday's final round of the of the NCAA Division II East/Atlantic Region Golf Championships at the par-72 Ravenwood Golf Club in Victor, NY.
 
Pitt-Johnstown tied for sixth with West Chester at 35-over par (899).
 
Jeffe, who shot 74 on Thursday and 71 on Friday, entered Saturday's final round in a tie for seventh-place.  Jeffe fired a four-over 76 on Saturday to finish tied for 13^th with six other players at +5 (221).
 
Justin Scally shot three straight 75s to tie for 40^th with West Liberty (WV) University's Noah Salvertson at nine-over (225), while Mario Battaglia ended the tournament in a five-way tie for 49^th-place at +11 (80, 74, 73, 227).
 
The Mountain Cats also got a tie for 61^st-place at 14-over par from Sal Cerilli (72, 80, 78, 230).  Brendan Villnave tied for 94^th-place at +21.  Villnave shot 76, 82, 79 (237) over the three days of the tournament.
 
St. Thomas Aquinas (NY) won the regional team title at +17, two strokes better than second place University of Charleston (WV) to advance to the 2022 NCAA Division II Men's Golf Championships at TPC Michigan in Detroit, Michigan.  Gannon University and Davis & Elkins (WV) College also earned automatic bids to the national championships after tying for third at +23.
 
Davis & Elkins' Jordan Hyland won medalist after finishing the tournament at three-under par.  Charleston's Mitch Hoffman and St. Thomas Aquinas' tied for the runner-up spot at even par.