SAUCIER — The Meridian Community College golf team completed play in the 2017 District D Championship Tournament Tuesday afternoon at the Grand Bear Golf Club, and the Eagles have officially punched their ticket to the National Championship Tournament. 

MCC finished in third place in the District D Tournament. The National Championship Tournament which will be played May 23-26 at Longbow Golf Club in Mesa, Ariz. 

The top three teams among the field in the District D Tournament punched their ticket to the National Championship Tournament. MCC finished the tournament with a team score of 604 (28-over par), which was just four strokes behind Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, which finished second in the field. Copiah-Lincoln Community College won the overall tournament title with a team score of 588 (12-over par) and will join MCC and Gulf Coast next month.

Sophomore Porsche Kitipongpatana placed in the top five among all players in the field for MCC and was named a member of the All-District D Team. Kitipongpatana finished the tournament with a final two-day score of 149 (5-over par), while former Lamar School star Lance Strickland finished tied for sixth in the field with a two-round score of 150 (6-over par). 

Jacob Berry finished tied for 12th with a two-day score of 152 (8-over par), while Isaiah Jackson had a final induvial score of 159 (15-over par). Malachi Spears rounded out the day for MCC by tying for 26th in the tournament with a two-day score of 164 (20-over par).