April 30, 2001
INDIANAPOLIS --- The NCAA Division I Women's Golf Committee has announced the teams and individuals selected to participate in the 2001 Division I Women's Golf Championships Regionals.
Three regional tournaments will be conducted May 10-12 to determine the championships field. Regional tournaments are considered preliminary rounds of NCAA championships competition, and all national championships policies will apply.
A total of 321 participants have been selected for the regional competition. Of these players, 126 will advance to the championships finals May 22-25. Eight teams and two individuals will advance from each region.
The championships finals will be held at Mission Inn Golf and Tennis Resort, Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida, cohosted by Stetson University and the Central Florida Sports Commission.
The regional sites and the selected teams and individuals are listed below.
EAST REGIONAL
The East regional will be played May 10-12 at Finley Golf Course, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, hosted by the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Conference automatic qualifiers are indicated in parenthesis next to the institution.
TEAMS INDIVIDUALS 1. Duke (Atlantic Coast Conference) 1. Michelle Simpson, Florida International 2. Auburn 2. Stephanie George, Radford 3. Georgia (Southeastern Conference) 4. TCU 5. Pepperdine 6. Vanderbilt 7. Wake Forest 8. New Mexico 9. South Florida 10. Northwestern 11. San Jose State 12. South Carolina 13. Michigan 14. San Diego State 15. Florida State 16. North Carolina 17. Louisville 18. Campbell (Trans America Athletic Conference) 19. Kansas State 20. Jackson State (Southwestern Athletic Conference) 21. Charleston Southern (Big South Conference)
CENTRAL REGIONAL
The Central regional will be played May 10-12 at the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex, West Lafayette, Indiana, hosted by Purdue University. Conference automatic qualifiers are indicated in parenthesis next to the institution.
TEAMS INDIVIDUALS 1. Texas 1. Allie Blomquist, Wisconsin 2. Tulsa (Western Athletic Conference) 2. Nina Reis, North Texas 3. Oklahoma State (Big 12 Conference) 4. New Mexico State (Sun Belt Conference) 5. LSU 6. Oklahoma 7. Purdue 8. Alabama 9. Kent State (Mid-American Conference) 10. California 11. UCF 12. Baylor 13. San Francisco 14. Florida 15. Nebraska 16. Texas A&M 17. Texas Tech 18. Minnesota 19. Idaho 20. Oral Roberts (Mid-Continent Conference) 21. Princeton (Ivy Group)
WEST REGIONAL
The West regional will be played May 10-12 at Trysting Tree Golf Course, Corvallis, Oregon, hosted by Oregon State University. Conference automatic qualifiers are indicated in parenthesis next to the institution.
TEAMS INDIVIDUALS 1. Arizona (Pacific-10 Conference) 1. Tasha Browner. Washington State 2. Southern California 2. Taya Battistella, Portland State 3. Stanford 4. Tennessee 5. Ohio State 6. Arizona State 7. UCLA 8. Michigan State (Big Ten Conference) 9. Washington 10. Furman (Southern Conference) 11. Indiana 12. Oregon 13. Memphis (Conference USA) 14. Missouri 15. Colorado State 16. Nevada 17. Oregon State 18. Brigham Young 19. Central Connecticut State (Northeast Conference) 20. Southwest Missouri State (Missouri Valley Conference 21. Weber State (Big Sky Conference)
courtesy of the NCAA