April 29, 2002
Indianapolis, Ind. - The NCAA Division I Women's Golf Committee has announced the teams and individuals selected to participate in the 2002 Division I Women's Golf Championships Regionals.
Three regional tournaments will be conducted May 9-11 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 324 participants have been selected for the regional competition. Of these players, 126 will advance to the championships finals May 21-24. Eight teams and two individuals will advance from each region.
The Stanford women's golf team will compete on their home course as part of 21 teams and three individuals competing in the West Regional.
The championships finals will be held at Washington National Golf Club, Auburn, Washington, hosted by the University of Washington.
The regional sites and the selected teams and individuals are listed below.
East Regional
The East regional will be played May 9-11 at University Club, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, hosted by Louisiana State University. Conference automatic qualifiers are indicated in parenthesis next to the institution.
Teams: 1Auburn 2Duke (Atlantic Coast Conference) 3Georgia 4Tennessee 5Vanderbilt 6Florida 7South Carolina (Southeastern Conference) 8Wake Forest 9Furman (Southern Conference) 10North Carolina 11LSU 12Tulane 13Mississippi State 14Memphis 15Texas A&M 16UCF 17Alabama 18South Florida 19North Carolina State 20Yale (Ivy Group) 21Jackson State (Southwestern Athletic Conference)
Individuals: 1Katie Futcher, Penn State 2Camilla Hilland, Miami (Florida) 3Jessica Lewis, James Madison
Central Regional
The Central regional will be played May 9-11 at Forest Akers Golf Course, East Lansing, Michigan, hosted by Michigan State University. Conference automatic qualifiers are indicated in parenthesis next to the institution.
Teams: 1Oklahoma State (Big 12 Conference) 2Tulsa (Western Athletic Conference) 3Texas 4Ohio State (Big Ten Conference) 5Michigan 6Michigan State 7Purdue 8Oklahoma 9TCU (Conference USA) 10Baylor 11Kent State (Mid-American Conference) 12Indiana 13Northwestern 14Florida State 15Illinois 16Nebraska 17Wisconsin 18Kansas State 19North Carolina-Wilmington (Big South Conference) 20Bradley (Missouri Valley Conference) 21St. Francis (Pennsylvania) (Northeast Conference)
Individuals: 1Randi Gauthier, North Texas 2Elin Ohlsson, Missouri 3Alison Hiller, Southern Illinois
West Regional
The West regional will be played May 9-11 at Stanford Golf Course, Stanford, California, hosted by Stanford University. Conference automatic qualifiers are indicated in parenthesis next to the institution.
Teams: 1Arizona (Pacific-10 Conference) 2Arizona State 3UCLA 4California 5Washington 6Southern California 7Pepperdine 8Stanford 9New Mexico (Mountain West Conference) 10New Mexico State (Sun Belt Conference) 11Idaho 12San Francisco 13San Jose State 14UC Irvine 15Denver 16Brigham Young 17Colorado State 18Washington State 19Campbell (Atlantic Sun Conference) 20Oral Roberts (Mid-Continent Conference) 21Northern Arizona (Big Sky Conference)
Individuals: 1Erin Kerr, Colorado 2Sarah Walter, Portland 3Kathy Cho, Oregon