Stanford Set To Host 2002 NCAA Women's Golf West RegionalStanford Set To Host 2002 NCAA Women's Golf West Regional

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Stanford Set To Host 2002 NCAA Women's Golf West Regional

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