April 26, 2004
Indianapolis, Ind. - The NCAA Division I Women's Golf Committee has announced the teams and individuals selected to participate in the 2004 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships Regionals.
Three regional tournaments will be conducted May 6-8 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 18-21. Eight teams and two individuals will advance from each region.
The championships finals will be held at Grand National Lake Course, Opelika, Alabama, hosted by Auburn University.
The regional sites and the selected teams and individuals are listed below.
West Regional
The West regional will be played May 6-8 at Stanford Golf Course, Stanford, California, hosted by Stanford University. Conference automatic qualifiers are indicated in parenthesis next to the institution.
Teams:
1.UCLA (Pacific-10 Conference) 2.Ohio State (Big Ten Conference) 3.California 4.Georgia 5.Texas (Big 12 Conference) 6.Washington 7.Stanford 8.Pepperdine 9.Arizona State 10.Oregon 11.San Francisco 12.New Mexico State 13.San Diego State 14.San Jose State 15.Brigham Young 16.Texas Tech 17.Denver (Sun Belt Conference) 18.Washington State 19.Portland State (Big Sky Conference) 20.Cal State Northridge (Big West Conference) 21.Oral Roberts (Mid-Continent Conference)
Individuals:
1.Angela Won, UC Irvine 2.Sara Odelius, Hawaii 3.Lauren Gray, Northern Arizona
East Regional
The East regional will be played May 6-8 at Mission Inn Golf and Tennis Resort, Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida, co-hosted by the Central Florida Sports Commission and Stetson University. Conference automatic qualifiers are indicated in parenthesis next to the institution.
Teams:
1.Duke (Atlantic Coast Conference) 2.Auburn 3.Oklahoma State 4.Wake Forest 5.UNLV (Mountain West Conference) 6.Florida 7.North Carolina 8.Tulane (Conference USA) 9.LSU 10.Tennessee 11.Furman (Southern Conference) 12.South Carolina 13.Florida State 14.Mississippi 15.North Carolina-Wilmington (Big South Conference) 16.Alabama 17.Miami (Florida) 18.North Carolina State 19.Campbell (Atlantic Sun Conference) 20.St. Francis (Pennsylvania) (Northeast Conference) 21.Southern University (Southwestern Athletic Conference)
Individuals:
1.Adriene Millican, East Carolina 2.Carol Green, James Madison 3.Natalia Novorro, Florida Atlantic
Central Regional
The Central regional will be played May 6-8 at University Golf Course, Normal, Illinois, hosted by Illinois State University. Conference automatic qualifiers are indicated in parenthesis next to the institution.
Teams:
1.Vanderbilt (Southeastern Conference) 2.New Mexico 3.Arizona 4.Southern California 5.Oklahoma 6.Michigan State 7.Tulsa (Western Athletic Conference) 8.Missouri 9.TCU 10.Arkansas 11.Texas A&M 12.Kansas State 13.Indiana 14.Southern Methodist 15.Kent State (Mid-American Conference) 16.Purdue 17.Northwestern 18.Baylor 19.Notre Dame 20.Princeton (Ivy Group) 21.Illinois State (Missouri Valley Conference)
Individuals:
1.Malinda Johnson, Wisconsin 2.Linda Svensson, Arkansas-Little Rock 3.Laura Olin, Michigan