April 25, 2005
Indianapolis, In. - The NCAA Division I Women's Golf Committee has announced the teams and individuals selected to participate in the 2005 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships Regionals.
Three regional tournaments will be conducted May 5-7 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 17-20. Eight teams and two individuals will advance from each region.
The championships finals will be held at Sunriver Resort on the Meadows Course, Sunriver, Oregon, hosted by Oregon State University and Sunriver Resort.
The regional sites and the selected teams and individuals are listed below.
East Regional
The East regional will be played May 5-7 at the University of Florida Golf Course, Gainesville, Florida, hosted by the University of Florida. Conference automatic qualifiers are indicated in parenthesis next to the institution.
Teams: 1. Duke (Atlantic Coast Conference) 2. Pepperdine 3. Washington 4. Ohio State (Big Ten Conference) 5. Florida 6. Tulane (Conference USA) 7. Furman (Southern Conference) 8. Virginia 9. North Carolina-Wilmington 10. Mississippi State 11. North Carolina State 12. South Carolina 13. Vanderbilt 14. Miami (Florida) 15. East Carolina 16. Coastal Carolina (Big South Conference) 17. Princeton (Ivy Group) 18. James Madison (Colonial Athletic Association) 19. Jackson State (Southwestern Athletic Conference) 20. Jacksonville State (Ohio Valley Conference) 21. Campbell Individuals: 1. Adrienne White, Louisville 2. Meghan Little, Louisville 3. Brooke Mangan, Alabama-Birmingham
Central Regional
The Central regional will be played May 5-7 at Jerry S. Rawls Course, Lubbock, Texas, hosted by Texas Tech University. Conference automatic qualifiers are indicated in parenthesis next to the institution.
Teams: 1. Auburn (Southeastern Conference) 2. Arizona State 3. New Mexico 4. LSU 5. Wake Forest 6. Texas 7. Missouri 8. Arkansas 9. Michigan 10. Tulsa (Western Athletic Conference) 11. TCU 12. Southern Methodist 13. Purdue 14. Michigan State 15. Kent State (Mid-American Conference) 16. Baylor 17. Texas A& M 18. South Florida 19. Texas Tech 20. Notre Dame 21. Long Island (Northeast Conference) Individuals: 1. Louise Kenney, Iowa State 2. Emily Milberger, Oklahoma 3. Merynn Ito, Nebraska
West Regional
The West regional will be played May 5-7 at New Mexico State University Golf Course, Las Cruces, New Mexico, hosted by New Mexico State University. Conference automatic qualifiers are indicated in parenthesis next to the institution.
Teams: 1. UCLA (Pacific-10 Conference) 2. Georgia 3. Oklahoma State (Big 12 Conference) 4. Tennessee 5. Southern California 6. Arizona 7. California 8. Washington State 9. Stanford 10. UNLV (Mountain West Conference) 11. Oregon 12. San Francisco 13. UC Irvine (Big West Conference) 14. Brigham Young 15. Colorado State 16. Portland State (Big Sky Conference) 17. Northwestern 18. Oral Roberts (Mid-Continent Conference) 19. Illinois State (Missouri Valley Conference) 20. Georgia State (Atlantic Sun Conference) 21. Denver (Sun Belt Conference) Individuals: 1. Kay Hoey, Long Beach State 2. Laura Luethke, Fresno State 3. Renee Skidmore, Idaho
courtesy of NCAA