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