Indiana University Athletics
IU Selected for NCAA Regionals
4/29/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA Division I Women's Golf Committee has announced the teams and individuals selected to participate in the 2003 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships Regionals.
Indiana will make its 11th-straight NCAA Regional appearance, when the Hoosiers travel to the Central Regional May 8-10 at the Firethorn Golf Club in Lincoln, Neb, hosted by the University of Nebraska.
Three regional tournaments will be conducted May 8-10 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 20-23. Eight teams and two individuals will advance from each region.
The championships finals will be held at Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex, West Lafayette, Indiana, hosted by the Purdue University.
The regional sites and the selected teams and individuals are listed below.
Central Regional
The Central regional will be played May 8-10 at Firethorn Golf Club, Lincoln, Nebraska, hosted by the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Conference automatic qualifiers are indicated in parenthesis next to the institution.
East Regional
Teams:
1 California (Pacific-10 Conference)
2 Texas
3 Florida
4 Tennessee
5 New Mexico (Mountain West Conference)
6 Tulsa (Western Athletic Conference)
7 Purdue
8 Oklahoma
9 Missouri
10 Baylor
11 TCU
12 Kent State (Mid-American Conference)
13 Michigan State
14 Arkansas
15 Texas A&M
16 Indiana
17 Wisconsin
18 Kansas State
19 Nebraska
20 Yale (Ivy Group)
21 Southern University (Southwestern Athletic Conference)
Individuals:
1 Randi Gauthier, North Texas
2 Louise Kenney, Iowa State
3 Elizabeth Burden, Northwestern
The East regional will be played May 8-10 at Salem Glen Country Club, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, hosted by Wake Forest University. Conference automatic qualifiers are indicated in parenthesis next to the institution.
Teams:
1 Duke (Atlantic Coast Conference)
2 Arizona
3 Auburn (Southeastern Conference)
4 Vanderbilt
5 Wake Forest
6 Georgia
7 South Carolina
8 Tulane
9 North Carolina
10 Florida State
11 South Florida (Conference USA)
12 East Carolina
13 Furman
14 North Carolina-Wilmington (Big South Conference)
15 North Carolina State
16 Mississippi State
17 Penn State
18 Mississippi
19 Western Carolina (Southern Conference)
20 Georgia State (Atlantic Sun Conference)
21 St. Francis (Pennsylvania) (Northeast Conference)
Individuals:
1 Jenny Gleason, North Carolina-Greensboro
2 Tina Miller, Miami (Florida)
3 Avery Kiser, Princeton
West Regional
The West regional will be played May 8-10 at Karsten Golf Course, Tempe, Arizona, hosted by Arizona State University. Conference automatic qualifiers are indicated in parenthesis next to the institution.
Teams:
1 Pepperdine
2 Southern California
3 Oklahoma State (Big 12 Conference)
4 UCLA
5 Ohio State (Big Ten Conference)
6 Arizona State
7 Stanford
8 New Mexico State (Sun Belt Conference)
9 Washington
10 UNLV
11 San Francisco
12 San Jose State
13 Oregon State
14 Denver
15 Nevada
16 Illinois
17 Washington State
18 Oral Roberts (Mid-Continent Conference)
19 Cal State Northridge (Big West Conference)
20 Portland State (Big Sky Conference)
21 Bradley (Missouri Valley Conference)
Individuals:
1 Nicole Keller, Idaho
2 Stella Lee, UC Irvine
3 Erin Kerr, Colorado
