INDIANAPOLIS---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.

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

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

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