INDIANAPOLIS---The NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Committee has announced the teams and individuals selected to participate in the 2009 NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championships Regionals.

            Three regional tournaments will be conducted May 7-9 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 regional competition, with 126 of them advancing to the championships finals.  Eight teams and two individuals will advance from each regional.

            The championships finals will be held May 19-22 at the Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Md., and will be hosted by Georgetown University.

            The regional sites and the selected teams and individuals are listed below.

East Regional

The East regional will be played May 7-9 at the Mark Bostick Golf Course in Gainesville, Fla., and will be hosted by the University of Florida.  Conference automatic qualifiers are indicated in parenthesis next to the institution.

Teams:

1. Virginia
2.  Auburn (Southeastern Conference)
3. Alabama
4. North Carolina
5. Duke
6. Denver (Sun Belt Conference)
7.  Tennessee
8. Vanderbilt
9. Georgia
10. Tulane (Conference USA)
11. Florida
12. East Carolina
13. Mississippi
14. South Carolina
15. Furman (Southern Conference)
16. Charleston
17. Florida State
18. Central Florida
19. Coastal Carolina (Big South Conference)
20. Stetson (Atlantic Sun Conference)
21. Jackson State (Southwestern Athletic Conference)

Individuals:

1. Susannah Aboff, Princeton
2. Julia Potter, Missouri
3. Jessica Hollandsworth, Maryland

Central Regional

         The Central regional will be played May 7-9 at the Scarlet Golf Course in Columbus, Ohio, and will be hosted by The Ohio State University.  Conference automatic qualifiers are indicated in parenthesis next to the institution.

Teams:

1. UCLA
2. Oklahoma State (Big 12 Conference)
3. Purdue (Big Ten Conference)
4. Wake Forest (Atlantic Coast Conference)
5. Louisville (Big East Conference)
6. Kent State (Mid-American Conference)
7. Michigan State
8. Ohio State
9. Stanford
10. New Mexico (Mountain West Conference)
11. Georgia State (Colonial Athletic Association)
12. Notre Dame
13. North Carolina State
14. Washington
15. Kentucky
16. Chattanooga
17. Michigan
18. Murray State (Ohio Valley Conference)
19. Illinois State (Missouri Valley Conference)
20. Harvard (Ivy Group)
21. Fairleigh Dickinson (Northeast Conference)        

 Individuals:

1. Kendall Dye, Oklahoma
2. Kayla Mortellaro, Idaho
3. Sara Wikstrom, Arkansas, Little Rock

West Regional

         The West regional will be played May 7-9 at the ASU Karsten Golf Course in Tempe, Ariz., and will be hosted by Arizona State University.  Conference automatic qualifiers are indicated in parenthesis next to the institution.

Teams:

1. Arizona State (Pacific-10 Conference)
2. Southern California
3. Louisiana State
4. Pepperdine
5. Arkansas
6. San Jose State (Western Athletic Conference)
7. Arizona
8. California
9. UC Irvine
10. San Francisco
11. UNLV
12. TCU
13. Texas A&M
14. Oregon
15. Long Beach State (Big West Conference)
16. Colorado
17. Texas
18. Baylor
19. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Southland Conference)
20. Northern Arizona (Big Sky Conference)
21. Oral Roberts (The Summit League)

Individuals:

1. Miki Ueoka, Santa Clara
2. Chelsea Stelzmiller, UC Davis
3. Alice Kim, UC Davis

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