April 30, 2012
IRVING, Texas – Conference USA champion Tulsa will be joined by East Carolina, UCF and Tulane at the NCAA Women’s Golf Regionals, May 10-12, as announced today by the NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Committee. This is the fifth straight season C-USA has sent at least three teams to NCAA Regional play.
Tulsa is making its 33rd national tournament appearance and, in the 20 years of the NCAA regional format, is making its 17th regional and fifth in a row. East Carolina also will make its fifth straight Regional appearance, while Tulane will make its fourth straight NCAA appearance. UCF earned its 11th NCAA berth in school history.
Tulsa is ranked No. 39 by Golfweek and will compete in the West Regional at the Colorado National Golf Club in Erie, Colo. In Columbus, Ohio, at-large selection No. 54 East Carolina will compete in the Central Regional. No. 36 UCF was an at-large selection, as was No. 34 Tulane. Both UCF and Tulane will play in the East Regional in State College, Pa.
INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Committee has announced the teams and individuals selected to participate in the 2012 Division I Women’s Golf Regionals.
Three regional tournaments will be conducted May 10-12 to determine the championships field. Regional tournaments are considered preliminary rounds of NCAA championships competition, and all national championships policies apply.
A total of 378 participants have been selected for regional competition. Of these players, 126 will advance to the championships finals. Eight teams and two individuals will advance from each regional.
The championships finals will be held May 22-25 at the Vanderbilt Legends Club in Franklin, Tenn., and will be hosted by Vanderbilt. The regional sites and the selected teams and individuals are listed below.
East Regional
The East regional will be played at the Penn State Blue Course in State College, Pa., and will be hosted by Penn State. Conference automatic qualifiers are indicated in parenthesis next to the school.
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School
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Alabama
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Michigan State (Big Ten)
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Arizona
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Oklahoma State
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Arizona State
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Oral Roberts (Summit League)
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Augusta State
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Northwestern
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Campbell (Big South)
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San Diego State
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Chattanooga (Southern)
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South Carolina
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Duke (Atlantic Coast)
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Texas
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Florida
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Texas A&M
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Jacksonville State (Ohio Valley)
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Tulane
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Kent State (Mid-American)
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UCF
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LIU Brooklyn (Northeast)
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Wake Forest
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Maryland
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Washington
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Individual, School
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Individual, School
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Fanny Cnops, UNC-Greensboro
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Katie Mundy, FIU
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Charlotte Lorentzen, Georgia State
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Michelle Piyapattra, Columbia
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Kelly Shon, Princeton
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Laura Wearn, Furman
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Central Regional
The Central regional will be played at the Ohio State Scarlet Course in Columbus, Ohio, with Ohio State serving as host. Conference automatic qualifiers are indicated in parenthesis next to the school.
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School
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Arkansas
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Ohio State
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Auburn (Southeastern)
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Oregon
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Butler (Horizon League)
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Purdue
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East Carolina
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Siena (Metro Atlantic Athletic)
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Florida State
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South Florida (Big East)
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Georgia
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Southern California
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Harvard (Ivy League)
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Tennessee
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Kentucky
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Texas State
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Mississippi
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UTSA (Southland)
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North Carolina State
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Vanderbilt
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UNC Wilmington (Colonial Athletic Association)
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Virginia
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Notre Dame
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Michigan
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Individual, School
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Individual, School
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Madeleine Shiels, Nebraska
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Brittany Henderson, Costal Carolina
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Alex Buelow, Stetson
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Leticia Ras-Anderica, Miami (Fla.)
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Rika Park, Miami (Fla.)
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Gabriella Wahl, East Tennessee State
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West Regional
The West regional will be played at the Colorado National Golf Club in Erie, Colo., with Colorado playing host. Conference automatic qualifiers are indicated in parenthesis next to the institution.
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School
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Baylor
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Northern Colorado (Big Sky)
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California (Pac-12)
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Oklahoma (Big 12)
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Colorado
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Oregon State
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Denver (Sun Belt)
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Pepperdine (West Coast)
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Illinois
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San Jose State (Western Athletic)
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Iowa State
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Stanford
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Jackson State (Southwestern Athletic)
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TCU (Mountain West)
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Kennesaw State (Atlantic Sun)
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Texas Tech
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LSU
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Tulsa (Conference USA)
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Missouri State (Missouri Valley)
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UC Davis (Big West)
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New Mexico
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UCLA
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North Carolina
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UNLV
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Individual, School
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Individual, School
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Kayla Mortellaro, Idaho
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Maggie Yuan, BYU
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Ally McDonald, Mississippi State
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Brianna Espinoza, Colorado State
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Amy Anderson, North Dakota State
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Demi Mak, New Mexico State
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