UW Women's Golfers Seeded Fifth at NCAA West Regional
April 29, 2002
Seattle - The 16th-ranked Washington women's golf team is seeded fifth in the 21-team field at the NCAA West Regional Championship to be held May 9-11 at the Stanford Golf Course. The top eight teams from three regional sites will advance to the 2002 NCAA Championships May 21-24 at Washington National Golf Club in Auburn.
The Huskies are one of eight teams from the Pac-10 Conference competing at the NCAA West Regional. Last week Washington tied for fifth at the Pac-10 Championships, one stroke out of third place. Arizona, winners of the last three Pac-10 titles, is the No. 1 seeded team in the West Region. Arizona State is second, followed by UCLA and California. Southern California is seeded sixth, Stanford is eighth and Washington State is 18th.
Top-ranked Auburn and second-ranked Duke headline the field at the East Regional at LSU's University Club, while Oklahoma State is the top seed at the Central Regional held at Michigan State's Forest Akers Golf Course.
In addition to 24 teams advancing to the NCAA Championships, the top two finishers from for each regional, not on a qualifying team, will compete at the NCAAs in the individual competition.
West Regional
The West regional will be played May 9-11 at Stanford Golf Course, Stanford, California, hosted by Stanford University. Conference automatic qualifiers are indicated in parenthesis next to the institution.
Teams:
1 Arizona (Pacific-10 Conference) 2 Arizona State 3 UCLA 4 California 5 Washington 6 Southern California 7 Pepperdine 8 Stanford 9 New Mexico (Mountain West Conference) 10 New Mexico State (Sun Belt Conference) 11 Idaho 12 San Francisco 13 San Jose State 14 UC Irvine 15 Denver 16 Brigham Young 17 Colorado State 18 Washington State 19 Campbell (Atlantic Sun Conference) 20 Oral Roberts (Mid-Continent Conference) 21 Northern Arizona (Big Sky Conference)
Individuals:
1 Erin Kerr, Colorado 2 Sarah Walter, Portland 3 Kathy Cho, Oregon]
East Regional
The East regional will be played May 9-11 at University Club, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, hosted by Louisiana State University. Conference automatic qualifiers are indicated in parenthesis next to the institution.
Teams:
1 Auburn 2 Duke (Atlantic Coast Conference) 3 Georgia 4 Tennessee 5 Vanderbilt 6 Florida 7 South Carolina (Southeastern Conference) 8 Wake Forest 9 Furman (Southern Conference) 10 North Carolina 11 LSU 12 Tulane 13 Mississippi State 14 Memphis 15 Texas A&M 16 UCF 17 Alabama 18 South Florida 19 North Carolina State 20 Yale (Ivy Group) 21 Jackson State (Southwestern Athletic Conference)
Individuals:
1 Katie Futcher, Penn State 2 Camilla Hilland, Miami (Florida) 3 Jessica Lewis, James Madison
Central Regional
The Central regional will be played May 9-11 at Forest Akers Golf Course, East Lansing, Michigan, hosted by Michigan State University. Conference automatic qualifiers are indicated in parenthesis next to the institution.
Teams:
1 Oklahoma State (Big 12 Conference) 2 Tulsa (Western Athletic Conference) 3 Texas 4 Ohio State (Big Ten Conference) 5 Michigan 6 Michigan State 7 Purdue 8 Oklahoma 9 TCU (Conference USA) 10 Baylor 11 Kent State (Mid-American Conference) 12 Indiana 13 Northwestern 14 Florida State 15 Illinois 16 Nebraska 17 Wisconsin 18 Kansas State 19 North Carolina-Wilmington (Big South Conference) 20 Bradley (Missouri Valley Conference) 21 St. Francis (New York) (Northeast Conference)Individuals:
1 Randi Gauthier, North Texas 2 Elin Ohlsson, Missouri 3 Alison Hiller, Southern Illinois
