Northwestern University Athletics
Northwestern Receives NCAA Championships Bid
4/30/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
April 30, 2007
EVANSTON, Ill. -- For the seventh time in the last eight years, Northwestern's women's golf team has a chance to compete for the NCAA Division I national championship.
The Wildcats, ranked 34th in the latest Golfweek/Sagarin index, are one of 63 teams in this year's Championships, which begin Thursday, May 10. Three regional tournaments will be conducted May 10-12 to determine the national championships field. Northwestern is one of 21 teams competing in the Central Regional, which is being hosted by the University of Michigan (U of M Golf Course) in Ann Arbor, Mich.
The top eight teams and top two individuals from each region will advance to the NCAA Championships, which will be held May 22-25 at the LPGA International Golf Course in Daytona Beach, Fla. Northwestern is seeded 12th among the 21 Central Region teams.
"We are very pleased with the Central site assignment," said head coach Chris Regenberg. "The familiarity of the course and conditions is a benefit. The East looks like the toughest region competitively to advance. Our team played well at Big Ten's and another performance like that gives us a great opportunity to advance."
Northwestern, which is coming off a third-place finish at the Big Ten Championships, placed third out of 10 teams at the 2006 Wolverine Invitational.
Northwestern joins four other Big Ten teams -- Michigan State (No. 6 seed) Ohio State (No. 11 seed), Michigan (No. 13 seed) and Indiana (No. 17 seed) at the Central Regional. Purdue, which finished second at the Big Ten Championships but is the league's top-ranked team, is the No. 4 seed in the East Region.
The Wildcats, led by seniors Alice Kim (Los Angeles, Calif./Brentwood) and Liliana Alvarez (Durango, Mexico/American School of Durango), are making their third straight NCAA appearance. Northwestern has made NCAA appearances in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2006. The 2000 team advanced to the NCAA National Championships.
For more information on the Central Regional, visit Michigan's Central Regional Championships site.
The regional sites and the selected teams and individuals are listed below.
East Regional
The East regional will be played May 10-12 at the University Club Golf Course, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, hosted by Louisiana State University. Conference automatic qualifiers are indicated in parenthesis next to the institution.
Teams:
1. Duke (Atlantic Coast Conference)
2. UCLA
3. Auburn
4. Purdue
5. Texas A&M (Big 12 Conference)
6. North Carolina
7. Alabama
8. Wake Forest
9. South Carolina
10. Virginia
11. Florida State
12. LSU
13. Louisville
14. South Florida
15. North Carolina State
16. Birmingham-Southern (Big South Conference)
17. Furman
18. College of Charleston
19. Western Carolina (Southern Conference)
20. Jacksonville State (Ohio Valley Conference)
21. Jackson State (Southwestern Athletic Conference)
Individuals:
1. Araceli Felgueroso, Coastal Carolina
2. Lene Krog, East Carolina
3. Amanda Mathis, Mississippi State
Central Regional
The Central regional will be played May 10-12 at the University of Michigan Golf Course, Ann Arbor, Michigan, hosted by the University of Michigan. Conference automatic qualifiers are indicated in parenthesis next to the institution.
Teams:
1. Georgia (Southeastern Conference)
2. Vanderbilt
3. Southern California
4. Tennessee
5. Arizona
6. Michigan State (Big Ten Conference)
7. TCU (Mountain West Conference)
8. Baylor
9. Arkansas
10. Kent State (Mid-American Conference)
11. Ohio State
12. Northwestern
13. Michigan
14. Missouri
15. SMU
16. Maryland
17. Indiana
18. North Carolina-Wilmington (Colonial Athletic Association)
19. Oral Roberts (Mid-Continent Conference)
20. Southern Illinois (Missouri Valley Conference)
21. St. Francis (Pennsylvania) (Northeast Conference)
Individuals:
1. Gerina Mendoza, UTEP
2. Sara Wikstrom, Arkansas-Little Rock
3. Noriko Nakazaki, Notre Dame
West Regional
The West regional will be played May 10-12 at the Entrada at Snow Canyon Country Club, St. George, Utah, hosted by the Brigham Young University. Conference automatic qualifiers are indicated in parenthesis next to the institution.
Teams:
1. Arizona State (Pacific-10 Conference)
2. Pepperdine
3. Florida
4. Oklahoma State
5. Brigham Young
6. Stanford
7. Denver (Sun Belt Conference)
8. New Mexico
9. UC Irvine (Big West Conference)
10. San Jose State
11. UNLV
12. San Francisco
13. Hawaii
14. California
15. Idaho (Western Athletic Conference)
16. Washington State
17. Campbell (Atlantic Sun Conference)
18. Nebraska
19. Memphis (Conference USA)
20. Sacramento State (Big Sky Conference)
21. Columbia-Barnard (Ivy Group)
Individuals:
1. Kay Hoey, Long Beach State
2. Jennifer Shipley, Fresno State
3. Lehua Wise, New Mexico State
