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 Western Carolina will travel to Baton Rouge, La., for the Women's Golf NCAA East Regional on May 9-12. |
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April 30, 2007
NCAA East Regional - Tournament Information
Cullowhee, N.C. - By way of a five-minute teleconference phone call with the NCAA on Monday afternoon, the 13-day wait for the 2007 Southern Conference Champion Western Carolina women's golf came to an end. The Catamounts were among the first 19 teams named as the NCAA released its field of 63 teams and nine individuals, sending the Catamounts to the bayou for the NCAA East Regional in Baton Rouge, La.
The East Regional will be played May 10-12 at the par 72, 6,403-yard University Club Golf Course in Baton Rouge, hosted by Louisiana State University. Western, which claimed its second SoCon title all-time back on April 17, will be joined in Louisiana by two conference foes as both Furman and the College of Charleston each also garnered at-large bids.
"We are very excited to be going to the NCAA East Regional as the Southern Conference Champion," said WCU Director of Golf and head women's coach, Steve Lott. "Playing in the East, I feel like we will be facing some of the nation's best. So this opportunity will allow us to tee it up against the best."
He added, "We are also very excited to be joined by two other SoCon schools, both Furman and the College of Charleston, at the East Regional. It is a true testament to how far we have come as a conference in women's golf over the past couple of years."
According to the most recent GolfStat rankings, the top-rated team in the country, Duke, headlines the East Regional, with nine additional schools gracing the top 25 and 17 of the 21 ranking inside the top 50 in the country.
Western Carolina made its first-ever appearance in a NCAA Women's Golf regional after winning the 2003 SoCon Championship. The Catamounts finished strong with a 16th-place finish overall, completing the three-round tournament with a 913 at the Salem Glen Country Club in Clemmons, N.C. WCU placed ahead of five schools in its first trip to the regional.
Practice rounds are scheduled for Wednesday, May 9, with tournament play slated to begin on Thursday, May 10 and continues through Saturday, May 12 with tee times based upon seeding.
2007 NCAA Women's Golf East Regional The East regional will be played May 10-12 at the University Club Golf Course,
Baton Rouge, La., hosted by Louisiana State University.
Conference automatic qualifiers are indicated in parenthesis next to the institution
with most recent GolfStat rankings.Participating Teams: 1. Duke (Atlantic Coast Conference)(1) 2. UCLA (9) 3. Auburn (6) 4. Purdue (12) 5. Texas A&M (Big 12 Conference)(14) 6. North Carolina (19) 7. Alabama (24) 8. Wake Forest (20) 9. South Carolina (25) 10. Virginia (21) 11. Florida State (28) 12. LSU (27) 13. Louisville (32) 14. South Florida (38) 15. North Carolina State (37) 16. Birmingham-Southern (Big South Conference) (39) 17. Furman (45) 18. College of Charleston (55) 19. Western Carolina (Southern Conference) (92) 20. Jacksonville State (Ohio Valley Conference) (97) 21. Jackson State (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (186)
Individuals: 1. Araceli Felgueroso, Coastal Carolina 2. Lene Krog, East Carolina 3. Amanda Mathis, Mississippi State
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