April 28, 2009

(courtesy JSU Sports Information)

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 Championship Regionals and the Jackson State Lady Tigers have been

selected for the East regional.

The East regional will be played May 7-9 at the Mark Bostick Golf Course, Gainesville, Florida, hosted by the University of Florida. JSU won the 2009 Southwestern Athletic Conference Golf Championships and secured the

conference’s automatic bid.

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.  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 19-22 at the Caves Valley Golf Club and will be hosted by Georgetown University.

Below is the complete list of East regional participants. 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