April 25, 2005

INDIANAPOLIS -- Pepperdine University and the University of San Francisco were among the teams selected by the NCAA Division I Women's Golf Committee to participate in the 2005 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships Regionals. The Waves earned a No. 2 seed in the East Regional in Gainesville, Florida, while the Dons are seeded No. 12 in the West Regional at the New Mexico State Golf Course in Las Cruses, New Mexico.

Along with the No. 5 nationally ranked Pepperdine Waves, the East Regional also includes top-seed and No. 1-ranked Duke along with third seed and No. 6 Washington.

Led by head coach Laurie Gibbs and junior Carolina Llano, Pepperdine enters regional play seeking its sixth NCAA Championships appearance in the last seven years.

The Waves had their streak of five consecutive NCAA Championships appearances snapped last year after finishing 12th at the NCAA West Regional Championship in Stanford, California.

Pepperdine's best-ever showing at the regionals came in 2002 when it tied for first place at the NCAA West Regionals. In 2003, the Waves placed fourth at the Karsten Golf Course in Tempe, Arizona, and went on to the nationals where they finished second.

Three regional tournaments will be conducted May 5-7 to determine the championships field. 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 the regional competition. Of these players, 126 will advance to the championships finals May 17-20. Eight teams and two individuals will advance from each region.

The championships finals will be held at Sunriver Resort on the Meadows Course, Sunriver, Oregon, hosted by Oregon State University and Sunriver Resort.

The regional sites and the selected teams and individuals are listed below.

East Regional
The East regional will be played May 5-7 at the University of Florida Golf Course, Gainesville, Florida, hosted by the University of Florida. Conference automatic qualifiers are indicated in parenthesis next to the institution.

Teams:
1. Duke (Atlantic Coast Conference)
2. Pepperdine
3. Washington 4. Ohio State (Big Ten Conference)
5. Florida
6. Tulane (Conference USA)
7. Furman (Southern Conference)
8. Virginia
9. North Carolina-Wilmington
10. Mississippi State
11. North Carolina State
12. South Carolina
13. Vanderbilt
14. Miami (Florida)
15. East Carolina
16. Coastal Carolina (Big South Conference)
17. Princeton (Ivy Group)
18. James Madison (Colonial Athletic Association)
19. Jackson State (Southwestern Athletic Conference)
20. Jacksonville State (Ohio Valley Conference)
21. Campbell
Individuals:
1. Adrienne White, Louisville
2. Meghan Little, Louisville
3. Brooke Mangan, Alabama-Birmingham

Central Regional
The Central regional will be played May 5-7 at Jerry S. Rawls Course, Lubbock, Texas, hosted by Texas Tech University. Conference automatic qualifiers are indicated in parenthesis next to the institution.

Teams:
1. Auburn (Southeastern Conference)
2. Arizona State
3. New Mexico
4. LSU
5. Wake Forest
6. Texas
7. Missouri
8. Arkansas
9. Michigan
10. Tulsa (Western Athletic Conference)
11. TCU
12. Southern Methodist
13. Purdue
14. Michigan State
15. Kent State (Mid-American Conference)
16. Baylor
17. Texas A&M
18. South Florida
19. Texas Tech
20. Notre Dame
21. Long Island (Northeast Conference)
Individuals:
1. Louise Kenney, Iowa State
2. Emily Milberger, Oklahoma
3. Merynn Ito, Nebraska

West Regional
The West regional will be played May 5-7 at New Mexico State University Golf Course, Las Cruces, New Mexico, hosted by New Mexico State University. Conference automatic qualifiers are indicated in parenthesis next to the institution.

Teams:
1. UCLA (Pacific-10 Conference)
2. Georgia
3. Oklahoma State (Big 12 Conference)
4. Tennessee
5. Southern California
6. Arizona
7. California
8. Washington State
9. Stanford
10. UNLV (Mountain West Conference)
11. Oregon
12. San Francisco
13. UC Irvine (Big West Conference)
14. Brigham Young
15. Colorado State
16. Portland State (Big Sky Conference)
17. Northwestern
18. Oral Roberts (Mid-Continent Conference)
19. Illinois State (Missouri Valley Conference)
20. Georgia State (Atlantic Sun Conference)
21. Denver (Sun Belt Conference)
Individuals:
1. Kay Hoey, Long Beach State
2. Laura Luethke, Fresno State
3. Renee Skidmore, Idaho