Mustangs Selected For NCAA Regionals
May 1 | Women's Golf
May 1, 2006
INDIANAPOLIS (SMU/NCAA) - For the third straight season, the SMU women's golf team has been selected to participate in the NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship Regionals, the NCAA Division I Women's Golf Committee announced today. SMU will compete at the 2006 NCAA Central Regional, May 11-13, at the par-72 Traditions Golf Club in College Station.
"The players are excited and ready to go - that is after we are done with finals, which come first," said Head Coach Todd Selders. "We have had some pretty good success down there the last two years and will hopefully draw from that for confidence. It should be an exciting tournament. It's what we play for all year."
A total of 324 participants have been selected for the three regional competitions. Of these players, 126 will advance to the championships finals. Eight teams and two individuals will advance from each region. The championships finals will be held May 23-26 at the Scarlet Course, Columbus, Ohio, hosted by Ohio State University.
The field for the NCAA Central Regional is listed below. Conference automatic qualifiers are indicated in parenthesis next to the institution.
Teams:Duke (Atlantic Coast Conference)Southern CaliforniaPepperdineTexas A&M (Big 12 Conference)FloridaOklahoma StateKent State (Mid-American Conference)Ohio StateMichigan StateSMUTCUMissouriBaylorTulsaNebraskaNorthwesternTexasBirmingham-Southern (Big South Conference)Jacksonville State (Ohio Valley Conference)Jackson State (Southwestern Athletic Conference)St. Francis (Pennsylvania) (Northeast Conference)
Individuals:Samantha Richdale, Illinois StateAmy Schmucker, MichiganAmanda Costner, Kansas
