Women’s Golf Sent to NCAA East Regional

Women’s Golf Sent to NCAA East Regional

5/1/2006

The 14th-ranked Vanderbilt women’s golf team will compete in the 2006 NCAA East Regional at the Bryan Park Golf Course in Bryan Park, N.C., May 11-13, the NCAA announced Monday. The regional will be hosted by Wake Forest University.

It marks the sixth consecutive trip to an NCAA regional for the Commodores, who are seeded sixth.

Vanderbilt is one of 63 schools named to compete in three regional competitions. A total of 324 participants have been selected to the regionals. Of these players, 126 will advance to the championship finals. Eight teams and two individuals will advance from each region. 

The championship finals will be held May 23-26 at the Scarlet Course on the campus of Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.  

“We’re excited to be going back to an NCAA regional,” Vanderbilt Head Coach Martha Richards Freitag said. “It’s a golf course that we know and it sets up well for us since we’re a strong ball-striking squad. Each of the regionals are full of very strong teams and we’re going to have to play really well to advance to the finals.”

Earlier this season, Vanderbilt finished 10th at the Bryan National Collegiate at Bryan Park Golf Course, carding one of the tournament’s best team rounds (289) on the final day. The Commodores enter the NCAA regional coming off a fourth place finish at the SEC Championship, April 14-16 at the Vanderbilt Legends Club in Franklin.

Vanderbilt is led by a pair of highly ranked players in freshman Jacqui Concolino (12th) and junior Chris Brady (28th). Concolino has claimed medalist honors in two tournaments this spring while Brady has posted three Top 10 finishes.

Vanderbilt is one of 10 Southeastern Conference schools to be selected to a regional — more than any other conference in the nation.

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP PARTICIPANTS
East Regional
The East regional will be played May 11-13 at the Bryan Park Golf Course, Bryan Park, North Carolina, hosted by Wake Forest University.

1. Arizona State; 2. Auburn; 3. Tennessee; 4. Wake Forest; 5. California; 6. Vanderbilt; 7. Virginia; 8. South Carolina; 9. LSU; 10. Florida State; 11. Alabama; 12. North Carolina State; 13. Augusta State; 14. Maryland; 15. Furman; 16. North Carolina; 17. Mississippi State; 18. Campbell; 19. College of Charleston; 20. East Carolina; 21. Yale.

Individuals:
1. Adrienne White, Louisville; 2. Christina Jones, South Florida; 3. Michelle Jarman, North Carolina-Wilmington.

Central Regional
The Central regional will be played May 11-13 at The Traditions at Texas A&M, College Station, Texas, hosted by Texas A&M University. Conference automatic qualifiers are indicated in parenthesis next to the institution.

1. Duke; 2. Southern California; 3. Pepperdine; 4. Texas A&M; 5. Florida; 6. Oklahoma State; 7. Kent State;
8. Ohio State; 9. Michigan State; 10. SMU; 11. TCU; 12. Missouri; 13. Baylor; 14. Tulsa; 15. Nebraska; 16. Northwestern; 17. Texas; 18. Birmingham-Southern; 19. Jacksonville State; 20. Jackson State; 21. St. Francis (Pennsylvania).

Individuals: 1. Samantha Richdale, Illinois State; 2. Amy Schmucker, Michigan; 3. Amanda Costner, Kansas.

West Regional
The West regional will be played May 11-13 at the Washington National Golf Club, Las Auburn, Washington, hosted by the University of Washington. Conference automatic qualifiers are indicated in parenthesis next to the institution.

1. UCLA; 2. Georgia; 3. Purdue; 4. Arkansas; 5. UNLV; 6. Arizona; 7. Stanford; 8. New Mexico; 9. Washington;
10. Long Beach State; 11. Brigham Young; 12. UC Irvine; 13. San Jose State; 14. Denver; 15. Oregon State;
16. Washington State; 17. New Mexico State; 18. Georgia State; 19. Oral Roberts; 20. Bradley; 21. Montana.
Individuals: 1. Jessica Potter, San Francisco; 2. Renee Skidmore, Idaho; 3. Chelsea Benton, Colorado State.