Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowgirl Golfers Earn Top Seed In Central Regional
April 29, 2002 | Cowgirl Golf
April 29, 2002
Stillwater, Okla. - Oklahoma State's sixth-ranked Cowgirl golf team has been selected as the top seed in the 2002 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Central Regional Championships, it was announced today. The tournament will take place on May 9-11 at the Forest Akers Golf Course in East Lansing, Mich. Three regional tournaments will be conducted to determine the championships field.
OSU was seeded ahead of No. 2 Tulsa, third-seed Texas and No. 4 Ohio State, despite being ranked behind all three teams in the Golfweek.com poll. Other teams of interest in the Central Regional are the Big 12's Oklahoma (eighth seed), Baylor (10th), Nebraska (16th) and Kansas State (18th). Texas A&M is the No. 15 seed in the East, while Oral Roberts is the 20th seed in the West.
Auburn earned the top seed in the East Regional despite finishing second to South Carolina in the Southeastern Conference Championships. Auburn has finished first or second in every tournament it has competed in the last two years. Arizona, the Pac-10 champions, earned the top seed in the West Regional.
Eight teams and two individuals will advance from each regional to the NCAA Championships. The national finals will be held May 21-24, at the Washington National Golf Club in Auburn, Wash.
NCAA Division I Women's Golf Regional Championships
East Regional
1. Auburn
2. Duke
3. Georgia
4. Tennessee
5. Vanderbilt
6. Florida
7. South Carolina
8. Wake Forest
9. Furman
10. North Carolina
11. LSU
12. Tulane
13. Mississippi State
14. Memphis
15. Texas A&M
16. Central Florida
17. Alabama
18. South Florida
19. North Carolina State
20. Yale
21. Jackson State
Central Regional
1. Oklahoma State
2. Tulsa
3. Texas
4. Ohio State
5. Michigan
6. Michigan State
7. Purdue
8. Oklahoma
9. TCU
10. Baylor
11. Kent State
12. Indiana
13. Northwestern
14. Florida State
15. Illinois
16. Nebraska
17. Wisconsin
18. Kansas State
19. UNC-Wilmington
20. Bradley
21. St. Francis (NY)
West Regional
1. Arizona
2. Arizona State
3. UCLA
4. California
5. Washington
6. USC
7. Pepperdine
8. Stanford
9. New Mexico
10. New Mexico State
11. Idaho
12. San Francisco
13. San Jose State
14. Cal-Irvine
15. Denver
16. Brigham Young
17. Colorado State
18. Washington State
19. Campbell
20. Oral Roberts
21. Northern Arizona
