The NKU golfers will seek the East Region title

INDIANAPOLIS - The teams and individuals for the NCAA Division II Tournament for women’s golf were selected Monday, and Northern Kentucky University earned a berth in the East Regional at Findlay, Ohio.

The East Regional competition will be conducted May 1-2 at the Findlay Country Club. Each regional around the nation will consist of both team and individual competition conducted concurrently, with six teams and three individuals from non-qualifying teams at each site.

All participants will compete throughout the 54 holes of competition. The top two teams along with the top two individuals not with a team from each regional, will advance to the national championships.

The NCAA Division II national championships will be held May 10-13, at The Meadows in Allendale, Mich., and will be hosted by Grand Valley State.

The championships will consist of both team and individual competition conducted concurrently. All participants will compete throughout the entire 72 holes of competition. In the team competition, the low four scores for each team will count in each day’s total score.

The following teams and individuals were selected to participate in the championships:

East Region Teams
1. Ferris State
2. Grand Valley State
3. Drury
4. Southern Indiana
5. Southern Illinois at Edwardsville
6. Northern Kentucky

East Region Individuals
1. Kristi Piepenbrink, Indianapolis
2. Jamie Long, Northwood
3. Jackie Studor, Northwood

North Region Teams
1. North Dakota
2. Nebraska-Omaha
3. Minnesota State Mankato
4. Southwest Minnesota State
5. South Dakota
6. Augustana (S.D.)

North Region Individuals
1. Morgan Proshek, Winona State
2. Rachael Schmidt, Upper Iowa
3. Rochelle Schmidt, Upper Iowa

South Region Teams
1. Rollins
2. Florida Southern
3. Lynn
4. Nova Southeastern
5. West Florida
6. Barry

South Region Individuals
1. Paige Haverty, Catawba
2. Heather Hagerman, Florida Gulf Coast
3. Christina Lecuyer, Central Arkansas

West Region Teams
1. Western Washington
2. Western New Mexico
3. St. Mary’s (Texas)
4. St. Edward’s
5. Northeastern State
6. Cal State Chico


In last year’s championship, Rollins (Fla.) scored a record-setting total of 1,185 (+17) to win its third straight NCAA Division II championship. Grand Valley’s Melissa Sneller shot an even-par tournament total of 292 to break another Division II record and win the individual title.