The Fairleigh Dickinson University women's golf team, who won its third-straight Northeast Conference Championship in ChampionsGate, FL on Sunday, earned an automatic berth to the 2010 NCAA Women's Golf Tournament. The NCAA Division I Women's Golf Committee announced the teams and individuals selected to participate in the 2010 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship Regionals in a release on Monday, April 26.

The Knights will be competing in the East Regional, which will be played at Ironwood Country Club in Greenville, North Carolina, hosted by East Carolina University.

Three regional tournaments will be conducted May 6-8 to determine the championships field.  A total of 369 participants have been selected for regional competition.  Of these players, 126 will advance to the championships finals.  Eight teams and two individuals will advance from each regional.

The championships finals will be held May 18-21 at the Country Club of Landfall and will be hosted by the University of North Carolina, Wilmington.

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

East Regional

The East regional will be played May 6-8 at Ironwood Country Club, Greenville, North Carolina hosted by East Carolina University.  Conference automatic qualifiers are indicated in parenthesis next to the institution.

Teams:

• 1. Duke
• 2. Auburn
• 3. Wake Forest (Atlantic Coast Conference)
• 4. Pepperdine
• 5. Vanderbilt
• 6. Tennessee
• 7. Florida
• 8. TCU
• 9. North Carolina
• 10. South Carolina
• 11. Tulane (Conference USA)
• 12. Chattanooga (Southern Conference)
• 13. Washington
• 14. Texas Tech
• 15. Georgia State (Colonial Athletic Conference)
• 16. Campbell
• 17. East Tennessee State
• 18. Furman
• 19. Coastal Carolina
• 20. East Carolina
• 21. College of Charleston
• 22. Stetson (Atlantic Sun Conference)
• 23. Charleston Southern (Big South Conference)
• 24. Farleigh Dickinson (Northeast Conference)

Individuals:

• 1. Sofia Hagsund, North Carolina-Wilmington
• 2. Shana Young, South Florida
• 3. Nicole Sakamoto, James Madison

Central Regional

The Central regional will be played May 6-8 at the Otter Creek Golf Course, Columbus, Indiana, hosted by Indiana University, Bloomington.  Conference automatic qualifiers are indicated in parenthesis next to the institution.

Teams:

• 1. Arizona State
• 2. Southern California
• 3. Purdue (Big Ten Conference)
• 4. Michigan State
• 5. Georgia
• 6. Denver (Sun Belt Conference)
• 7. New Mexico (Mountain West Conference)
• 8. Florida State
• 9. Oklahoma State
• 10. Louisville (Big East Conference)
• 11. Oregon
• 12. Kent State (Mid-American Conference)
• 13. Northwestern
• 14. Notre Dame
• 15. Mississippi
• 16. San Diego State
• 17. Baylor
• 18. Tulsa
• 19. North Carolina State
• 20. Indiana
• 21. Illinois State (Missouri Valley Conference)
• 22. Murray State (Ohio Valley Conference)
• 23. Detroit (Horizon League)
• 24. Jackson State (Southwestern Athletic Conference)

Individuals:

1.      Ashley Bauer, Michigan

2.      Lansing Olivia, Drake

3.      Julia Potter, Missouri

West Regional

The West regional will be played May 6-8 at the Stanford Golf Course, Stanford, California hosted by Stanford University.  Conference automatic qualifiers are indicated in parenthesis next to the institution.

Teams:

• 1. UCLA
• 2. Alabama (Southeastern Conference)
• 3. Arizona (Pacific-10 Conference)
• 4. Ohio State
• 5. Virginia
• 6. Stanford
• 7. LSU
• 8. California
• 9. Texas A&M (Big 12 Conference)
• 10. Texas
• 11. UC Davis (Big West Conference)
• 12. Arkansas
• 13. UNLV
• 14. San Jose State (Western Athletic Conference)
• 15. San Francisco
• 16. Idaho
• 17. UC Irvine
• 18. Iowa State
• 19. Maryland
• 20. Colorado State
• 21. Oral Roberts (The Summit League)
• 22. Texas State (Southland Conference)
• 23. Pennsylvania (Ivy Group)
• 24. Portland State (Big Sky Conference)

Individuals:

1.      Amy Anderson, North Dakota State

2.      Teresa Puga, Minnesota

3.      Ellen Mueller, Oklahoma