INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The Carson-Newman women's golf team has received a bid to the NCAA Division II South Regional Tournament, the NCAA Women's Golf Committee announced Monday.
The bid is the first for the Lady Eagles in the program's two years of competition. Senior Sarah Jane Sinard (White Pine, Tenn.) qualified as an individual last season.
C-N qualifies on the heels of a second-place finish in last week's Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Championship.
The South Regional tournament will be held May 2-4 at the Country Club of Salisbury, N.C. C-N is one of two SAC teams to make the field, as Newberry also qualified after winning the SAC Championship.
Nova Southeastern, the defending national champion, is the region's top seed. Rollins College, Florida Southern, Belmont Abbey, Barry, Saint Leo and Lynn round out the field.
The Lady Eagles have won two tournaments this season, finished second twice and claimed third three times. One of C-N's third-place finishes was at Salisbury Country Club, where the South Regional will be held.
Each super regional will consist of both team and individual competition conducted concurrently with nine teams and four individuals from non-qualifying teams at each site. All participants will compete throughout the 54 holes of competition. The top three teams along with the top three individuals not with a team from each super regional will advance to the championships.
The 2010 NCAA Division II Women's Golf Championships will be held May 12-15, at Longbow Golf Club in Mesa, Arizona.
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 number of participants that qualify for the finals is 72.
NCAA Division II South Regional Qualifiers
April 26, 2010
1. Nova Southeastern University
2. Rollins College
3. Florida Southern College
4. Belmont Abbey College
5. Barry University
6. Saint Leo University
7. Newberry College
8. Carson-Newman College
9. Lynn University
Qualifying Individuals
1. Emily Gibson, Montevallo University
2. Kelsey Babos, Catawba College
3. Kaitlyn Edwards, Flagler College
4. Ashley Denton, Wingate University
