Miller Receives NCAA Bid
April 28, 2003
CORAL GABLES, FL (hurricanesports.com) – University of Miami sophomore Tina Miller (Miami Archbishop Curley Notre Dame) received an at-large bid to the NCAA Women’s Golf East Regional Championship, May 8-10, at Salem Glen Country Club in Winston-Salem, NC.
Miller won two tournaments this season including a first-place tie at the 2003 BIG EAST Women’s Golf Championship. She finished in the top-20 in seven of nine tournaments this season, including five top-10’s, and had a team best 75.4 stroke average.
Miller is the second Hurricane in as many seasons to receive an individual at-large berth. Last season Camilla Hilland was an NCAA East Regional at-large selection.
A total of three regional tournaments will be conducted May 8-10 to determine the field for the NCAA Championship finals, May 20-23, at the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex in West Lafayette, Indiana.
The other two regional sites include the Central Regional in Lincoln, NE and the West Regional in Tempe, AZ.
A total of 324 participants were selected for regional competition. Of those players, 126 will advance to the championship finals. Eight teams and two individuals will advance from each region.
EAST REGIONAL
The East regional will be played May 8-10 at Salem Glen Country Club, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, hosted by Wake Forest University. Conference automatic qualifiers are indicated in parenthesis next to the institution.
Teams:
1 Duke (Atlantic Coast Conference)
2 Arizona
3 Auburn (Southeastern Conference)
4 Vanderbilt
5 Wake Forest
6 Georgia
7 South Carolina
8 Tulane
9 North Carolina
10 Florida State
11 South Florida (Conference USA)
12 East Carolina
13 Furman
14 North Carolina-Wilmington (Big South Conference)
15 North Carolina State
16 Mississippi State
17 Penn State
18 Mississippi
19 Western Carolina (Southern Conference)
20 Georgia State (Atlantic Sun Conference)
21 St. Francis (Pennsylvania) (Northeast Conference)
Individuals:
1 Jenny Gleason, North Carolina-Greensboro
2 Tina Miller, Miami (Florida)
3 Avery Kiser, Princeton
CENTRAL REGIONAL
The Central regional will be played May 8-10 at Firethorn Golf Club, Lincoln, Nebraska, hosted by the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Conference automatic qualifiers are indicated in parenthesis next to the institution.
Teams:
1 California (Pacific-10 Conference)
2 Texas
3 Florida
4 Tennessee
5 New Mexico (Mountain West Conference)
6 Tulsa (Western Athletic Conference)
7 Purdue
8 Oklahoma
9 Missouri
10 Baylor
11 TCU
12 Kent State (Mid-American Conference)
13 Michigan State
14 Arkansas
15 Texas A&M
16 Indiana
17 Wisconsin
18 Kansas State
19 Nebraska
20 Yale (Ivy Group)
21 Southern University (Southwestern Athletic Conference)
Individuals:
1 Randi Gauthier, North Texas
2 Louise Kenney, Iowa State
3 Elizabeth Burden, Northwestern
WEST REGIONAL
The West regional will be played May 8-10 at Karsten Golf Course, Tempe, Arizona, hosted by Arizona State University. Conference automatic qualifiers are indicated in parenthesis next to the institution.
Teams:
1 Pepperdine
2 Southern California
3 Oklahoma State (Big 12 Conference)
4 UCLA
5 Ohio State (Big Ten Conference)
6 Arizona State
7 Stanford
8 New Mexico State (Sun Belt Conference)
9 Washington
10 UNLV
11 San Francisco
12 San Jose State
13 Oregon State
14 Denver
15 Nevada
16 Illinois
17 Washington State
18 Oral Roberts (Mid-Continent Conference)
19 Cal State Northridge (Big West Conference)
20 Portland State (Big Sky Conference)
21 Bradley (Missouri Valley Conference)
Individuals:
1 Nicole Keller, Idaho
2 Stella Lee, UC Irvine
3 Erin Kerr, Colorado
