Gainesville, Fla. ? The Atlantic Sun Conference champion Stetson women's golf team is set to tee off in the first round of the NCAA East Regional tomorrow afternoon. The 54-hole event, which runs through Saturday at the University of Florida's Mark Bostick Golf Course, features 21 teams and three individuals vying for eight places and two individual slots in the NCAA National Championships May 19-22 in Owings Mills, Md.
The Hatters tee off with Big South champions Coastal Carolina and SWAC titlists Jackson State starting at 12:40 p.m. Thursday. Stetson, CCU and JSU will remain paired together in Friday's second round with final round pairings determined by placing.
STETSON'S TOP FIVE
Danielle Jackson, Jr., Seminole, Fla. ? A-Sun individual champion...tied league record with three under par 69 in final round at Victoria Hills GC in DeLand on April 15 to win medalist honors...November 2008 A-Sun Golfer of the Month...named Golf World Magazine National Women's College Player of the Week following the victory...also won Holiday Inn Express Hatter Fall Classic...75.3 stroke average...broke par five times.
Lauren Cate, Fr., St. Augustine, Fla. ? A-Sun runner-up...shot one under par 71 in each of the final two A-Sun Championship rounds...also took second at the Holiday Inn Express Hatter Fall Classic...76.2 stroke average.
Lauren Darnell, Jr., Gainesville, Ga. ? tied for 10th at A-Sun Championships...shot 72-70 to tie for second at USF Waterlefe Invitational...tied for fourth at Hatter Fall Classic and Queens Invitational...76.6 stroke average.
Christine Fraser, Sr., Kingston, Ont. ? 13th place at A-Sun Championships...tied for fourth at JU Invitational...tied for sixth at Cincinnati Spring Invitational...career-best 71 in second round of Holiday Inn Express Hatter Fall Classic...77.6 stroke average.
Alex Banham, So., Birmingham, England ? tied for eighth at NIU Snowbird Invitational with back-to-back career-low rounds of 76...81.7 stroke average.
THE FIELD
Conference Champions (7) ? STETSON, Auburn (SEC), Denver (Sun Belt), Tulane (C-USA), Furman (SoCon), Coastal Carolina (Big South), Jackson State (SWAC)
At-Large Bids (14) ? Virginia, Alabama, North Carolina, Duke, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Georgia, Florida, East Carolina, Ole Miss, South Carolina, College of Charleston, Florida State, UCF
Individuals (3) ? Susannah Aboff (Princeton), Julia Potter (Missouri), Jessica Hollandsworth (Maryland)
HOW TO FOLLOW ALONG WITH THE HATTERS
Live scoring for all three NCAA Regionals (East, Central and West) is available at www.GolfStatResults.com. The tournament host site can be reached at the following link: http://gatorzone.com/golf/women/tour/ncaa/2009/
