CHICAGO-- Conference USA will be sending an unprecedented four teams to the 2003 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships Regionals, as announced by the NCAA Division I Women's Golf Committee on Monday. Conference tournament champion South Florida will be joined by Tulane and East Carolina in the East Region, while TCU has earned a spot in the Central Region.

South Florida will be making its fifth consecutive NCAA Regional appearance. The Bulls have advanced out of the East Regional and into the NCAA Championships in each of the last two years.

This will mark the first time in the short history of the East Carolina women's program that the Pirates have been chosen for the NCAA Regionals. The women's golf program began just three years ago.

Tulane’s NCAA appearance will be its second straight as a member of Conference USA. The Green Wave finished one stroke behind third place at East Carolina at last week’s C-USA championship.

TCU will be making its eighth consecutive NCAA regional appearance when it begins play at the Central Region in Lincoln, Nebraska on May 8. The Frogs have advanced to the NCAA Championship round three times during that span.

All three regional tournaments will be conducted May 8-10 to determine the championships field. Regional tournaments are considered preliminary rounds of NCAA championships competition, and all national championships policies will apply.

A total of 324 participants have been selected for the regional competition. Of these players, 126 will advance to the championships finals May 20-23. Eight teams and two individuals will advance from each region.

The championships finals will be held at Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex, West Lafayette, Indiana, hosted by Purdue University.

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

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:
Duke (Atlantic Coast Conference)
Arizona
Auburn (Southeastern Conference)
Vanderbilt
Wake Forest
Georgia
South Carolina
Tulane
North Carolina
Florida State
South Florida (Conference USA)
East Carolina
Furman
North Carolina-Wilmington (Big South Conference)
North Carolina State
Mississippi State
Penn State
Mississippi
Western Carolina (Southern Conference)
Georgia State (Atlantic Sun Conference)
St. Francis (Pennsylvania) (Northeast Conference)
Individuals:
Jenny Gleason, North Carolina-Greensboro
Tina Miller, Miami (Florida)
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:
California (Pacific-10 Conference)
Texas
Florida
Tennessee
New Mexico (Mountain West Conference)
Tulsa (Western Athletic Conference)
Purdue
Oklahoma
Missouri
Baylor
TCU
Kent State (Mid-American Conference)
Michigan State
Arkansas
Texas A&M
Indiana
Wisconsin
Kansas State
Nebraska
Yale (Ivy Group)
Southern University (Southwestern Athletic Conference)
Individuals:
Randi Gauthier, North Texas
Louise Kenney, Iowa State
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:
Pepperdine
Southern California
Oklahoma State (Big 12 Conference)
UCLA
Ohio State (Big Ten Conference)
Arizona State
Stanford
New Mexico State (Sun Belt Conference)
Washington
UNLV
San Francisco
San Jose State
Oregon State
Denver
Nevada
Illinois
Washington State
Oral Roberts (Mid-Continent Conference)
Cal State Northridge (Big West Conference)
Portland State (Big Sky Conference)
Bradley (Missouri Valley Conference)

Individuals:
Nicole Keller, Idaho
Stella Lee, UC Irvine
Erin Kerr, Colorado