May 5, 2010

East Regional Championship Central l NCAA Championship Central

GREENVILLE, N.C. - The East Carolina women's golf team will open up the 2010 NCAA East Regional Thursday, May 6. The event is being played at the par-72, 6,321-yard Ironwood Golf Club in Greenville, N.C.

The Pirates (102-64-1) earned an at-large bid as the No. 20 seed and are set to tee off in the afternoon from the first tee at 1:25 p.m. (EDT) and will be paired with Coastal Carolina and the College of Charleston.

Pirate fans can follow all the live action on Golfstat.com.

A total of 369 participants have been selected for the regional competition. Of these players, 126 will advance to the championships finals May 18-21 at the Country Club of Landfall in Wilmington, N.C. and will be hosted by UNC-Wilmington. Eight teams and two individuals will advance from each region.

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

East Regional Individuals:
1. Sofia Hagsund, North Carolina-Wilmington
2. Sheena Yang, South Florida
3. Nicole Sakamoto, James Madison