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JACKSONVILLE – The Jacksonville State women's golf team will continue its championship season in State College, Penn., in the East Regional, the Gamecocks learned during Monday's NCAA Championship Selection Show.

After leading from wire-to-wire to win the Ohio Valley Conference championship last week, the Gamecocks will be sent to Penn State University's Blue Course for the 54-hole regional from May 10-12. They will be one of 24 teams in the regional field, one of three sites in the 72-team Championship. The top eight teams and two individuals will advance to the NCAA National Championship in Franklin, Tenn., from May 22-25.

In their first NCAA appearance in four years, JSU will be paired in the East Regional with seven other conference champions and 16 at large teams. Alabama is the top team at the site that also features Chattanooga, which is coached by former Gamecock Colette Murray.

Led by senior Lucia Fernandez Valdes, who is making her first NCAA appearance in a four-year career that has seen her earn all-conference honors in each year. The Cordoba, Argentina, native's career scoring average of 75.41 is the lowest in school history.

JSU led the OVC tournament from the first hole to the last, winning the eventat the Greystone Golf Course in Dickson, Tenn., by 13 shots over preseason favorite Morehead State. Junior Ornella Arrizon claimed the individual title with a 54-hole score of 222. Sophomore Lourdes Lopez Caballo finished fourth, while Fernandez Valdes tied for sixth.

NCAA EAST REGIONAL FIELD
Teams (conference automatic qualifiers indicated in parenthesis)
Alabama
Arizona
Augusta State
Campbell (Big South)
Chattanooga (Southern)
Duke (Atlantic Coast)
Florida
Jacksonville State (Ohio Valley)
Kent State (Mid-American)
LIU Brooklyn (Northeast)
Maryland
Michigan State (Big Ten)
Oklahoma State
Oral Roberts (Summit League)
Northwestern
San Diego State
South Carolina
Texas
Texas A&M
Tulane
UCF
Wake Forest
Washington

Individual, School
Fanny Cnops, UNC-Greensboro
Charlotte Lorentzen, Georgia State
Kelly Shon, Princeton
Katie Mundy, FIU
Michelle Piyapattra, Columbia
Laura Wearn, Furman