May 9, 2001

West Lafayette, Indiana - The University of Tulsa women's golf team begins competition at the NCAA Central Regional on Thursday, May 10 in West Lafayette, Indiana. The event takes place Thursday-Saturday, May 10-12, at the Birk Boilermaker Golf Complex at Purdue University.

The Hurricane will play the par -72, 6040-yard Kampen Course as the number two seed in the central region. Tulsa will be one of 21 competing teams at the regional. Texas comes in as the number-one seed , while other Oklahoma schools among the central region field include Oklahoma State, Oklahoma and Oral Roberts.

Rounding out the 21-team field are New Mexico State, LSU, host Purdue, Alabama, Kent State, California, Central Florida, Baylor, San Francisco, Florida, Nebraska, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Minnesota, Idaho and Princeton.

Tulsa is coming off its best performance of the season when the Hurricane captured a 25-stroke victory at the Western Athletic Conference Championship, April 23-25. The WAC's Player of the Year and tournament medalist Stacy Prammanasudh, a two-time first-team All-American, paces the Hurricane. Prammanasudh has had top-10 finishes in all but one of Tulsa's nine tournaments this year, and has placed among the top-20 in 29 of 31 career events.

In her two previous years at the regional championships, Prammanasudh placed 15th as a freshman and 10th last year, both times in the West Regional. Tulsa will also be represented by junior Dani Mallon, sophomore Maiko Senda and freshmen Suzie Fisher and Julie Tvede.

The top eight teams and two individuals from the Central Region will join the top eight teams and two individuals from both the East and West Regions at the NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships, May 22-25 at the Mission Inn Golf and Tennis Resort in Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida.