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    Conference championship previews, Part III

    April 24, 2009

    The NCAA D-I Women's Committee makes its selections for regionals on Monday (men's selections are set for May 4). An updated list of conference winners thus far is below. Meanwhile, here's a link to a story I wrote yesterday for the website about how the conference championship season helps give unheralded programs a real chance to make their mark.

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    (For live scoring, click here for Golfstat)

    Mission Inn Resort

    Howie-in-the-Hills, Fla.

    April 24-26

    Field: Charlotte, Dayton, Duquesne, Fordham, George Washington, La Salle, Rhode Island, Richmond, St. Bonaventure, St. Joseph's, Temple, Xavier

    Defending champion: Charlotte (27-under 837) by 23 strokes over Dayton; Dayton's Rob Chappell (11-under 205) by one stroke over Charlotte's Corey Nagy

    Skinny: Charlotte is trying to become the first four-time repeat A-10 champion since Penn State did it in 1986-91, but the 49ers should find some competition from Xavier.

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    [__Ivy League Championship

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    ](http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/champ-event.asp?intSID=14)   (For live scoring, click here for Golfstat)

    Atlantic City CC

    Northfield, N.J.

    April 24-26

    Field: Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, Yale

    Defending champion: Columbia (48-over 900) by nine strokes over Yale; Penn's Michael Blodgett (five-over 218) by three strokes over Brown's Larry Haertel

    Skinny: It's been five years since Yale last won the title, but the Bulldogs appear to be the favorites.

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    ](http://www.maacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17400&ATCLID=3715400)Celebration GC

    Celebration, Fla.

    April 24-26

    Field: Canisius, Fairfield, Iona, Loyola, Manhattan, Niagara, Rider, St. Peter's, Siena

    Defending champion: Loyola (15-over 879) by 14 strokes over Rider; Loyola's Michael Mulieri (five-under 211) by six strokes over Rider's Tyler Brewington

    Skinny: Loyola remains the class of the conference.

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    ](http://www.patriotleague.org/ot/championships/m-golf-09-champs.html)West Point GC

    West Point, N.Y.

    April 25-26

    Field: Army, Bucknell, Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh, Navy

    Defending champion: Navy (61-over 925) by 17 strokes over Bucknell; Navy's Erich Schoen (seven-over 223) by two strokes over Colgate's Richard Hayes

    Skinny: Bucknell is the preseason favorite and Navy is the defending champion, but Army claimed the title the last time it hosted the championship in 2002.

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    __[Ohio Valley Championship

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    Crooked Creek GC

    London, Ky.

    April 23-25

    Field: Austin Peay State, Eastern Illinois, Eastern Kentucky, Jacksonville State, Morehead State, Murray State, Tennessee State, Tennessee Tech

    Defending champion: Jacksonville State (70-over 934) by 21 strokes over Murray State; Jacksonville State's Laura Cutler (14-over 230) by one stroke over Jacksonville State's Mercedes Huarte

    Skinny: It would appear Jacksonville State's run of four-straight OVC titles will end this season as Murray State (130), Tennessee Tech (144) and Morehead State (153) all have better Golfstat rankings than the Gamecocks (168) entering the championship.

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    [__Big Ten Championship

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    ](http://www.purduesports.com/sports/w-golf/spec-rel/bigten-wgolf-09.html)   (For live scoring, click here for Golfstat)

    Kampen Course

    West Lafayette, Ind.

    April 24-26

    Field: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Wisconsin

    Defending champion: Purdue (17-over 1,169) by 24 strokes over Michigan State; Purdue's Maria Hernandez (seven-under 281) by 10 strokes over Purdue's Christel Boeljon

    Skinny: Purdue would have been the prohibitive favorite even without the home course advantage it's getting from playing at the Kampen Course. Look for the Boilermakers to win their third Big Ten title in four years and Hernandez to claim a second straight individual win.

    __Conference head-to-head records:

    __Purdue, 21-0, 1.000

    Michigan State, 23-7, .766

    Ohio State, 19-9, .678

    Indiana, 23-12, .657

    Michigan, 22-16, .578

    Minnesota, 18-22, .450

    Wisconsin, 16-21, .432

    Northwestern, 16-23, .410

    Iowa, 9-25, .264

    Illinois, 9-27, .250

    Penn State, 6-20, .230

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    Rawls Course

    Lubbock, Texas

    April 24-26

    Field: Baylor, Colorado, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech

    Defending champion: Oklahoma State (48-over 912) by 27 strokes over Texas A&M; Oklahoma State's Jaclyn Sweeney (nine-over 225) by four strokes over Oklahoma State's Karin Kinnerud

    Skinny: Oklahoma State is the only conference team ranked inside to top 35 by Golfstat. Provided none of the Cowgirls starting five is hurt (or gets injured), look for the Stillwater squad to repeat.

    __Conference head-to-head records:

    __Oklahoma State, 8-0, 1.000

    Baylor, 18-5, .782

    Colorado, 16-7-1, .687

    Nebraska, 15-11, .576

    Texas A&M, 4-3, .571

    Texas Tech, 15-12-2, .551

    Oklahoma, 12-12, .500

    Texas, 7-8, .466

    Iowa State, 12-14, .461

    Missouri, 11-13-1, .460

    Kansas, 6-14-1, .309

    Kansas State, 2-28-1, .080

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    Atlantic City CC

    Northfield, N.J.

    April 24-26

    Field: Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, Yale

    Defending champion: Harvard (26-over 890) by 10 strokes over Columbia; Princeton's Susannah Aboff (nine-under 207) by 11 strokes over Harvard's Emily Balmert

    Skinny: Harvard won its first six tournaments of the season until finishing second at the Roar-ee Invitational earlier this month. I don't know ... I think I like the Crimson in this spot.

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    __[Mid-American Championship

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    Longaberger GC

    Longaberger, Ohio

    April 24-26

    Field: Akron, Ball State, Bowling Green, Eastern Michigan, Kent State, Northern Illinois, Ohio, Toledo, Western Michigan

    Defending champion: Kent State (25-over 1,177) by 51 strokes over Eastern Michigan; Kent State's Kirby Dreher (three-over 291) by three strokes over Kent State's Tara Delaney

    Skinny: No school is a more prohibitive favorite to claim its conference title than Kent State, the 10-time defending champion, is in the MAC.

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    ](http://www.northeastconference.org/sidebar.asp?id=836&path=wgolf)Hershey Links

    Hershey, Pa.

    April 24-26

    Field: Central Connecticut State, Fairleigh Dickinson, Long Island, Monmouth, Mount St. Mary's, Robert Morris, Sacred Heart, St. Francis (N.Y.), Saint Francis (Pa.), Wagner

    Defending champion: Fairleigh Dickinson (120-over 984) by two strokes over Sacred Heart; Central Connecticut State's Lucie Sarochova (13-over 229) by eight strokes over Saint Francis (Pa.)'s Samantha Milosh

    Skinny: Saint Francis (Pa.) is the perennial conference power and is hungry to get its title back from last year's first-time winner, Fairleigh Dickinson.

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    __[Pac-10 Championship

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    Stanford GC

    Palo Alto, Calif.

    April 24-26__

    Field:__ Arizona, Arizona State, California, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Washington, Washington State

    Defending champion: USC (eight-over 860) by 26 strokes over UCLA; USC's Paola Moreno (one-under 212) by four strokes over Arizona State's Anna Nordqvist

    Skinny: This could be the most exciting conference championship of them all, men or women, with UCLA, Arizona State and USC ranked in the top three in the country all season long. I give a slight edge to the Bruins, although I think ASU's Azahara Munoz will claim medalist honors.

    __Conference head-to-head records:

    __UCLA, 27-3, .900

    Arizona State, 19-4-1, .812

    USC, 20-10-1, .661

    Oregon, 14-13-1, .517

    Stanford, 13-15, .464

    Arizona, 10-16, .384

    Washington, 6-13-1, 325

    California, 9-19, .321

    Oregon State, 6-17, .260

    Washington State, 0-14, .000

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