DETROIT -- The next step of the postseason is here for the Wayne State University women's golf team in the form of the NCAA East Regional.  Hosted by Indianapolis, the tournament will be played Monday-Wednesday, May 6-8 in Carmel, Ind. at Prairie View Golf Club.

All participants will compete through the 54 holes of competition. The top three (central), five (south), five (west) and five (east) teams along with the top two individuals not on an advancing team will advance to the NCAA Championships.  The finals will be hosted by Rollins College and the Greater Orlando Sports Commission at Orange County National Golf Center in Orlando, Florida on May 21-25.  The number of participants that qualify for the finals is 98.

At the finals, all 18 teams and eight individuals will complete 54 holes of stroke play.  Following 54 holes of stroke play, an individual champion will be declared along with finishers Nos. 2-10 based on cumulative total score and any applicable tiebreakers.  The top eight teams after 54 holes of play will be placed into a bracket and seeded based on 54-hole scores.  The pairings for the quarterfinals will be Seed No. 1 versus Seed No. 8, Seed No. 2 versus Seed No. 7, Seed No. 3 versus Seed No. 6 and Seed No. 4 versus Seed No. 5, competing in head-to-head medal play (stroke play over 18 holes and low score wins).

Wayne State Lineup
Beca Vestman (Madrid, Spain / Colegio Base)
Sabel Imesch (Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich. / Grosse Pointe South)
Clarita Laffitte (Montevideo, Uruguay / Colegio Seminario)
Logan Potts (Norton Shores, Mich. / Mona Shores)
Orianna Bylsma (Montague, Mich.)

Vestman will be playing in her fourth straight regional after tying-for-first in 2023 (lost in playoff hole), finishing 11th in 2022 and 19th in 2021.  Imesch, Bylsma and Potts will each be among the regional lineup for a second time in their careers.  Last year, Imesch tied-for-17th and Bylsma placed 98th.  Potts last competed in this event in 2022 when she tied-for-72nd.

Tournament Field - Teams (automatic qualifier)
1. #3 Findlay (Great Midwest Athletic Conference)
2. #7 UIndy (Great Lakes Valley Conference)
3. #21 Grand Valley State (Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)
4. Missouri-St. Louis
5. Wayne State
6. Gannon (Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference)
7. Ferris State
8. Ohio Dominican
9. Glenville State (Mountain East Conference)
10. Ashland
11. Davenport
12. McKendree
13. Illinois Springfield
14. Franklin Pierce
15. New Haven (Northeast-10 Conference)

Individuals
1. Lisa Marie Schumacher, Tiffin
2. Sydney Hugo, Walsh
3. Brooke Herbstreit, Saginaw Valley State
4. Maya Hunter, Northern Michigan
5. Taryn Overstreet, Drury
6. AJ Powell, Parkside

WSU in Regional Play
2023 - 4th/15 teams - advanced to NCAA Championships for first time in program history
2022 - 8th/15
2021 - 6th/9
2020 (cancelled due to COVID)
2019 - 9th/12
2018 - 12th/12