WICHITA, Kan.- The Wichita State women's golf team will head to Stillwater, Okla. to compete in the NCAA Regionals for the first time in school history, May 8-10 at Karsten Creek.

The Shockers earned the regional bid by winning their first Missouri Valley Conference Championship in school history last week, carding a 54-hole program record 900 (297-304-299) to defeat Indiana State by one shot.

Overall it was the third team championship in the program's history, as Wichita State won Gateway titles in 1987 and 1992.

Meghan Schuetz, Bryce Schroeder and Alejandra Arellano were each named to the MVC All-Conference Team and head coach Tom McCurdy was named the conference's coach of the year.

The full central region is as follows:

1. University of California, Los Angeles
2. University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
3. University of Alabama
4. University of Arizona
5. Louisiana State University
6. Oklahoma State University
7. University of Florida
8. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
9. The Ohio State University
10. University of Miami (Florida)
11. Mississippi State University
12. University of California, Berkeley
13. Kent State University (Mid-American Conference)
14. University of Kansas
15. University of Texas at Austin
16. University of Nevada, Las Vegas
17. University of Colorado, Boulder
18. Southern Methodist University
19. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
20. Harvard University (Ivy Group)
21. Lamar University (Southland Conference)
22. Wichita State University (Missouri Valley Conference)
23. Long Island University-Brooklyn Campus (Northeast Conference)
24. Siena College (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference)

The Shockers will be fighting for a chance to head to the NCAA National Championship in Tulsa, Okla. at Tulsa Country Club, May 20-23.