GEORGETOWN, Ky. -- The Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) College women's golf team won the NAIA Region XI Championship today at Cherry Blossom Golf Club.

The title is the Blue Raiders' second consecutive regional crown and should guarantee a berth in next month's NAIA National Championships in South Bend, Indiana. The region tournament had just four teams, two shy of the necessary six teams to receive an automatic bid into the national tournament.
No. 13-ranked Lindsey Wilson finished the two-day tournament with a 669 (344-325) over the 6,004-yard, par 72 layout. Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) University finished second with a 707 (355-352).

No. 24-ranked Campbellsville (Ky.) University's 712 (353-359) and Georgetown (Ky.) College's 715 (357-358) rounded out the four-team field.

Campbellsville freshman Lauren Scholl (80-78) and Lindsey Wilson sophomore Beth Cooper (81-77) tied for first with a 158. Scholl earned medalist honors after she recorded a par on the first playoff hole.

Trevecca Nazarene's Mindy Seigenthaler (163 = 83-80), Lindsey Wilson's Jessica Robertson (166 = 90-76), Lambuth (Tenn.) University's Leslie Garside (165 = 83-82) and Lindsey Wilson's Aline Decker (171 = 85-86) joined Scholl and Cooper on the all-tournament team. Garside played as an individual during the tournament.

Lindsey Wilson women's golf coach Chris Wells was named NAIA Region XI Coach of the Year following his team's win.

Lindsey Wilson junior Stacy McClain (174) finished tied for seventh, while sophomore Lindsay Roberts (183) finished 17th to round out the Blue Raiders.

Lindsey Wilson also claimed the Mid-South Conference Tournament Championships, played concurrently with the regional tournament.

Scholl, who was named Mid-South Conference Women's Golfer of the Year, Cooper, Robertson, Decker, University of the Cumberlands' Jennifer Kieffer and Georgetown's Natalie Brown were named all-conference. Wells was selected MSC Coach of the Year by his peers.