Pacific-10 champion Arizona State, UCLA and Virginia are the top seeds for the NCAA Division I regionals, which tee off Thursday. Arizona State will host the West Regional, while UCLA leads the Central Regional field in Columbus, Ohio, and Virginia the East in Gainesville, Fla. Defending champion Southern California is the second seed in the West.
The top eight teams in each regional, plus the top two players not affiliated with any of those teams, advance to the national tournament May 19-22 at Caves Valley Golf Club outside Baltimore.
Arizona State owns six national titles but none since 1998. The Sun Devils have the defending individual champion, senior Azahara Munoz of Spain, on their roster. Another Spaniard, freshman Carlota Ciganda, won the Pac-10 tournament.
