SPRINGFIELD, Mo.— The Drury women's golf team received their first bid to an NCAA-II regional since 2015 as they earned an at-large bid to the East Regional on Monday.
 
The NCAA-II East Regional is May 5-7 at The Meadows Golf Course in Allendale, Michigan, and is one of four regionals that start the NCAA-II national championship.  
 
The Panthers are seeded 11^th in a field that features 18 teams and six individuals. Findlay is the top seed, followed by host Grand Valley State, and Missouri-St. Louis is seeded third. Indianapolis, the defending National Champion, received an automatic bid after winning the Great Lakes Valley Conference title on Sunday, and is seeded fourth.
 
The top five teams in the region and the top two players not on an advancing team will advance to the NCAA-II National Championship Tournament, May 13-17 at the Boulder Creek Golf Club in Boulder City, Nevada.
 
Drury is coming off a third place finish in the GLVC Championship last weekend. The Panthers matched their best finish at the conference championship in 11 years and reached the medal match tournament for the fourth year in a row.
 
The Panthers have advanced an individual to the NCAA regional in each of the last two years, with current team member Taryn Overstreet reaching the field last season.
 
In spite of a 10-year absence from the regional, the Panthers will be playing their 11^th NCAA regional in their 21-year history. Drury has won the regional once and has advanced to the NCAA-II Championship as a team twice.
 
 
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