“I am very excited to that we have the opportunity to host this event,” Sacramento State Director of Athletics Terry Wanless said. “This is a great credit to our University and staff which has shown the ability to put on a great championship event in the past.

“Events like this not only feature some of the best collegiate talent in the country, it also allows us to showcase our University and community.”

The selection is just the latest in what is becoming a long list of NCAA championships hosted by Sacramento State. The University has hosted the Women’s Rowing Championships in 1997, 1999, 2004 and 2005 and the Div. I Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 2003 and 2005. Upcoming events include track and field in 2006 and 2007 as well as the Women’s Volleyball Final Four in the fall of 2007.

The regional is just one of three to take place in 2008 (West, Central, East). The field will be comprised of the top 21 teams in the region with the eight best teams advancing to the national championships. Each team will play one 18-hole round per day as well as a practice round on May 7.

The Lincoln Hills Golf Club first appeared on Northern California’s public golf scene in 1999 as an 18-hole, Billy Casper/Greg Nash-designed golf course. In 2004, another nine holes were unveiled, with the last nine completed in the summer of 2005. The final two nines, solely designed by Greg Nash, are seamlessly incorporated into the original course thereby creating two 18-hole layouts (Hills and Orchard Courses) with traditional out-and-back configurations.

The golf course’s generous corridors and expansive fairways impart a feeling of openness as the layout unfolds over the rolling hills and natural wetlands common to Placer County. Manicured fairways are framed by daunting hazards and pockets of pine, oak and redwood trees that add to the golf course’s aesthetic appeal as well as to the risk/reward challenges.

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