Stanford women’s golf will begin competition in the 2008 NCAA Championships on May 8-10 at the NCAA West Regional, held in Lincoln, Calif.

The West Regional features 21 teams, among them five other squads from the Pacific-10 Conference: Southern California (the conference champion), Arizona State, Arizona, California and Oregon.

The Cardinal hopes to live up to its No. 8 ranking; in doing so, the team would earn itself a trip to the NCAA Championships, which will take place two weeks later in Albuquerque, N.M. The top eight teams from all four regions will make up the 32-team field at the Championships.