March 15, 1998

LAS VEGAS - The top-ranked UNLV men's golf team shot a final-round five-over par 293 to finish in third place at the Golf Digest Collegiate Invitational played at the par-72, 7,013-yard Desert Inn & Country Club Sunday.

Virginia (283-283-289-855, nine-under par), the second-round leader, held on for the title, while TCU (287-296-282-865) shot a third-round low 282 to move up three spots and finish in second. The Rebels (290-284-293-867) finished third, Clemson (278-294-298-870) was fourth and Southern Methodist (290-291-292-873) finished fifth.

James Driscoll (69-64-74-207, nine-under par) of Virginia, who tied Tom Kite's course record on Saturday with a score of 64, won the tournament's individual title. New Mexico's Doug La Belle (67-70-71-208) finished second. UNLV was led individually by sophomore Jeremy Anderson (68-71-74-213), who tied for sixth.

Other Rebels competing were junior Chris Berry (75-71-71-217/tied for 14th), senior Bill Lunde (75-71-72-218/tied for 16th), junior Charley Hoffman (73-71-77-221/tied for 26th) and freshman Scott Lander (74-75-76-225/tied for 44th).

UNLV's next action will be March 23-24 at the Morris Williams Intercollegiate in Austin, Texas.

1998 GOLF DIGEST COLLEGIATE INVITATIONAL TEAM RESULTS 1. Virginia              283-283-289-855 -9 2. TCU                   287-296-282-865 +1 3. UNLV                  290-284-293-867 +3 4. Clemson               278-294-298-870 +6 5. Southern Methodist    290-291-292-873 +9 6. Florida               297-290-288-875 +11 7. Arizona State         290-302-291-883 +19 8. Wake Forest           291-296-297-884 +20 9. Houston               298-294-293-885 +2110. Oklahoma State        287-309-290-886 +22    East Tennessee State  288-297-301-886 +2212. New Mexico            284-304-299-887 +2313. Pepperdine            302-286-301-889 +25    Texas                 295-301-293-889 +2515. Southern California   298-294-308-900 +36TOP INDIVIDUALS1.  James Driscoll, Virginia    69-64-74-207    -92.  Doug La Belle, New Mexico   67-70-71-208    -83.  Cameron Yancey, Virginia    68-70-72-210    -64.  J.J. Henry, TCU             70-73-68-211    -55.  Steve Scott, Florida        72-70-70-212    -4REBEL PLAYERST6.     Jeremy Anderson    68-71-74-213    -3T14.    Chris Berry        75-71-71-217    +1T16.    Bill Lunde         75-71-72-218    +2T26.    Charley Hoffman    73-71-77-221    +5T44.    Scott Lander       74-75-76-225    +9