THIS WEEK: The unanimous No. 1-ranked UNLV golf team will travel to St. Augustine, Fla., to compete in the U.S. Collegiate Golf Championship at the World Golf Village's Slammer and Squire Golf Course (Par 72, 6,940 yards) on Friday-Sunday, April 3-5.

THE FORMAT: The 54-hole tournament will be played over three days with 18 holes each day. Friday's first round starts at 8:30 a.m., Saturday's second round starts at 8:00 a.m. and Sunday's final round starts at 7:30 a.m. All times are Eastern. Each team will have five players competing and the winner will be determined by the low four-man scores from each 18 hole round.

TELEVISION COVERAGE: The tournament's second and third rounds will be televised live on ESPN. Saturday's action will be televised from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. and Sunday's will be televised from 12:30 - 2:30 p.m. All times are Eastern.

RANKED FIELD: Among the 12 teams participating, nine are ranked in the MasterCard Collegiate Golf Rankings. The teams include No. 1 UNLV, No. 2 Arizona, No. 8 Oklahoma State, No. 14 Arizona State, No. 19 Southern California, No. 22 New Mexico, No. 25 Florida State, No. 33 Texas A&M and No. 44 Ohio State. Fresno State, Kent State and Nihon (Japan) University are the three non-ranked teams competing.

UNLV'S LINEUP: As always, UNLV golfers need to qualify to compete in upcoming tournaments. Possible competitors for the Rebels will be senior Bill Lunde, junior Chris Berry, junior Charley Hoffman, sophomore Jeremy Anderson and freshman Scott Lander.

UNLV IN LAST YEAR'S TOURNAMENT: UNLV has never competed in the U.S. Collegiate Golf Championship.

REBEL RANKINGS: UNLV is ranked No. 1 in all three polls for the second consecutive season. Last year, the Rebels were the unanimous No. 1 for the majority of the season, a feat never before accomplished by a UNLV golf team.

REBEL RANKINGS CONT.:

MasterCard (March 25)    Golfweek (March 5)    GCAA (Dec. 1)1. UNLV                   1.    UNLV                  1.    UNLV2. Arizona                2.    Georgia Tech          2.    Clemson3. Georgia Tech           3.    Arizona               3.    TCU4. Clemson                4.    TCU                   4.    Arizona5. Houston                5.    Oklahoma State        5.    Oklahoma St.6. TCU                    6.    Arkansas              6.    Georgia Tech7. Arkansas               7.    Clemson               7.    Arkansas8. Oklahoma State         8.    Houston               8.    Georgia9. Florida                9.    Georgia               9.    Houston10. Georgia              10.    Augusta State        10.    Florida11. South Carolina       11.    South Carolina       11.    Augusta State12. Augusta State        12.    Arizona State        12.    Arizona State13. North Carolina       13.    East Tennessee State 13.    Auburn14. Arizona State        14.    North Carolina       14.    Oklahoma15. East Tennessee State 15.    Colorado State       15.    Colorado St.16. Colorado State       16.    Florida              16.    East Tenn. St.17. Virginia             17.    New Mexico           17.    S. Carolina18. Brigham Young        18.    BYU                  18.    BYU19. Southern California  19.    Auburn               19.    Northwestern20. North Carolina State 20.    North Carolina State 20.    UCLA21. Auburn               21.    UTEP                 21.    New Mexico22. New Mexico           22.    LSU                  22.    USC23. Oklahoma             23.    Minnesota            23.    Virginia24. North Carolina State 24.    Southern California  24.    Ohio State25. Florida State        25.    Oklahoma             25.    Kent State

INDIVIDUAL SUCCESS: UNLV is the only team in the nation that has three players ranked in the MasterCard individual top 25. They are Jeremy Anderson (2nd), Bill Lunde (12th) and Charley Hoffman (25th). Anderson's national ranking of No. 2 is UNLV's highest-ever individual ranking.

RECORD BREAKERS: UNLV's win at the John A. Burns Intercollegiate on Feb. 18-20 was the best Rebel showing ever. UNLV (283-279-267-829, 35-under-par) set six records on its way to its fifth win of the season. The records follow:

It was the first time that UNLV has recorded three-straight tournament wins. The Rebels' previous best was two in a row, which they accomplished twice (1992-93 and 1993-94).

It was the first time that UNLV won five events in a season. The previous mark was four, which was set in 1993-94, 1995-96 and 1996-97.

UNLV's third-round total of 267 set the record for the Rebels' lowest-ever round. The old mark was 271 at the 1992 NCAA West Regional at Tucson National Golf Club in Tucson, Ariz.

UNLV's 21-under-par third round set the record for the Rebel's lowest under-par round ever. The old mark was 17-under-par at the 1992 NCAA West Regional.

The Rebels' tournament total of 829 set the record for UNLV's lowest-ever tournament total. The old mark was 832 at the 1990 NCAA West Regional at the University Golf Course in Las Cruces, N.M.

The Rebels' 35-under-par tournament set the record for UNLV's lowest-ever under-par total. The old mark was 32-under-par at the 1990 NCAA West Regional.

REBEL HONORS: Sophomore Jeremy Anderson has been this season's most honored Rebel. Most recently Anderson was named WAC Golfer of the Week on Feb. 18. The GolfWorld Invitational champion, was also named both the WAC Golf Athlete of the Month and the College Golf Foundation's Rolex National College Golfer of the Month for November.

OTHER REBEL NOTES: Jeremy Anderson has finished in the top 10 in six out of nine tournaments this season...UNLV has recorded top-5 finishes in eight of 10 tournaments this season...The Rebels have recorded nine top-10 finishes in 10 tournaments this season (the Morris Williams Intercoll. only had nine teams)...Chris Berry and Bill Lunde's final-round scores of 65 at the John A. Burns tie them for the fourth-lowest round in Rebel history...Jeremy Anderson also shot a 65 in his win at the GolfWorld Invitational...Three ex-Rebels have shot rounds of 64...They were Chris Riley (1993-94), Warren Schutte (1992-93) and Edward Fryatt (1992-93)...Berry's Burns tournament total of 203 ties him with Anderson, who shot 203 at the GolfWorld Invitational earlier in the year, for the second-lowest 54-hole total in Rebel history...Hub Goyen shot the lowest 54-hole total in 1990 with 201 at the NCAA West Regional.

HEAD COACH DWAINE KNIGHT: One of the top collegiate coaches in the country, Dwaine Knight is in his 11th season with the Rebels. He has guided UNLV to four conference championships and three NCAA West Regional championships. In 1991 he was named the Golf Coaches Association of America's National Coach of the Year and the NCAA District VIII Coach of the Year. In 1992 he headed the staff for the United States vs. Japan All-Star Matches and was the West Team's coach at the NCAA East vs. West All-American Matches in 1994. Although he has received numerous accolades while with the Rebels, perhaps the highest honor Knight has received was when he was named the United States Palmer Cup Team Captain last year. Knight came to UNLV in the Fall of 1988 from New Mexico where he graduated from in 1969 and was the head golf coach from 1978-1987.

COACH KNIGHT'S COMMENTS: "This will be our first time playing in the U.S. Collegiate Championship. They have had some successful tournaments in California and Georgia in the past. It is a good field and it will be played on a new venue at the World Golf Village, which will be the home of the world golf hall of fame. This is the first major golf championship that they will hold there, so it is nice to be a part of it. ESPN will be television live on Saturday and Sunday and that will be a great opportunity for our program to get exposure across the country."

ASSISTANT COACH CASEY WHALEN: Casey Whalen, who is in his first season with the Rebel golf program, is responsible for academic advising, fund-raising and recruiting in addition to his golf coaching duties. Whalen came to UNLV after spending one season as assistant coach with the women's golf team at Texas. He is a 1994 graduate of Arizona State.

RESULTS: In addition to UNLV Sports Information e-mailing and faxing the results to local media, the complete results for the U.S. Collegiate Golf Championship may be obtained by calling the Infoconnection Fax-on-Demand System. Infoconnection may be accessed by dialing (800) 300-2050 from the handset of your fax machine. Media members then need to enter their PIN. If you do not have a PIN, please contact Pivotal Communications at (770) 399-0096 and request one. The Mid-American Conference code is 622 and the document number is 1790.

LAST OUTING: UNLV finished fourth at the Cleveland Golf/Morris Williams Intercollegiate at The Hills of Lakeway Golf Course (Par 72, 6,813 yards) in Austin, Texas, March 23-24.

NEXT OUTING: UNLV's next action will be April 10-11 at the PING Invitational in Cary, N.C. It will be held at the Par 72, 6,776 yard MacGregor Downs Country Club.