June 10, 1999

LAS VEGAS - The UNLV golf team finished the 1998-99 season as the nation's second-ranked team in the final edition of the national MasterCard Collegiate Golf Rankings.

The Rebels, who finished sixth at the NCAA Championships June 2-5 at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minn., won five tournaments during the season and had three players win medalist honors a total of four times this year.

UNLV finished only behind Georgia in the poll. Georgia, ranked No. 1 entering the NCAA Championships, won its first NCAA title to remain the nation's top-ranked team. Oklahoma State, which finished second at the championships, was ranked third, Arizona State was fourth, and Clemson rounded out the top five.

Individually, Luke Donald of Northwestern, who won the NCAA individual championship was the top-ranked player in the nation. UNLV's Michael Kirk finished the year ranked 12th, while Jeremy Anderson was 13th. Other Rebels ranked were Adam Scott at 39th, Chris Berry at 43rd and Charley Hoffman at 62nd.

MASTERCARD COLL. RANKINGS  MASTERCARD COLLEGIATE RANKINGSRANK    SCHOOL          RANK    INDIVIDUAL, SCHOOL      POINTS1.  Georgia         1.  Luke Donald, Northwestern   494.8502.  UNLV            2.  Bryce Molder, Georgia Tech  467.3003.  Oklahoma State      3.  Ryuji Imada, Georgia        430.700 4.  Arizona State       4.  Charles Howell, Oklahoma St.    383.217 5.  Clemson         5.  David Gossett, Texas        382.300 6.  Northwestern        6.  Jonathan Byrd, Clemson      324.833 7.  Houston         7.  James McLean, Minnesota     322.429 8.  Georgia Tech        8.  Joel Kribel, Stanford       311.770 9.  Minnesota       9.  John Engler, Clemson        298.40510. Florida         10. Paul Casey, Arizona State   296.837