March 3, 1999

LAS VEGAS - The UNLV golf team moved up two spots to second in the first MasterCard Collegiate Golf Rankings of the spring, which were released Wednesday.

Clemson remained as the nation's top team, while Georgia Tech is third, Oklahoma State is ranked fourth, and Houston rounds out the top five.

Individually, UNLV has two players ranked in the top 20. They are junior Jeremy Anderson who is 17th, and junior Michael Kirk who is ranked 19th.

Bryce Molder of Georgia Tech is the top ranked player in the nation, followed by David Gossett of Texas, and Jonathan Byrd and John Engler, both from Clemson.

UNLV most recently captured the title of the John A. Burns Intercollegiate, which was its second title of the season.

The team will be back in action on March 12-14 at the Golf Digest Collegiate Invitational at the Desert Inn Country Club in Las Vegas.

MASTERCARD COLLEGIATE RANKINGS MASTERCARD COLLEGIATE RANKINGSRANK    SCHOOL              RANK    INDIVIDUAL, SCHOOL  1.  Clemson             1.  Bryce Molder, Georgia Tech2.  UNLV                2.  David Gossett, Texas    3.  Georgia Tech            3.  Jonathan Byrd, Clemson4.  Oklahoma State          4.  John Engler, Clemson5.  Houston             5.  Edward Loar, Oklahoma State6.  Georgia             6.  Carlton Forrester, Georgia Tech 7.  Texas               7.  Luke Donald, Northwestern 8.  Minnesota           8.  Charles Howell, Oklahoma State9.  Florida             9.  Joel Kribel, Stanford10. Arizona State           10. David Christensen, East Tennessee St.                                        17.     Jeremy Anderson, UNLV                                        20. Michael Kirk, UNLV