March 25, 1998LAS VEGAS, Nev. - The UNLV golf team remained the nation's top team in the latest edition of the national MasterCard Collegiate Golf Rankings released by the College Golf Foundation Wednesday.
The Rebels, who have won three of five tournaments this spring and a school-record five for the season, are in first place ahead of Arizona, Georgia Tech, Clemson and Houston.
The Western Athletic Conference had five teams ranked among the top 25. After UNLV came TCU in sixth, Colorado State in 16th, Brigham Young in 18th and New Mexico in 22nd. Individually, UNLV's Jeremy Anderson remained second, a school-record high. Arizona's Rory Sabbatini occupies the top spot.
Other Rebels ranked were Bill Lunde in 12th, Charley Hoffman in 25th, Chris Berry in 55th and Scott Lander in 74th.
UNLV most recently finished in fourth place at the Cleveland Golf/Morris Williams Intercollegiate and will be back in action April 3-5 at the U.S. Collegiate Golf Championship in St. Augustine, Fla.
Mastercard Collegiate Rankings Mastercard Collegiate RankingsRank School Points Rank Individual, School Points1. UNLV 316.830 1. Rory Sabbatini, Arizona 279.9002. Arizona 259.777 2. Jeremy Anderson, UNLV 233.1053. Georgia Tech 231.237 3. Jdoug La Belle, New Mexico 198.8754. Clemson 199.693 4. Hank Kuehne, SMU 195.9605. Houston 195.918 5. J.J. Henry, TCU 189.0156. TCU 194.699 6. Edward Loar, Oklahoma State 186.8157. Arkansas 193.487 7. Brad Elder, Texas 184.1508. Oklahoma State 192.853 8. Matt Kuchar, Georgia Tech 177.550 9. Florida 191.157 9. Bryce Molder, Georgia Tech 174.20910. Georgia 188.217 10. Tim Clark, North Carolina State 169.475 12. Bill Lunde, UNLV 163.929 25. Charley Hoffman, UNLV 114.320 55. Chris Berry, UNLV 65.913 74. Scott Lander, UNLV 47.755
