June 3, 1998

LAS VEGAS - The UNLV golf team finished the 1997-98 season as the nations top-ranked team in the final edition of the national MasterCard Collegiate Golf Rankings released by the College Golf Foundation Wednesday.

The Rebels, who won their first national championship last weekend, won a record seven tournaments this year. UNLV finished 112 points ahead of Clemson in the rankings. Georgia Tech finished third, Oklahoma State finished fourth and Houston was fifth.

Individually, UNLVs Jeremy Anderson finished the year ranked No. 9, while Bill Lunde was No. 10. Charley Hoffman finished 21st and Chris Berry was 23rd.

Bryce Molder of Georgia Tech finished ranked first, while his teammate Matt Kuchar was ranked second.

UNLV was the only team with more than two players ranked in the top 25, while all four Rebels ranked made it in.

MASTERCARD COLLEGIATE RANKINGS      MASTERCARD COLLEGIATE RANKINGSRANK    SCHOOL      POINTS      RANK    INDIVIDUAL, SCHOOL          POINTS1.  UNLV        646.613     1.  Bryce Molder, Georgia Tech  464.8092.  Clemson     534.573     2.  Matt Kuchar, Georgia Tech   421.700 3.  Georgia Tech    524.890     3.  J.J. Henry, TCU             417.4984.  Oklahoma State  456.800     4.  Rory Sabbatini, Arizona     393.7505.  Houston         413.107     5.  Joel Kribel, Stanford       376.8256.  TCU         389.042     6.  Tim Clark, N. Carolina State    352.3757.  Georgia     379.427     7.  Charles Warren, Clemson     317.2928.  Arizona State   371.963     8.  Jeremy Parrott, Georgia     316.3209.  Arizona     369.843     9.   Jeremy Anderson, UNLV       302.12310. South Carolina  357.210     10.  Bill Lunde, UNLV            288.899                        21. Charley Hoffman, UNLV       225.470                        23. Chris Berry, UNLV           214.763