April 1, 1998LAS VEGAS - 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 19th and New Mexico in 23rd. 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 13th, Charley Hoffman in 25th, Chris Berry in 57th and Scott Lander in 79th.
UNLV most recently finished in fourth place at the Cleveland Golf/Morris Williams Intercollegiate in Austin, Texas, and will be back in action Friday-Sunday at the U.S. Collegiate Golf Championship in St. Augustine, Fla.
MASTERCARD COLLEGIATE RANKINGS MASTERCARD COLLEGIATE RANKINGS
RANK 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 238.453 3. Bryce Molder, Georgia Tech 206.9094. Clemson 229.987 4. Doug La Belle, New Mexico 198.8755. Houston 195.918 5. Hank Kuehne, SMU 196.3666. TCU 194.699 6. J.J. Henry, TCU 189.0157. Arkansas 193.487 7. Edward Loar, Ok State 186.8158. Oklahoma State 192.853 8. Brad Elder, Texas 184.1509. Florida 191.157 9. Max Harris, North Caro. 182.80010. Georgia 188.217 10. Matt Kuchar, Georgia Tech 177.550 13. Bill Lunde, UNLV 163.929 25. Charley Hoffman,UNLV 114.320 57. Chris Berry, UNLV 65.913 79. Scott Lander, UNLV 47.755
