September 8, 1998

LAS VEGAS - The UNLV golf team, which last year captured its first-ever NCAA team title, has been selected as the nations top team entering the 1998-99 season in the preseason edition of the MasterCard Collegiate Golf Rankings.

UNLV, which finished the 1997-98 campaign as the No. 1 team in the nation in all collegiate golf polls, is followed in second by Georgia. Georgia Tech, which finished third at the 1998 NCAA Championships, is third, while 1998 NCAA runner-up Clemson is fourth. Oklahoma State rounds out the top five.

UNLV is the only team in the nation with three players ranked in the individual top 15. They are junior Jeremy Anderson, who is tied for third, senior Chris Berry, who is tied for 12th and senior Charley Hoffman, who is tied for 13th.

Georgia Techs Bryce Molder and Matt Kuchar are ranked first and second, respectively.

The Rebels will open their fall season at the Topy Cup in Tanagura, Japan, Sept. 16-18.

RANK  SCHOOL   POINTS  RANK  INDIVIDUAL, SCHOOL        POINTS1.    UNLV      345 1.    Bryce Molder, Geo. Tech   3172.    Geo.      316 2.    Matt Kuchar, Geo. Tech    3123.    Geo. Tech 310 3.    Jeremy Anderson, UNLV     2554.    Clemson   277       James McLean, Minn.       2555.    Okla. St. 272 5.    Joel Kribel, Stanford     2526.    Houston   266 6.    Jeremy Parrott, Georgia   2457.    TCU       261 7.    Charles Howell, Okla. St. 2278.    Ariz. St. 259 8.    Hank Kuehne, SMU          2249.    So. Car.  223 9.    Edward Loar, Oklahoma St. 22210.   Florida   202 10.   Max Harris, No. Carolina  158                12.   Chris Berry, UNLV         121                T13.  Charley Hoffman, UNLV     110