Feb. 28, 2006

LAS VEGAS - UNLV women's golf team moved back into the top 10 in two of collegiate golf's polls after the Rebels finished sixth last week at the Wildcat Invitational, marking the first time that the Rebels have been ranked in the top 10 this late in the season.

UNLV was ranked No. 9 by Golfstat and No. 10 by Golfweek in the latest polls released this week. The Rebels' highest ranking in program history was No. 8 by Golfweek, which they reached last fall on Sept. 30, 2005.

Da Sol Chung was ranked 12th in the country individually this week by Golfweek following her third-place finish at the Wildcat Invitational in a field that included 11 of the top 15 teams in the country. The ranking is the highest an individual has ever been ranked in UNLV history. UNLV has three other players ranked in the top 100 in Grace Woo (31st), Elena Kurokawa (53rd) and Seema Sadekar (95th).

The Rebels have won the last two Mountain West Conference championships under the guidance of head coach Missy Ringler and continue their season by hosting the UNLV Spring Invitational on March 13-15 at Black Mountain Country Club.

Golfstat's Women's Top 25

1 Duke University2 Arizona State3 UCLA4 Purdue5 Auburn6 Pepperdine7 Southern California8 Georgia9 UNLV10 Arkansas11 California12 Wake Forest13 Stanford14 Vanderbilt15 Virginia16 Florida17 Arizona18 Tennessee19 Texas A&M20 Ohio State21 Oklahoma State22 New Mexico23 Kent State24 Long Beach State25 Tulane

Golfweek's Women's Top 25

1 Duke2 UCLA3 Arizona State4 Purdue5 Auburn6 Southern California7 Pepperdine8 Georgia9 Arkansas10 UNLV11 Wake Forest12 California13 Vanderbilt14 Tennessee15 Virginia16 Stanford17 Arizona18 Florida19 Ohio State20 Texas A&M21 Oklahoma State22 Long Beach State23 Kent State24 New Mexico25 Washington