The NCAA News - News and Features

May 26, 1997

Championships summaries

Division II baseball

Regionals: Northeast regional -- Mass.-Lowell 10, St. Rose 4; Adelphi 11, St. Rose 2; Mass.-Lowell 11, Adelphi 2; Adelphi 8, Mass.-Lowell 3; Adelphi 8, Mass.-Lowell 6 (Adelphi advances).

North Atlantic regional -- Mansfield 6, Slippery Rock 1; Slippery Rock 5, Shepherd 4; Shepherd 10, Mansfield 9; Shepherd 6, Mansfield 3; Slippery Rock 18, Shepherd 2 (Slippery Rock advances).

South Atlantic regional -- Georgia Col. 5, Mount Olive 4 (11 inn.); Kennesaw St. 4, Mount Olive 3; Kennesaw St. 9, Georgia Col. 5; Kennesaw St. 9, Georgia Col. 4 (Kennesaw St. advances).

Central regional -- Pittsburg St. 5, Mankato St. 3; Central Mo. St. 6, Mankato St. 2; Central Mo. St. 14, Pittsburg St. 7; Central Mo. St. 3, Pittsburg St. 1 (Central Mo. St. advances).

North Central regional -- SIU-Edwardsville 5, Quincy 4; Quincy 8, Mercyhurst 7; SIU-Edwardsville 6, Mercyhurst 4; SIU-Edwardsville 15, Quincy 14 (SIU-Edwardsville advances).

South Central regional -- Central Okla. 8, Elon 7 (10 inn.); Elon 6, North Ala. 2; Central Okla. 13, North Ala. 2; Elon 17, Central Okla. 4; Central Okla. 7, Elon 5 (Central Okla. advances)

South regional -- Fla. Southern 11, North Fla. 1; Tampa 11, North Fla. 5; Tampa 4, Fla. Southern 2; Tampa 3, Fla. Southern 1 (Tampa advances).

West regional -- Fort Hays St. 10, Mesa St. 4; Cal St. Chico 11, Mesa St. 8; Cal St. Chico 13, Fort Hays St. 11; Fort Hays St. 11, Cal St. Chico 3; Cal St. Chico 11, Fort Hays St. 5 (Cal St. Chico advances).

Championship (May 24-31 at Montgomery, Alabama): Central Okla. (39-19) vs. Central Mo. St. (38-11); Kennesaw St. (46-12) vs. Slippery Rock (30-19); SIU-Edwardsville (36-17) vs. Cal St. Chico (48-11); Adelphi (30-14) vs. Tampa (42-14).

Division III baseball

Regionals: Mideast regional -- Allegheny 13, Wooster 11; Ohio Wesleyan 8, Marietta 2; Allegheny 12, Ohio Wesleyan 9 (10 inn.); Wooster 5, Marietta 3; Wooster 12, Ohio Wesleyan 6; Wooster 7, Allegheny 3; Wooster 7, Allegheny 4 (Wooster advances).

New York regional -- Cortland St. 8, Old Westbury 5; Rensselaer 4, Ithaca 2; Cortland St. 6, Rensselaer 1; Ithaca 13, Old Westbury 4; Rensselaer 7, Ithaca 5; Cortland St. 6, Rensselaer 5 (Cortland St. advances).

New England regional -- Amherst 8, Brandeis 3; Southern Me. 6, Eastern Conn. St. 3; Southern Me. 23, Amherst 3; Eastern Conn. St. 19, Brandeis 12; Eastern Conn. St. 16, Amherst 12; Southern Me. 4, Eastern Conn. St. 1 (Southern Me. advances).

South regional -- N.C. Wesleyan 8, Va. Wesleyan 0; Emory 7, Mary Washington 6; N.C. Wesleyan 18, Emory 4; Va. Wesleyan 9, Mary Washington 8; Va. Wesleyan 5, Emory 4; N.C. Wesleyan 12, Va. Wesleyan 5 (N.C. Wesleyan advances).

Mid-Atlantic regional -- Allentown 6, Wm. Paterson 4; Montclair St. 12, Johns Hopkins 11; Bri'water (Mass.) 4, Rowan 2; Wm. Paterson 6, Johns Hopkins 2; Rowan 8, Allentown 6; Montclair St. 17, Bri'water (Mass.) 6; Bri'water (Mass.) 9, Allentown 5; Wm. Paterson 5, Rowan 1; Bri'water (Mass.) 9, Montclair St. 8; Montclair St. 10, Wm. Paterson 4; Bri'water (Mass.) 13, Montclair St. 8 [Bri'water (Mass.) advances].

Central regional -- MacMurray 10, Aurora 7; Carthage 3, Wartburg 2; Carthage 15, MacMurray 7; Aurora 22, Wartburg 11; Aurora 9, MacMurray 4; Aurora 12, Carthage 6; Carthage 15, Aurora 10 (10 inn.) (Carthage advances).

Midwest regional -- Wis.-Stevens Point 3, St. Thomas (Minn.) 2; Wis.-Oshkosh 6, Southwestern (Tex.) 2; Wis.-Oshkosh 13, Wis.-Stevens Point 2; Southwestern (Tex.) 7, St. Thomas (Minn.) 6; Wis.-Stevens Point 6, Southwestern (Tex.) 5; Wis.-Stevens Point 10, Wis.-Oshkosh 6; Wis.-Stevens Point 6, Wis.-Oshkosh 5 (Wis.-Stevens Point advances).

West regional -- Chapman 7, Cal Lutheran 4; Chapman 14, Cal Lutheran 7; Cal Lutheran 10, Chapman 9; Cal Lutheran 5, Chapman 4 (10 inn.); Chapman 20, Cal Lutheran 7 (Chapman advances).

Championship (May 24-28 at Salem, Virginia): Cortland St. (28-8) vs. Carthage (38-8); Wis.-Stevens Point (30-11) vs. Bri'water (Mass.) (29-9-1); Southern Me. (35-8) vs. Wooster (42-6-1); Chapman (31-14) vs. N.C. Wesleyan (39-5).

Division I men's golf

Regionals: East regional -- 1. Auburn, 873; 2. Clemson, 876; 3. Wake Forest, 881; 4. Duke, 884; 5. North Caro., 886; 6. Florida, 887; 7. Tennessee, 888; 8. Virginia, 889; 9. South Caro., 892; 10. East Tenn. St., 893; 11. LSU, 895; 12. Va. Commonwealth, 897; 13. Miss. St., 905; 14. (tie) Furman and Penn St., 909; 16. Georgia, 910; 17. Alabama, 911; 18. Georgetown, 913; 19. James Madison, 919; 20. Temple, 923; 21. Rhode Island, 927; 22. Yale, 943; 23. Connecticut, 952. (Auburn, Clemson, Wake Forest, Duke, North Caro., Florida, Tennessee, Virginia, South Caro., East Tenn. St. and LSU advance.)

Central regional -- 1. Oklahoma St., 843; 2. Texas Christian, 853; 3. Texas A&M, 859; 4. Arkansas, 861; 5. Houston, 864; 6. Ohio St., 870; 7. Texas, 871; 8. Michigan, 874; 9. (tie) Drake and Northwestern, 881; 11. Oklahoma, 882; 12. Tulsa, 886; 13. Nebraska, 887; 14. Iowa St., 888; 15. Indiana, 891; 16. Southern Methodist, 893; 17. Minnesota, 896; 18. Miami (Ohio), 900; 19. Rice, 905; 20. Southwestern La., 907; 21. Arkansas St., 914. (Oklahoma St., Texas Christian, Texas A&M, Arkansas, Houston, Ohio St., Texas, Michigan, Drake and Northwestern advance.)

West regional -- 1. UNLV, 847; 2. Arizona St., 850; 3. Southern Cal, 857; 4. Arizona, 863; 5. New Mexico, 866; 6. UCLA, 869; 7. San Jose St., 870; 8. Washington, 871; 9. Pepperdine, 872; 10. Brigham Young, 873; 11. UTEP, 876; 12. (tie) Oregon and Stanford, 877; 14. California, 880; 15. Fresno St., 881; 16. Oregon St., 887; 17. Colorado St., 895; 18. San Diego St., 929. (UNLV, Arizona St., Southern Cal, Arizona, New Mexico, UCLA, San Jose St., Washington and Pepperdine advance.)

Championships (May 28-31 at Conway Farms Golf Club, Lake Forest, Illinois): The 30 teams advancing from regional competition will compete in the team championship.

Divison I men's lacrosse

Quarterfinals: Duke 12, Johns Hopkins 11 (ot); Maryland 10, Virginia 9; Princeton 11, Massachusetts 9; Syracuse 13, Loyola (Md.) 12.

Semifinals (May 24 at Maryland): Princeton (13-0) vs. Duke (12-3); Syracuse (11-2) vs. Maryland (10-4). Championship game May 26 at Maryland.

Division III men's lacrosse

Semifinals: Nazareth 16, Ohio Wesleyan 9; Washington (Md.) 10, Gettysburg 9.

Championship (May 25 at Maryland): Nazareth (12-3) vs. Washington (Md.) (14-3).

Division I women's softball

Regionals: At Arizona -- Nebraska 10, Arizona St. 1; Arizona 11, Rider 2; Arizona 2, Nebraska 0; Arizona St. 12, Rider 0; Nebraska 2, Arizona St. 1; Arizona 5, Nebraska 1. (Arizona advances).

At South Carolina -- South Caro. 5, N.C.-Greensboro 0; Kansas 3, Florda 2; South Caro. 1, Kansas 0; South Fla. 2, N.C.-Greensboro 0 (9 inn.); Kansas 3, South Fla. 1; South Caro. 1, Kansas 0. (South Caro. advances).

At Iowa -- Utah 3, Missouri 1; Iowa 2, DePaul 1; Iowa 3, Utah 1; DePaul 1, Missouri 0; DePaul 2, Utah 0; Iowa 6, DePaul 1. (Iowa advances).

At Fresno St. -- Long Beach St. 3, Cal St. Northridge 0; Fresno St. 7, California 0; Fresno St. 5, Long Beach St. 2 (10 inn.); California 3, Cal St. Northridge 2 (9 inn.); California 3, Long Beach St. 1; Fresno St. 9, California St. 3. (Fresno St. advances).

At Southwestern Louisiana -- UCLA 3, Nicholls St. 0; Southwestern La. 2, Northeast La. 1; Southwestern La. 4, UCLA 1; Northeast La. 1, Nicholls St. 0; UCLA 3, Northeast La. 0; UCLA 9, Southwestern La. 0 (5 inn.); UCLA 3, Southwestern La. 0. (UCLA advances).

At Michigan -- Central Mich. 1, Michigan St. 0; Michigan 1, Clevelvand St. 0; Michigan 3, Central Mich. 0; Michigan St. 6, Cleveland St. 0; Central Mich. 6, Michigan St. 4; Central Mich. 3, Michigan 1 (8 inn.); Michigan 4, Central Mich. 0. (Michigan advances).

At Oklahoma -- Oklahoma St. 2, Oklahoma 0; Washington 8, Southwest Mo. St. 0; Washington 5, Oklahoma St. 2; Oklahoma 7, Southwest Mo. St. 2; Oklahoma St. 5, Oklahoma 3; Washington 10, Oklahoma St. 9. (Washington advances).

At Massachusetts -- Massachusetts 2, Boston College 0; Colorado St. 10, Brown 0 (5 inn.); Colorado St. 2, Massachusetts 0; Boston College 6, Brown 2; Massachusetts 4, Boston College 1; Massachusetts 3, Colorado St. 1; Massachusetts 3, Colorado St. 2 (8 inn.). (Massachusetts advances).

Championship (May 22-26 at Oklahoma City): Arizona (57-4) vs. Masschusetts (37-21-1); Fresno St. (52-12) vs. UCLA (45-12); Iowa (51-7) vs. Michigan (55-14-1); Washington (48-17) vs. South Caro. (63-3).