The NCAA News - News and Features

November 17, 1997

Championships summaries

Division II men's cross country

Regionals: East region (first-place team automatically qualifies for national championships) -- 1. Edinboro, 26; 2. Shippensburg, 75; 3. East Stroudsburg, 120; 4. Indiana (Pa.), 172; 5. Mass.-Lowell, 182; 6. Kutztown, 207; 7. Millersville, 226; 8. Slippery Rock, 242; 9. Bentley, 265; 10. Bloomsburg, 337; 11. Wheeling Jesuit, 369; 12. Glenville St., 388; 13. Le Moyne, 389; 14. Southern Conn. St., 391; 15. Lock Haven, 397; 16. Merrimack, 423; 17. Calif. (Pa.), 430; 18. West Va. Wesleyan, 454; 19. Clarion, 483; 20. West Chester, 489; 21. Bryant, 498; 22. New Haven, 590; 23. St. Michael's, 615; 24. Davis & Elkins, 632; 25. Mercyhurst, 673; 26. Stonehill, 674; 27. Alderson-Broaddus, 770.

Great Lakes region (top five teams automatically qualify) -- 1. Central Mo. St., 42; 2. Ashland, 67; 3. Lewis, 99; 4. Southern Ind., 124; 5. Northwest Mo. St., 155; 6. Wis.-Parkside, 160; 7. Mo.-Rolla, 193; 8. Truman St., 211; 9. Pittsburg St., 257; 10. Hillsdale, 260; 11. Emporia St., 290; 12. Indianapolis, 297; 13. Michigan Tech, 313; 14. Lake Superior St., 316; 15. Northwood, 338; 16. Saginaw Valley, 478; 17. SIU-Edwardsville, 533; 18. Gannon, 548; 19. Grand Valley St., 556; 20. Bellarmine, 563; 21. Northern Ky., 621; 22. IU/PU-Ft. Wayne, 654.

North Central region (top five teams automatically qualify) -- 1. South Dak., 30; 2. Mankato St., 46; 3. North Dak. St., 81; 4. North Dak., 135; 5. South Dak. St., 148; 6. Augustana (S.D.), 157; 7. Minn.-Duluth, 172; 8. Wayne St. (Neb.), 192; 9. Northern St., 241; 10. St. Cloud St., 257; 11. Moorhead St., 319.

South Central region (top three teams automatically qualify) -- 1. Adams St., 57; 2. Western St., 58; 3. Fort Hays St., 103; 4. N.M. Highlands, 109; 5. Neb.-Kearney, 112; 6. Abilene Christian, 126; 7. Tex. A&M-Kingsville, 189; 8. Fort Lewis, 201; 9. UC-Colo. Spgs., 232; 10. Colorado Mines, 263; 11. Angelo St., 265; 12. Southern Ark., 371.

Southeast region (first-place team automatically qualifies) -- 1. Kennesaw St., 62; 2. North Fla., 70; 3. Morehouse, 97; 4. West Ga., 138; 5. Fla. Southern, 164; 6. Armstrong Atlantic, 173; 7. Clayton St., 174; 8. West Fla., 176; 9. Ala.-Huntsville, 220; 10. Francis Marion, 223; 11. Mars Hill, 237; 12. Valdosta St., 338; 13. (tie) Lander and North Ala., 404; 15. Florida Tech, 423; 16. Belmont Abbey, 456; 17. St. Andrews, 518; 18. N.C.-Pembroke, 519; 19. Tampa, 548; 20. Morris Brown, 586.

West region (top two teams automatically qualify) -- 1. Cal Poly Pomona, 23; 2. UC Davis, 66; 3. Humboldt St., 94; 4. Cal St. Chico, 139; 5. Hawaii-Hilo, 142; 6. Alas. Anchorage, 148; 7. Cal St. Los Angeles, 186; 8. Cal St. Hayward, 211; 9. Grand Canyon, 253; 10. San Fran. St., 262; 11. Mont. St.-Billings, 273.

Championships: November 22 at Wisconsin-Parkside.

Division II women's cross country

Regionals: East region (top two teams automatically qualify for national championships) -- 1. Shippensburg, 40; 2. Edinboro, 41; 3. Indiana (Pa.), 121; 4. Bloomsburg, 148; 5. East Stroudsburg, 208; 6. Slippery Rock, 218; 7. Clarion, 224; 8. Lock Haven, 228; 9. Southern Conn. St., 231; 10. Mass.-Lowell, 258; 11. Millersville, 266; 12. West Chester, 344; 13. Merrimack, 350; 14. Wheeling Jesuit, 355; 15. West Va. Wesleyan, 369; 16. St. Anselm, 394; 17. Bentley, 506. 18. Mercyhurst, 514; 19. St. Rose, 533; 20. St. Michael's, 553; 21. Mansfield, 563; 22. LIU-C. W. Post, 641; 23. Le Moyne, 681; 24. New Haven, 709; 25. Davis & Elkins, 754.

Great Lakes region (top four teams automatically qualify) -- 1. Lewis, 29; 2. Northwest Mo. St., 67; 3. Wis.-Parkside, 105; 4. Southern Ind., 114; 5. Pittsburg St., 154; 6. (tie) Saginaw Valley and Central Mo. St., 222; 8. Ashland, 241; 9. Indianapolis, 312; 10. Truman St., 318; 11. Mo.-Rolla, 319; 12. Grand Valley St., 327; 13. Mo. Southern St., 328; 14. Ferris St., 338; 15. Michigan Tech, 361; 16. St. Joseph's (Ind.), 432; 17. SIU-Edwardsville, 442; 18. Lake Superior St., 457; 19. Northern Ky., 514; 20. Bellarmine, 529; 21. Gannon, 600; 22. Northwood, 627; 23. IU/PU-Ft. Wayne, 658; 24. Quincy, 670.

North Central region (top three teams automatically qualify) -- 1. North Dak. St., 64; 2. Northern Colo., 93; 3. South Dak. St., 107; 4. Minn.-Duluth, 107; 5. North Dak., 125; 6. Neb.-Omaha, 134; 7. South Dak., 155; 8. Mankato St., 189; 9. St. Cloud St., 216; 10. Augustana (S.D.), 234; 11. Bemidji St., 353; 12. Northern St., 366; 13. Moorhead St., 389; 14. Wayne St. (Neb.), 400; 15. Winona St., 401; 16. Morningside, 411; 17. Minn.-Morris, 490.

South Central region (top four teams automatically qualify) -- 1. Adams St., 18; 2. Western St., 44; 3. Abilene Christian, 109; 4. Angelo St., 127; 5. UC-Colo. Spgs., 153; 6. Neb.-Kearney, 173; 7. Fort Hays St., 180; 8. Fort Lewis, 207; 9. Harding, 228; 10. N.M. Highlands, 266; 11. Central Ark., 308; 12. Arkansas Tech, 330; 13. Colorado Mines, 360.

Southeast region (first-place team automatically qualifies) -- 1. Kennesaw St., 34; 2. West Ga., 101; 3. Clayton St., 106; 4. North Fla., 110; 5. Fla. Southern, 117; 6. West Fla., 153; 7. Armstrong Atlantic, 201; 8. Ala.-Huntsville, 227; 9. St. Augustine's, 278; 10. S.C.-Spartanburg, 287; 11. Valdosta St., 294; 12. Francis Marion, 302; 13. Mars Hill, 321; 14. Rollins, 382; 15. Tampa, 388; 16. Morris Brown, 399; 17. Lincoln Memorial, 403; 18. Florida Tech, 490; 19. Eckerd, 494; 20. North Ala., 574.

West region (top three teams automatically qualify) -- 1. UC Davis, 46; 2. Seattle Pacific, 56; 3. Cal St. Chico, 123; 4. Cal St. Los Angeles, 127; 5. Mont. St.-Billings, 146; 6. Grand Canyon, 178; 7. Cal St. Stanislaus, 188; 8. Cal Poly Pomona, 202; 9. Hawaii-Hilo, 212; 10. San Fran. St., 246; 11. Cal St. Hayward, 253; 12. Cal St. San B'dino, 314.

Championships: November 22 at Wisconsin-Parkside.

Division III field hockey

Regionals: At Lebanon Valley -- Lebanon Valley 4, Wittenberg 1; Ithaca 2, East. Mennonite 1; Lebanon Valley 3, Ithaca 2.

At Rowan -- William Smith 2, Rowan 1 (ot); Col. of New Jersey 1, Scranton 0; William Smith 2, Col. of New Jersey 0.

At Salisbury St. -- Salisbury St. 1, Washington (Md.) 0 (2 ot); Messiah 3, Springfield 2 (ot); Messiah 1, Salisbury St. 0.

At Williams -- Trinity (Conn.) 3, Bowdoin 1; Cortland St. 3, Williams 1; Trinity (Conn.) 3, Cortland St. 2.

Semifinals (November 15 at Lebanon Valley): Lebanon Valley (20-1) vs. William Smith (18-2); Messiah (17-4) vs. Trinity (Conn.) (16-0). Final November 16.

Division III women's soccer

First round: Elizabethtown 5, Johns Hopkins 0; Elmira* 1, Ithaca 1 (4 ot) (*Elmira advances on penalty kicks, 3-2); Nazareth 3, Oneonta St. 2 (3 ot); Colby 1, Bates 0 (2 ot); N.C. Wesleyan 3, Lynchburg 0; Denison 2, DePauw 0; Kalamazoo 5, Wilmington (Ohio) 1; Wheaton (Ill.) 2, Wis.-Stevens Point 1 (2 ot).

Regionals: At Gettysburg -- Elizabethtown 2, Col. of New Jersey 1; Richard Stockton 6, Gettysburg 0; Elizabethtown 2, Richard Stockton 0.

At Amherst -- Amherst 2, Western Conn. St. 0; Wm. Paterson 4, Drew 0; Amherst 3, Wm. Paterson 2 (3 ot).

At William Smith -- William Smith 3, Elmira 0; Rochester 3, Nazareth 2; William Smith 6, Rochester 0.

At Plymouth St. -- Colby* 2, Plymouth St. 2 (2 ot) (*Colby advances on penalty kicks, 4-3); Middlebury 1, Bowdoin 0; Middlebury 1, Colby 0 (4 ot).

At Mary Washington -- Mary Washington 2, Emory 0; Trinity (Tex.) 1, N.C. Wesleyan 0 (2 ot); Mary Washington 3, Trinity (Tex.) 1.

At UC San Diego -- UC San Diego 2, Chicago 1 (2 ot); Gust. Adolphus 4, Cal Lutheran 2; UC San Diego 3, Gust. Adolphus 1.

At Calvin -- Calvin 2, Denison 0; Washington (Mo.) 2, Kalamazoo 1; Washington (Mo.) 3, Calvin 2.

At Macalester -- Macalester 2, Wheaton (Ill.) 0; St. Thomas (Minn.) 1, St. Benedict 0; Macalester 4, St. Thomas (Minn.) 2 (2 ot).

Quarterfinals (November 15 or 16 at campus sites): Elizabethtown (18-4-2) vs. Amherst (14-2); William Smith (16-3) vs. Middlebury (13-3); Mary Washington (19-1-2) vs. UC San Diego (17-2); Washington (Mo.) (16-3-1) vs. Macalester (19-1).