The NCAA News - News and Features

May 11, 1998

Division I Women's Golf

Sun Devils, Wildcats vie for trophy

Event: 1998 Division I Women's Golf Championships.

Overview: The Division I women's golf title has resided in the state of Arizona the last five years, and this year doesn't look to be much different. Defending champion Arizona State has won the title four of the last five years and is led by senior Kellee Booth, who finished fourth at the Pacific-10 Conference Championships and was named to the all-conference team along with freshman Grace Park. Park tied for fifth at the Pac-10 championships. Arch-rival Arizona, however, looks like the team to beat after successfully defending its Pac-10 title. The Wildcats defeated the Sun Devils by 16 strokes and third-place Southern California by 34. All five Arizona golfers finished among the top 11. Sophomore Jenna Daniels won the individual title as she held off teammates Krisse Register and Heather Graff. 1996 national medalist Marisa Baena finished tied for seventh and sophomore Jill Gomric tied for 11th. Daniels, Register and Baena were named to the all-conference team .... Other contenders include Georgia, Tulsa, Duke and host Stanford.

Field: A total of 204 golfers representing five districts will participate in two regionals to determine the championships field of 99 competitors.

Dates and sites: The East and West regionals will be held May 7-9 and hosted by Duke and Stanford, respectively. Wisconsin will host the championships finals May 20-23 at the University Ridge Golf Course.

Television coverage: ESPN2 will provide live coverage of the second and third rounds of the championships Thursday, May 21, from 3-5 p.m. Eastern time, and Friday, May 22, from 1-3 p.m. Eastern time. Final-round coverage will air on Saturday, May 23, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Eastern time on ESPN2.

Information and Results: The fax-on-demand telephone number is 770/399-3060 (passcode 1915); request numbers are 5104 for first-round results, 5105 for second-round results, 5106 for third-round results and 5107 for final-round results. Individual and team results also will be available on the World Wide Web at www.ncaa.org. Regional results will appear in the May 18 issue of The NCAA News. Championships results will be published in the June 1 issue.