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The NCAA News -- November 23, 1998

Championships scores/pairings

Men's cross country

(Note: The top two teams in each region automatically qualify for the national championships.)

Regionals: Great Lakes region -- 1. Michigan St., 58; 2. Michigan, 82; 3. Butler, 96; 4. Wisconsin, 102; 5. Central Mich., 138; 6. Miami (Ohio), 147; 7. Ohio St., 165; 8. Notre Dame, 192; 9. Eastern Mich., 211; 10. Indiana St., 243; 11. Purdue, 331; 12. Youngstown St., 344; 13. Western Mich., 383; 14. Kent, 401; 15. Bowling Green, 406; 16. Ohio, 442; 17. Akron, 483; 18. (tie) Detroit and Marquette, 487; 20. Cincinnati, 505; 21. Dayton, 564; 22. Wright St., 616; 23. Ball St., 658; 24. Valparaiso, 696; 25. Xavier, 739; 26. Wis.-Green Bay, 812.

Mid-Atlantic region -- 1. Princeton, 57; 2. Georgetown, 76; 3. Bucknell, 104; 4. Villanova, 107; 5. West Virginia, 153; 6. Navy, 173; 7. La Salle, 210; 8. St. Joseph's, 241; 9. Penn St., 295; 10. Lafayette, 309; 11. Mt. St. Mary's (Md.), 369; 12. Delaware, 370; 13. St. Francis (Pa.), 381; 14. Penn, 400; 15. Lehigh, 447; 16. Towson, 459; 17. Monmouth, 460; 18. Marshall, 492; 19. Rutgers, 499; 20. Duquesne, 511; 21. Rider, 534; 22. Seton Hall, 542; 23. George Washington, 576; 24. UMBC, 581; 25. Loyola (Md.), 719.

Midwest region -- 1. Oklahoma St., 42; 2. Iowa, 81; 3. Minnesota, 100; 4. Missouri, 126; 5. Illinois, 221; 6. Southern Ill., 223; 7. Drake, 237; 8. Loyola (Ill.), 238; 9. Illinois St., 240; 10. Kansas St., 247; 11. Eastern Ill., 287; 12. Tulsa, 294; 13. Nebraska, 320; 14. Kansas, 347; 15. Southwest Mo. St., 398; 16. Iowa St., 414; 17. UMKC, 463; 18. Oklahoma, 483; 19. Ill.-Chicago, 524; 20. Wichita St., 540; 21. Creighton, 598; 22. Saint Louis, 607.

Mountain region -- 1. Colorado, 34; 2. Northern Ariz., 60; 3. Weber St., 98; 4. Brigham Young, 122; 5. Idaho St., 152; 6. Utah, 170; 7. Montana, 188; 8. Air Force, 190; 9. Colorado St., 206; 10. Wyoming, 243; 11. Montana St., 256; 12. Utah St., 319; 13. UTEP, 328; 14. New Mexico, 420.

Northeast region -- 1. Providence, 45; 2. Dartmouth, 59; 3. Iona, 67; 4. Columbia, 87; 5. Army, 149; 6. Brown, 202; 7. New Hampshire, 252; 8. Cornell, 258; 9. Yale, 260; 10. Connecticut, 267; 11. Boston U., 303; 12. Boston College, 333; 13. Harvard, 350; 14. Rhode Island, 403; 15. Marist, 406; 16. Massachusetts, 409; 17. Canisius, 443; 18. Central Conn. St., 500; 19. Fordham, 526; 20. Fairfield, 588; 21. Quinnipiac, 610; 22. Vermont, 625; 23. Holy Cross, 676; 24. St. John's (N.Y.), 685; 25. Wagner, 753; 26. St. Francis (N.Y.), 845; 27. Siena, 869.

South region -- 1. Chattanooga, 77; 2. Tennessee, 92; 3. South Fla., 98; 4. Florida, 126; 5. Georgia, 175; 6. Georgia Tech, 201; 7. Mississippi, 218; 8. East Tenn. St., 233; 9. Florida St., 247; 10. Miami (Fla.), 302; 11. Georgia St., 309; 12. Belmont, 364; 13. Florida Int'l, 370; 14. South Ala., 399; 15. Auburn, 410; 16. Central Fla., 414; 17. Alabama, 416; 18. Troy St., 421; 19. Samford, 439; 20. Austin Peay, 477; 21. Ga. Southern, 582; 22. Fla. Atlantic, 662; 23. Vanderbilt, 667; 24. Jacksonville St., 683.

Southeast region -- 1. James Madison, 50; 2. North Carolina St., 73; 3. Duke, 131; 4. William & Mary, 135; 5. Clemson, 148; 6. Western Ky., 157; 7. Virginia, 184; 8. UNC Charlotte, 193; 9. North Carolina, 273; 10. Liberty, 322; 11. Va. Commonwealth, 331; 12. Wake Forest, 349; 13. Appalachian St., 351; 14. East Caro., 358; 15. Radford, 424; 16. Furman, 427; 17. Davidson, 455; 18. Winthrop, 473; 19. Western Caro., 475; 20. Col. of Charleston, 567; 21. Citadel, 609.

South Central region -- 1. Arkansas, 21; 2. Tulane, 105; 3. Southern Methodist, 114; 4. Texas, 134; 5. TCU, 173; 6. Rice, 214; 7. North Texas, 216; 8. Texas A&M, 230; 9. McNeese St., 252; 10. LSU, 276; 11. Texas-San Antonio, 280; 12. Southwest Tex. St., 313; 13. Stephen F. Austin, 325; 14. Ark.-Little Rock, 344; 15. Houston, 364; 16. Sam Houston St., 383; 17. Texas-Arlington, 398; 18. Baylor, 412; 19. Tex.-Pan American, 531; 20. Northwestern St., 548.

West region -- 1. Stanford, 37; 2. Oregon, 65; 3. Washington St., 129; 4. (tie) Arizona and Portland, 133; 6. Washington, 144; 7. Cal Poly, 169; 8. Arizona St., 187; 9. UCLA, 212; 10. California, 235; 11. Boise St., 301; 12. UC Santa Barb., 353; 13. Fresno St., 428; 14. UC Irvine, 446; 15. Cal St. Fullerton, 459; 16. Portland St., 512; 17. Cal St. Northridge, 529; 18. Cal St. Sacramento, 538; 19. Eastern Wash., 539; 20. San Diego, 551; 21. St. Mary's (Cal.), 572; 22. Santa Clara, 639; 23. Loyola Marymount, 720.

Championships: November 23 at Kansas.

Women's cross country

(Note: The top two teams in each region automatically qualify for the national championships.)

Regionals: Great Lakes region -- 1. Wisconsin, 39; 2. Michigan, 53; 3. Bowling Green, 133; 4. Notre Dame, 137; 5. Ohio, 151; 6. Michigan St., 187; 7. Eastern Mich., 239; 8. Butler, 260; 9. Marquette, 275; 10. Kent, 332; 11. Cincinnati, 342; 12. Ball St., 351; 13. (tie) Miami (Ohio) and Wis.-Milwaukee, 357; 15. Purdue, 364; 16. Western Mich., 399; 17. Central Mich., 420; 18. Indiana St., 424; 19. Akron, 508; 20. Indiana, 532; 21. Detroit, 562; 22. Dayton, 645; 23. Valparaiso, 646; 24. Wis.-Green Bay, 718; 25. Evansville, 760; 26. Wright St., 767.

Mid-Atlantic region -- 1. Villanova, 19; 2. Georgetown, 32; 3. Pennsylvania, 118; 4. Princeton, 122; 5. West Virginia, 134; 6. Navy, 169; 7. La Salle, 191; 8. St. Joseph's, 206; 9. Bucknell, 219; 10. Rutgers, 239; 11. Marshall, 370; 12. Delaware, 395; 13. Lehigh, 427; 14. Lafayette, 451; 15. Duquesne, 466; 16. Seton Hall, 493; 17. Towson, 507; 18. Monmouth, 551; 19. St. Francis (Pa.), 566; 20. Rider, 580; 21. Loyola (Md.), 588; 22. George Washington, 619; 23. UMBC, 654.

Midwest region -- 1. Kansas St., 92; 2. Missouri, 110; 3. Minnesota, 118; 4. Nebraska, 128; 5. Oklahoma St., 152; 6. Bradley, 197; 7. Iowa St., 250; 8. Southeast Mo. St., 258; 9. Loyola (Ill.), 263; 10. Wichita St., 292; 11. Drake, 295; 12. Northwestern, 296; 13. Tulsa, 298; 14. Oklahoma, 320; 15. Southern Ill., 371; 16. Illinois, 383; 17. Northern Iowa, 418; 18. UMKC, 437; 19. Southwest Mo. St., 493; 20. Kansas, 565; 21. Northern Ill., 576; 22. Creighton, 622; 23. Saint Louis, 661.

Mountain region -- 1. Brigham Young, 28; 2. Colorado, 69; 3. Northern Ariz., 95; 4. Colorado St., 125; 5. Utah St., 165; 6. Weber St., 172; 7. Montana, 210; 8. Southern Utah, 211; 9. Utah, 234; 10. Montana St., 248; 11. Idaho St., 271; 12. Air Force, 315; 13. New Mexico, 318.

Northeast region -- 1. Providence, 70; 2. Cornell, 122; 3. Boston College, 131; 4. Brown, 142; 5. Dartmouth, 156; 6. Boston U., 167; 7. Massachusetts, 268; 8. Columbia, 274; 9. Vermont, 283; 10. Syracuse, 285; 11. Connecticut, 292; 12. St. John's (N.Y.), 300; 13. Yale, 317; 14. Rhode Island, 318; 15. Colgate, 362; 16. Central Conn. St., 417; 17. Army, 447; 18. (tie) Harvard and Marist, 448; 20. Holy Cross, 468; 21. Fordham, 559; 22. Quinnipiac, 732; 23. Fairfield, 748; 24. Siena, 773.

South region -- 1. Florida, 34; 2. South Fla., 59; 3. Tennessee, 86; 4. Chattanooga, 117; 5. Georgia, 209; 6. Alabama, 215; 7. Vanderbilt, 240; 8. Georgia St., 269; 9. Georgia Tech, 274; 10. Miami (Fla.), 302; 11. Central Fla., 306; 12. Auburn, 308; 13. Florida St., 311; 14. South Ala., 392; 15. Troy St., 399; 16. Mississippi St., 400; 17. Jacksonville, 419; 18. Florida Int'l, 447; 19. Belmont, 452; 20. Samford, 506; 21. Fla. Atlantic, 620; 22. Jackson St., 635; 23. Jacksonville St., 709.

Southeast region -- 1. North Carolina St., 47; 2. Wake Forest, 73; 3. North Carolina, 108; 4. William & Mary, 117; 5. Eastern Ky., 165; 6. Virginia, 192; 7. James Madison, 223; 8. Clemson, 226; 9. Duke, 295; 10. Va. Commonwealth, 341; 11. Western Ky., 358; 12. UNC Charlotte, 382; 13. UNC Asheville, 386; 14. Virginia Tech, 395; 15. Morehead St., 403; 16. Appalachian St., 407; 17. South Carolina, 467; 18. Western Caro., 498; 19. UNC Wilmington, 520; 20. Furman, 560; 21. Liberty, 582; 22. George Mason, 599; 23. Richmond, 601; 24. Davidson, 627; 25. Radford, 663; 26. Campbell, 671; 27. UNC Greensboro, 675; 28. Old Dominion, 801; 29. Col. of Charleston, 857.

South Central region -- 1. Arkansas, 43; 2. Baylor, 69; 3. Texas, 87; 4. TCU, 156; 5. Rice, 174; 5. Texas A&M, 174; 7. McNeese St., 200; 8. Houston, 225; 9. LSU, 229; 10. Stephen F. Austin, 232; 11. Texas-Arlington, 278; 12. Sam Houston St., 305; 13. North Texas, 315; 14. Southwest Tex. St., 334; 15. Northwestern St., 375; 16. Tex.-Pan American, 403.

West region -- 1. Arizona, 78; 2. Stanford, 80; 3. Washington, 110; 4. Oregon, 118; 5. UCLA, 164; 6. Arizona St., 176; 7. UC Irvine, 188; 8. Washington St., 225; 9. California, 270; 10. Boise St., 280; 11. Southern California, 334; 12. Cal Poly, 335; 13. UNLV, 352; 14. Portland, 376; 15. UC Santa Barb., 390; 16. San Jose St., 400; 17. Eastern Wash., 443; 18. Cal St. Fullerton, 488; 19. (tie) Long Beach St. and Portland St., 498; 21. Fresno St., 532; 22. San Diego St., 556; 23. Hawaii, 709; 24. San Diego, 742; 25. Cal St. Northridge, 746; 26. St. Mary's (Cal.), 772; 27. Pacific (Cal.), 848; 28. Loyola Marymount, 884.

Championships: November 23 at Kansas.

Field hockey

First round: First round: North Carolina 5, Northeastern 1; Virginia 4, Kent 2; Boston College 3, New Hampshire 2; Penn St. 1, Massachusetts 0.

Second round: Old Dominion 7, North Carolina 2; Connecticut 3, Boston College 0, Princeton 3, Penn St. 1.

Semifinals (November 20 at Pennsylvania): Old Dominion (21-2) vs. Virginia (18-4); Connecticut (19-3) vs. Princeton (16-2).

Women's soccer

First round: UNC Charlotte 2, South Carolina 0; Maryland 4, Fairfield 3; Georgia 5, Wake Forest 2; Wisconsin 2, Central Fla. 0; Minnesota 6, Kentucky 0; Southern California 2, Washington 1 (2 ot); Texas A&M 3, Alabama 1; Michigan 4, Xavier 2; Pacific (Cal.) 2, California 1; Brigham Young 6, Stanford 1; Harvard 4, Central Conn. St. 1; Syracuse 4, Colgate 1; Indiana 3, Wright St. 1; Vanderbilt 5, UNC Greensboro 1; Northwestern 2, Evansville 1 (2 ot); James Madison 4, Radford 0.

Second round: North Carolina 6, UNC Charlotte 0; William & Mary 2, Maryland 0; Georgia