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The NCAA News -- November 23, 1998

Championships scores/pairings

Men's cross country

Regionals: East region (top two teams automatically qualify for national championships) -- 1. Edinboro, 26; 2. Shippensburg, 73; 3. Bentley, 135; 4. Indiana (Pa.), 157; 5. Lock Haven, 174; 6. Wheeling Jesuit, 192; 7. East Stroudsburg, 210; 8. Slippery Rock, 228; 9. Mass.-Lowell, 231; 10. Binghamton, 241; 11. Clarion, 299; 12. West Va. Wesleyan, 367; 13. Millersville, 419; 14. Merrimack, 422; 15. Bloomsburg, 442; 16. Le Moyne, 450; 17. West Chester, 481; 18. New Haven, 514; 19. Glenville St., 552; 20. Mercyhurst, 565; 21. Calif. (Pa.), 569; 22. Alderson-Broaddus, 571; 23. Gannon, 613; 24. Davis & Elkins, 616; 25. Mansfield, 640; 26. St. Michael's, 643; 27. West Liberty St., 724; 28. Shepherd, 851.

Great Lakes region (top five teams automatically qualify) -- 1. Northwest Mo. St., 60; 2. Ashland, 93; 3. Lewis, 98; 4. Central Mo. St., 106; 5. Pittsburg St., 184; 6. Emporia St., 207; 7. Michigan Tech, 225; 8. Truman St., 240; 9. Hillsdale, 278; 10. Lake Superior St., 304; 11. Northwood, 319; 12. Southern Ind., 333; 13. Mo.-Rolla, 359; 14. Indianapolis, 373; 15. Mo. Southern St., 406; 16. Grand Valley St., 439; 17. SIU-Edwardsville, 443; 18. St. Joseph's (Ind.), 464; 19. Saginaw Valley, 483; 20. Southwest Baptist, 487; 21. Wayne St. (Mich.), 519; 22. Bellarmine, 557; 23. IU/PU-Ft. Wayne, 582; 24. Northern Ky., 690.

North Central region (top three teams automatically qualify) -- 1. South Dakota, 23; 2. North Dakota St., 59; 3. Minn. St.-Mankato, 74; 4. South Dakota St., 108; 5. Minn.-Duluth, 162; 6. Augustana (S.D.), 166; 7. North Dakota, 201; 8. Wayne St. (Neb.), 204; 9. Moorhead St., 227; 10. Northern St., 277; 11. St. Cloud St., 297.

South Central region (top four teams automatically qualify) -- 1. Western St., 41; 2. Adams St., 52; 3. Abilene Christian, 61; 4. N.M. Highlands, 120; 5. Neb.-Kearney, 145; 6. Fort Hays St., 151; 7. UC-Colo. Spgs., 197; 8. Tex. A&M-Kingsville, 199; 9. Harding, 204; 10. Tarleton St., 284; 11. Fort Lewis, 288; 12. Tex. A&M-Commerce, 311.

Southeast region (first-place team automatically qualifies) -- 1. West Ga., 54; 2. Kennesaw St., 59; 3. Morehouse, 66; 4. North Fla., 101; 5. Fla. Southern, 191; 6. Lincoln Memorial, 208; 7. Mars Hill, 209; 8.(tie) UNC Pembroke and Columbus St., 285; 10. Francis Marion, 317; 11. West Fla., 319; 12. Southern Ark., 325; 13. St. Augustine's, 345; 14. S.C.-Spartanburg, 352; 15. Clayton St., 371; 16. Valdosta St., 402; 17. Ala.-Huntsville, 427; 18. Carson-Newman, 464; 19. Fla. Tech, 480; 20. Erskine, 518; 21. St. Leo, 575; 22. Shaw, 607; 23. North Ala., 635.

West region (top two teams automatically qualify) -- 1. UC Davis, 40; 2. Humboldt St., 69; 3. Cal St. Chico, 115; 4. Western Wash., 118; 5. Hawaii-Hilo, 123; 6. Alas. Anchorage, 134; 7. Cal St. Los Angeles, 190; 8. Cal Poly Pomona, 239; 9. Central Wash., 244; 10. Seattle Pacific, 264; 11. Mont. St.-Billings, 282; 12. Hawaii Pacific, 300; 13. Chaminade, 394; 14. St. Martin's, 398; 15. BYU-Hawaii, 431.

Championships: November 23 at Kansas.

Women's cross country

Regionals: East region (top three teams automatically qualify for national championships) -- 1. Edinboro, 31; 2. Shippensburg, 54; 3. Indiana (Pa.), 164; 4. East Stroudsburg, 213; 5. Southern Conn. St., 217; 6. West Chester, 234; 7. Clarion, 235; 8. Lock Haven, 261; 9. West Va. Wesleyan, 267. 10. (tie) Kutztown and Millersville, 276; 12. Wheeling Jesuit, 285; 13. Mass.-Lowell, 286; 14. Binghamton, 353; 15. Merrimack, 375; 16. Bloomsburg, 383; 17. Slippery Rock, 416; 18. LIU-C.W. Post, 459; 19. Gannon, 523; 20. Mansfield, 547; 21. Bentley, 564; 22. St. Michael's, 598; 23. Mercyhurst, 612; 24. Le Moyne, 613; 25. Calif. (Pa.), 662; 26. Davis & Elkins, 817; 27. New Haven, 853; 28. Concord, 866; 29. St. Paul's, 874.

Great Lakes region (top three teams automatically qualify) -- 1. Wis.-Parkside, 84; 2. Southern Ind., 96; 3. Hillsdale, 101; 4. Pittsburg St., 183; 5. Mo. Southern St., 191; 6. Northwest Mo. St., 200; 7. Grand Valley St., 212; 8. Truman St., 232; 9. Emporia St., 273; 10. SIU-Edwardsville, 274; 11. Ferris St., 286; 12. Northern Mich., 338; 13. Central Mo. St., 358; 14. Saginaw Valley, 365; 15. Indianapolis, 389; 16. Wayne St. (Mich.), 390; 17. Lake Superior St., 393; 18. Michigan Tech, 460; 19. Mo.-Rolla, 492; 20. Northwood, 509; 21. St. Joseph's (Ind.), 535; 22. Bellarmine, 541; 23. Northern Ky., 587; 24. IU/PU-Ft. Wayne, 644; 25. Rockhurst, 700.

North Central region (top four teams automatically qualify) -- 1. South Dakota, 47; 2. Northern Colo., 65; 3. North Dakota, 68; 4. North Dakota St., 85; 5. Minn.-Duluth, 131; 6. Minn. St.-Mankato, 171; 7. South Dakota St., 215; 8. Neb.-Omaha, 228; 9. Morningside, 269; 10. Moorhead St., 288; 11. Northern St., 301; 12. St. Cloud St., 321; 13. Bemidji St., 354; 14. Winona St., 357; 15. Minn.-Morris, 359.

South Central region (top three teams automatically qualify) -- 1. Adams St., 16; 2. Western St., 41; 3. Fort Lewis, 150; 4. Harding, 161; 5. Angelo St., 180; 6. (tie) Abilene Christian and N.M. Highlands, 189; 8. UC-Colo. Spgs., 195; 9. Tarleton St., 211; 10. Neb.-Kearney, 224; 11. Fort Hays St., 277; 12. Tex. A&M-Commerce, 314; 13. Central Ark., 371; 14. Central Okla., 393; 15. Arkansas Tech, 425; 16. Southeastern Okla., 436.

Southeast region (first-place team automatically qualifies) -- 1. Kennesaw St., 35; 2. Fla. Southern, 56; 3. North Fla., 113; 4. Ala.-Huntsville, 185; 5. Armstrong Atlantic, 186; 6. West Ga., 192; 7. West Fla., 196; 8. Mars Hill, 201; 9. Francis Marion, 259; 10. Lees-McRae, 266; 11. Carson-Newman, 278; 12. Clayton St., 304; 13. Columbus St., 358; 14. Rollins, 368; 15. North Ala., 377; 16. Lincoln Memorial, 409; 17. Valdosta St., 417; 18. St. Leo, 476; 19. Eckerd, 487; 20. Savannah St., 504; 21. Fla. Tech, 553.

West region (top three teams automatically qualify) -- 1. UC Davis, 29; 2. Seattle Pacific, 71; 3. Cal St. Chico, 120; 4. Cal St. Dom. Hills, 137; 5. Central Wash., 162; 6. Western Wash., 182; 7. San Fran. St., 229; 8. Cal St. Los Angeles, 238; 9. Cal Poly Pomona, 256; 10. Mont. St.-Billings, 273; 11. Cal. St. Stanislaus, 298; 12. Humboldt St., 303; 13. Hawaii-Hilo, 335; 14. Hawaii Pacific, 351; 15. Chaminade, 359; 16. BYU-Hawaii, 413; 17. St. Martin's, 452.

Championships: November 23 at Kansas.

Men's soccer

First round: Lynn 3, Barry 0; S.C.-Spartanburg 3, West Fla. 1; Truman St. 3, Quincy 2 (2 ot); Mercyhurst 1, East Stroudsburg 0; Southern Conn. St. 4, Dowling 0; New Hamp. Col. 4, Franklin Pierce 1; Seattle Pacific 4, Fort Lewis 3; Grand Canyon 3, Cal Poly Pomona 1.

Quarterfinals (November 21 or 22 at campus sites): Lynn (18-0) vs. S.C.-Spartanburg (21-0); Truman St. (14-2-2) vs. Mercyhurst (16-3-1); Southern Conn. St. (17-2-1) vs. New Hamp. Col. (16-2-2); Seattle Pacific (13-6-2) vs. Grand Canyon (17-5-1).

Women's soccer

First round: Franklin Pierce 4, American Int'l 0; Bloomsburg 3, LIU-C. W. Post 2; Lynn 1, Barry 0; Belmont Abbey 3, Francis Marion 1; Southern Ind. 2, SIU-Edwardsville 1 (2 ot); Ashland 3, West Va. Wesleyan 0; Mesa St. 3, Metro St. 1; Sonoma St.