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The NCAA News -- December 7, 1998

Championships scores/pairings

Football

First round: Carson-Newman 30, West Ga. 20; Fort Valley St. 21, Delta St. 14; Slippery Rock 37, Grand Valley St. 14; Shepherd 9, Indiana (Pa) 6; Northwest Mo. St. 28, Neb.-Omaha 14; Northern Colo. 52, North Dakota 24; Central Okla. 21, Chadron St. 19; Tex. A&M-Kingsville 54, UC Davis 21.

Quarterfinals: Carson-Newman 38, Fort Valley St. 31; Slippery Rock 31, Shepherd 20; Northwest Mo. St. 42, Northern Colo. 17; Tex. A&M-Kingsville 24, Central Okla. 21 (overtime).

Semifinals (December 5 on campus): Carson-Newman (11-1) vs. Slippery Rock (12-1); Northwest Mo. St. (13-0) vs. Tex. A&M-Kingsville (11-2).

Men's soccer

Quarterfinals: S.C.-Spartanburg 2, Lynn 1 (2 ot); Mercyhurst 1, Truman St. 0; Southern Conn. St. 4, New Hamp. Col. 2; Seattle Pacific 2, Grand Canyon 1 (3 ot).

Semifinals (December 3 or 4 on the campus of a participating school): S.C.-Spartanburg (22-0-0) vs. Mercyhurst (17-3-1); Southern Conn. St. (18-2-1) vs. Seattle Pacific (14-6-2).

Women's soccer

Quarterfinals: Franklin Pierce 5, LIU-C. W. Post 0; Lynn 7, Belmont Abbey 0; Ashland 1, Southern Ind. 0 (3 ot); Sonoma St. 4, Mesa St. 1.

Semifinals (December 4 on the campus of a participating school): Franklin Pierce (21-0-0) vs. Lynn (17-1-0); Ashland (17-2-1) vs. Sonoma St. (21-1-1).

Women's volleyball

Regionals: At Fairmont St. -- Charleston (W. Va.) def. Fairmont St., 7-15, 15-7, 15-11, 15-1; Edinboro def. Lock Haven, 15-5, 15-13, 15-0; Edinboro def. Charleston (W. Va.), 15-2, 15-8, 15-6.

At North Dakota St. -- North Dakota St. def. Minn.-Duluth, 15-5, 15-11, 15-9; Augustana (S.D.) def. South Dakota St., 15-3, 15-12, 15-12; North Dakota St. def. Augustana (S.D.), 15-8, 15-4, 15-7.

At New Haven -- New Haven def. Dowling, 15-5, 15-11, 15-7; Pace def. Bentley, 15-7, 15-6, 15-13; Pace def. New Haven, 14-16, 9-15, 16-14, 15-12, 16-14.

At Regis (Colo.) -- Regis (Colo.) def. Cameron, 15-7, 10-15, 15-6, 15-10; Metro St. def. West Tex. A&M, 15-11, 15-5, 15-11; Regis (Colo.) def. Metro St., 15-8, 15-9, 12-15, 15-9.

At Northern Ky. -- SIU-Edwardsville def. Northern Mich., 15-12, 4-15, 15-10, 10-15, 15-8; Northern Ky. def. IU/PU-Ft. Wayne, 16-14, 15-8, 15-11; Northern Ky. def. SIU-Edwardsville, 15-9, 15-3, 3-15, 15-9.

At Tampa -- Tampa def. Francis Marion, 15-11, 15-6, 15-0; Barry def. Fla. Southern, 11-15, 15-13, 9-15, 15-3, 15-12; Tampa def. Barry, 15-6, 15-13, 15-13.

At North Ala. -- North Ala. def. Ala.-Huntsville, 15-4, 15-10, 15-11; Rockhurst def. Central Mo. St., 3-15, 13-15, 15-5, 15-9, 15-7; North Ala. def. Rockhurst, 15-10, 15-11, 15-9.

At Cal. St. Bakersfield -- BYU-Hawaii def. UC Riverside, 15-2, 15-12, 15-9; Hawaii Pacific def. Cal St. Bakersfield, 12-15, 7-15, 15-12, 15-1, 15-7; Hawaii Pacific def. BYU-Hawaii, 6-15, 15-1, 10-15, 15-11, 15-11.

Quarterfinals (December 4 on the campus of a participating institution): Edinboro (28-8) vs. North Dakota St. (31-3); Pace (34-9) vs. Regis (Colo.) (29-3); Northern Ky. (29-3) vs. Tampa (31-2); North Ala. (40-5) vs. Hawaii Pacific (28-5).