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The NCAA News -- November 22, 1999

Championships scores/pairings

Field hockey

First round: Maryland 6, Lafayette 0; Old Dominion 3, Virginia 0; Iowa 3, Kent 2; North Carolina 1, Penn St. 0; Wake Forest 3, James Madison 0; Michigan 2, Duke 1; Connecticut 6, Brown 0; Massachusetts 2, Boston U. 1 (ot).

Second round: Maryland 3, Old Dominion 2 (ot); Iowa 2, North Carolina 0; Michigan 3, Wake Forest 2 (2 ot); Connecticut 2, Massachusetts 1.

Semifinals (November 19 at Northeastern): Maryland (22-1) vs. Iowa (19-2); Michigan (19-6) vs. Connecticut (23-0).

Women's soccer

First round: Brigham Young 2, California 0; San Diego 2, San Diego St. 1; Dartmouth 3, Colgate 0; Boston College 4, Fairfield 1; Dayton 3, Evansville 2; Cal Poly 2, Fresno St. 1; Texas A&M 2, Montana 1; Minnesota 2, Eastern Mich. 0; Hartford 2, Princeton 1; James Madison 1, Pennsylvania 0; Southern Methodist 4, Baylor 0; Maryland 6, Long Island 0; Marquette 3, Missouri 2 (4 ot); Michigan 5, Wright St. 0; Duke 3, Elon 1; Central Fla. 1, Furman 0.

Second round: Santa Clara 2, Brigham Young 0; UCLA 2, San Diego 1 (1 ot); Connecticut 3, Dartmouth 0; Boston College 1, Harvard 0; Notre Dame 5, Dayton 1; Stanford 3, Cal Poly 1; Texas A&M 3, Kentucky 2 (1 ot); Nebraska 5, Minnesota 0; Hartford 1, Florida 0; Virginia 3, James Madison 1; Southern Methodist 1, Southern California 0 (2 ot); Penn St. 3, Maryland 2; Clemson 1, Marquette 0; Wake Forest 1, Michigan 0; William & Mary 3, Duke 0; North Carolina 8, Central Fla. 0.

Third round (November 19, 20 or 21): UCLA (15-4-1) at Santa Clara (21-0-0); Boston College (16-6-1) at Connecticut (16-6-0); Stanford (15-4-1) at Notre Dame (19-3-0); Texas A&M (17-4-1) at Nebraska (21-1-1); Hartford (17-4-2) at Virginia (13-8-0); Southern Methodist (17-5-1) at Penn St. (19-3-1); Wake Forest (16-6-0) at Clemson (14-6-1); William & Mary (19-3-0) at North Carolina (20-2-0).

Men's cross country

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

Regionals: Great Lakes region -- 1. Wisconsin, 51; 2. Notre Dame, 68; 3. Michigan, 79; 4. Ohio St., 137; 5. Butler, 172; 6. Central Mich., 193; 7. Michigan St., 195; 8. Kent, 264; 9. Indiana, 272; 10. Miami (Ohio), 285; 11. Eastern Mich., 307; 12. Indiana St., 321; 13. (tie) Cincinnati and Purdue, 384; 15. Ball St., 394; 16. Western Mich., 438; 17. Marquette, 487; 18. Valparaiso, 519; 19. Youngstown St., 555; 20. (tie) Ohio and Wright St., 604; 22. Wis.-Milwaukee, 634; 23. Dayton, 642; 24. Detroit, 643; 25. Xavier, 683; 26. Oakland, 692; 27. Wis.-Green Bay, 799; 28. Evansville, 883.

Mid-Atlantic region -- 1. Georgetown, 43; 2. Villanova, 67; 3. Princeton, 126; 4. Navy, 152; 5. (tie) La Salle and Penn St., 156; 7. Pennsylvania, 183; 8. St. Francis (Pa.), 194; 9. Bucknell, 203; 10. Fairleigh Dickinson, 208; 11. West Virginia, 297; 12. St. Joseph's, 301; 13. Lehigh, 406; 14. Lafayette, 433; 15. Marshall, 469; 16. American, 497; 17. Mt. St. Mary's, 510; 18. Delaware, 542; 19. Rutgers, 550; 20. Duquesne, 565; 21. Seton Hall, 592; 22. Rider, 635; 23. Towson, 652; 24. George Washington, 678; 25. UMBC, 683; 26. Loyola (Md.), 729; 27. Monmouth, 732.

Midwest region -- 1. Minnesota, 56; 2. Missouri, 76; 3. Oklahoma St., 104; 4. Illinois, 155; 5. Drake, 188; 6. Iowa, 189; 7 (tie) Loyola (Ill.) and Nebraska, 203; 9. Illinois St., 204; 10. Eastern Ill., 236; 11. Kansas, 274; 12. Kansas St., 276; 13. Southern Ill., 304; 14. UMKC, 317; 15. Tulsa, 386; 16. Southwest Mo. St., 423; 17 (tie) Ill.-Chicago and Oklahoma, 477; 19. Creighton, 526; 20. St. Louis, 618.

Mountain region -- 1. Southern Utah, 57; 2. Colorado, 61; 3. Brigham Young, 90; 4. Northern Ariz., 124; 5. Weber St., 133; 6. Idaho St., 168; 7. Utah, 196; 8. Air Force, 207; 9. Colorado St., 245; 10. Texas Tech, 269; 11. UTEP, 293; 12. Utah St., 320; 13. Montana, 325; 14. Montana St., 330; 15. Wyoming, 369; 16. New Mexico, 403; 17. Denver, 460.

Northeast region -- 1. Iona, 51; 2. Providence, 57; 3. Dartmouth, 74; 4. New Hampshire, 174; 5. Cornell, 192; 6. Brown, 210; 7. Columbia, 222; 8. Harvard, 226; 9. Yale, 252; 10. Army, 262; 11. Boston College, 263; 12. Boston U., 285; 13. Albany (N.Y.), 352; 14. Manhattan, 390; 15. Massachusetts, 429; 16. Connecticut, 445; 17. Central Conn. St., 522; 18. (tie) Marist and Northeastern, 524; 20. Maine, 530; 21. Buffalo, 612; 22. Colgate, 624; 23. Holy Cross, 655; 24. Canisius, 694; 25. Syracuse, 723; 26. St. John's (N.Y.), 731; 27. Fordham, 767; 28. Wagner, 811; 29. Fairfield, 825; 30. Sacred Heart, 884; 31. Niagara, 907; 32. Hofstra, 992; 33. Siena, 1,025.

South region -- 1. Southern Miss., 67; 2. Alabama, 83; 3. South Fla., 91; 4. Tennessee, 113; 5. Florida, 136; 6. South Ala., 171; 7. Chattanooga, 221; 8. Georgia, 248; 9. Belmont, 284; 10. East Tenn. St., 289; 11. Georgia Tech, 303; 12. Samford, 312; 13. Georgia St., 336; 14. Auburn, 340; 15. Florida St., 363; 16. Jackson St., 390; 17. Florida Int'l, 419; 18. Miami (Fla.), 438; 19. Bethune-Cookman, 463; 20. Austin Peay, 623; 21. Vanderbilt, 637; 22. Tennessee Tech, 643; 23. Jacksonville St., 672.

Southeast region -- 1. North Carolina St., 40; 2. William & Mary, 69; 3. James Madison, 84; 4. Duke, 142; 5. (tie) Eastern Ky. and Wake Forest, 180; 7. Virginia, 182; 8. Clemson, 231; 9. Liberty, 263; 10. Virginia Tech, 264; 11. Western Ky., 277; 12. UNC Charlotte, 285; 13. Furman, 404; 14. Appalachian St., 411; 15. East Caro., 460; 16. Davidson, 466; 17. Murray St., 520; 18. UNC Greensboro, 545; 19. Citadel, 546; 20. UNC Asheville, 567; 21. Western Caro., 580; 22. UNC Wilmington, 582; 23. Col. of Charleston, 583; 24. Charleston So., 675; 25. Wofford, 757.

South Central region -- 1. Arkansas, 26; 2. Texas A&M, 84; 3. Rice, 107; 4. Texas, 112; 5. SMU, 156; 6. Texas-Arlington, 175; 7. LSU, 196; 8. North Texas, 220; 9. Stephen F. Austin, 242; 10. Southwest Tex. St., 257; 11. Houston, 260; 12. Baylor, 272; 13. Sam Houston St., 312; 14. Nicholls St., 374; 15. Tex.-Pan American, 409.

West region -- 1. Stanford, 40; 2. Arizona, 74; 3. Arizona St., 92; 4. Oregon, 96; 5. Cal Poly, 139; 6. Portland, 161; 7. California, 165; 8. Washington, 206; 9. UC Irvine, 234; 10. UCLA, 244; 11. UC Santa Barb., 323; 12. Fresno St., 345; 13. Cal St. Fullerton, 393; 14. Boise St., 415; 15. St. Mary's (Cal.), 463; 16. Eastern Wash., 515; 17. Cal St. Sacramento, 527; 18. Portland St., 536; 19. San Jose St., 542; 20. Santa Clara, 555; 21. Loyola Marymount, 676.

Women's cross country

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

Regionals: Great Lakes region -- 1. Wisconsin, 30; 2. Michigan St., 110; 3. Michigan, 112; 4. Notre Dame, 224; 5. Marquette, 228; 6. Purdue, 242; 7. Kent, 257; 8. Cincinnati, 271; 9. Indiana, 276; 10. Akron, 281; 11. Central Mich., 287; 12. Ohio, 310; 13. Miami (Ohio), 317; 14. Butler, 319; 15. Toledo, 398; 16. Eastern Mich., 403; 17. (tie) Ball St. and Western Mich., 429; 19. Indiana St., 509; 20. Wis.-Milwaukee, 515; 21. Bowling Green, 559; 22. Youngstown St., 593; 23. Detroit, 613; 24. Dayton, 645; 25. Valparaiso, 719; 26. Oakland, 720; 27. Wright St., 754; 28. Xavier, 786; 29. Wis.-Green Bay, 912; 30. Evansville, 939.

Mid-Atlantic region -- 1. Georgetown, 44; 2. Villanova, 51; 3. Bucknell, 115; 4. Princeton, 139; 5. Penn St., 147; 6. La Salle, 195; 7. Navy, 203; 8. West Virginia, 212; 9. St. Joseph's, 259; 10. Delaware, 315; 11. Lehigh, 316; 12. Rutgers, 331; 13. St. Francis (Pa.), 386; 14. Lafayette, 394; 15. Duquesne, 429; 16. (tie) Marshall and Monmouth, 466; 18. UMBC, 491; 19. Towson, 536; 20. Seton Hall, 548; 21. Rider, 555; 22. Loyola (Md.), 571.

Midwest region -- 1. Kansas St., 40; 2. Missouri, 66; 3. Nebraska, 98; 4. Minnesota, 109; 5. Iowa St., 190; 6. Northwestern, 227; 7. Iowa, 245; 8. Northern Iowa, 264; 9. Wichita St., 266; 10. Tulsa, 276; 11. Drake, 302; 12. Loyola (Ill.), 309; 13. Illinois, 369; 14. Southern Ill., 410; 15. Oklahoma, 423; 16. Southwest Mo. St., 428; 17. Oklahoma St., 435; 18. Bradley, 455; 19. Eastern Ill., 502; 20. Kansas, 504; 21. UMKC, 544; 22. Southeast Mo. St., 553; 23. Creighton, 613; 24. Northern Ill., 653; 25. St. Louis, 737.

Mountain region -- 1. Brigham Young, 20; 2. Colorado, 61; 3. Northern Ariz., 116; 4. Montana St., 191; 5. Utah St., 205; 6. Idaho St., 207; 7. Weber St., 208; 8. Texas Tech, 212; 9. Colorado St., 221; 10. Montana, 274; 11. Southern Utah, 289; 12. Nevada, 310; 13. Air Force, 324; 14. Utah, 344; 15. Wyoming, 401; 16. New Mexico, 412; 17. Denver, 440.

Northeast region -- 1. Providence, 62; 2. Brown, 72; 3. Boston U., 89; 4. Boston College, 110; 5. Columbia, 168; 6. Cornell, 180; 7. Vermont, 191; 8. Dartmouth, 214; 9. Harvard, 228; 10. Yale, 242; 11. Syracuse, 337; 12. Massachusetts, 342; 13. Army, 344; 14. New Hampshire, 418; 15. Connecticut, 432; 16. Holy Cross, 503; 17. Colgate, 553; 18. Marist, 559; 19. Buffalo, 570; 20. Central Conn. St., 571; 21. Manhattan, 610; 22. Fordham, 616; 23. Albany (N.Y.), 618; 24. Maine, 658; 25. Stony Brook, 678; 26. Iona, 712; 27. St. John's (N.Y.), 736; 28. Sacred Heart, 774; 29. Northeastern, 842; 30. Wagner, 861; 31. Quinnipiac, 960; 32. Canisius, 1,003; 33. Fairfield, 1,017; 34. Siena, 1,089.

South region -- 1. South Fla., 70; 2. Florida, 89; 3. Belmont, 154; 4. Georgia Tech, 175; 5. Georgia, 177; 6. Chattanooga, 189; 7. Alabama, 194; 8. East Tenn. St., 197; 9. Tennessee, 199; 10. Florida St., 274; 11. Georgia St., 283; 12. Vanderbilt, 284; 13. Auburn, 295; 14. UAB, 366; 15. Central Fla., 377; 16. Mississippi St., 405; 17. Florida Int'l, 431; 18. Samford, 454; 19. Jacksonville, 473; 20. Florida A&M, 511; 21. Austin Peay, 613; 22. Jackson St., 644; 23. Fla. Atlantic, 650.

Southeast region -- 1. North Carolina, 66; 2. North Carolina St., 79; 3. Duke, 123; 4. James Madison, 148; 5. Wake Forest, 162; 6. Virginia, 169; 7. William & Mary, 178; 8. Eastern Ky., 275; 9. Clemson, 305; 10. UNC Charlotte, 310; 11. Western Ky., 339; 12. Virginia Tech, 355; 13. Liberty, 360; 14. Campbell, 377; 15. Va. Commonwealth, 403; 16. Furman, 426; 17. Appalachian St., 440; 18. Coastal Carolina, 469; 19. South Carolina, 487; 20. Western Caro., 562; 21. East Caro., 613; 22. Richmond, 623; 23. George Mason, 636; 24. UNC Wilmington, 639; 25. Col. of Charleston, 659; 26. Charleston So., 685; 27. Davidson, 729; 28. UNC Greensboro, 746; 29. Citadel, 859.

South Central region -- 1. Arkansas, 30; 2. Texas, 62; 3. Baylor, 85; 4. Texas A&M, 110; 5. Tulane, 141; 6. LSU, 146; 7. Rice, 181; 8. TCU, 217; 9. Houston, 244; 10. Texas-San Antonio, 288; 11. Stephen F. Austin, 311; 12. Sam Houston St., 352; 13. Tex.-Pan American, 371; 14. Southwest Tex. St., 375; 15. North Texas, 385.

West region -- 1. Stanford, 29; 2. Washington, 63; 3. Arizona St., 86; 4. UCLA, 139; 5. Oregon, 158; 6. Arizona, 166; 7. UC Irvine, 246; 8. Boise St., 277; 9. Washington St., 281; 10. Cal Poly, 315; 11. Idaho, 335; 12. Portland, 344; 13. (tie) UC Santa Barb. and Eastern Wash., 366; 15. San Jose St., 381; 16. UNLV, 396; 17. Portland St., 410; 18. San Diego St., 435; 19. Hawaii, 532; 20. Fresno St., 617; 21. Cal St. Sacramento, 676; 22. Pepperdine, 688; 23. San Diego, 692; 24. Cal St. Fullerton, 702; 25. Santa Clara, 718; 26. Loyola Marymount, 755; 27. San Francisco, 797; 28. St. Mary's (Cal.), 866.