Field: Forty-eight student-athletes will compete in a 72-hole competition.

Dates and sites: The championship finals will be May 17-20 at the Texas Star Golf Club in Irving, Texas. The Lone Star Conference will host the championships.

Information/results: The fax-on-demand telephone number is 770/563-1133 (pin code 1915); request numbers are 5108 for first-round results, 5109 for second-round results, 5110 for third-round results and 5111 for final-round results. Championships results will be published in the June 5 issue of The NCAA News.

Championships notes: Division II, which has claimed only one women's golf championship title, is guaranteed a champion this year with the inauguration of separate Division II and III Women's Golf Championships. Florida Southern, which finished second for the past two years in the Division II/III Women's Golf Championships, is atop the polls as of early April as the favorite to win the first crown. The Moccasins return Lisa Cave, who claimed individual medalist honors in 1999, but they lose Shanna Nagy and Kelly Sheehan, who tied for third and took 20th place last year, respectively. Rollins finished third last year and returns its entire squad to challenge Florida Southern.