Division I Men's Golf Championships

Dates and sites: Yale, Purdue and Portland will host regionals May 20-22. Virginia Tech will host the finals June 1-4 at The Homestead in Hot Springs, Virginia.

Field: Thirty teams advance from regional competition -- along with the top six individuals from teams not advancing from the regionals -- to make up the 156-competitor field. The field will be cut to the top 15 teams after 54 holes.

2003 champions: Clemson won the team title, while Alejandro Canizares of Arizona State won the individual competition.

Top team contenders: Florida, Clemson, UCLA, Arizona State and Georgia were the top five teams in the most recent Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) poll. Georgia Tech and Oklahoma State lead a bevy of other championship contenders.

Championships notes: Florida has been ranked No. 1 in every GCAA regular-season poll this year, but Georgia, not Florida, won the Southeastern Conference crown. Though Florida sophomore Matt Every posted his fifth straight top-five finish in tying for second at the SEC tournament, the top-ranked Gators finished one stroke behind the Bulldogs. "It's pretty painful when you dominate a conference for an entire season and then end up losing by one shot," said Florida coach Buddy Alexander. "But we still haven't finished out of the top three this year and this was another good tournament for us." Every fired a three-round total of two under par after a final-round 71. The top-10 finish was his ninth in 11 stroke-play tournaments this season. Georgia's Brendon Todd won the SEC individual title by one stroke over Every .... 2003 champion Clemson won the Atlantic Coast Conference championship behind Gregg Jones and Stephen Poole, who fired final-round 69s. It was the eighth ACC title overall for Clemson coach Larry Penley, who recently was inducted into the College Golf Hall of Fame. "Stephen Poole has just been so steady -- he has come on in the spring with three top-10 finishes," Penley said. "The only person I can compare him to is Thump Delk, who came out of nowhere to finish third at the NCAAs in 1993. But Thump did that as a senior. Poole is a sophomore and is really planting seeds for the future. He has shown the composure of a champion."

Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship

Dates and sites: First-round games are May 15 or 16 at campus sites. Quarterfinal games are May 22 at Virginia and May 23 at Cornell. The semifinals and final will be May 29 and 31 in Baltimore.

Field: Sixteen teams. Six conferences receive automatic bids. The remaining teams are selected at large.

Selection date: May 10.

2003 champion: Virginia.

Top contenders: The top teams according to the April 26 USILA poll are Johns Hopkins, Navy, Maryland, Syracuse, Georgetown and North Carolina.

Championship notes: There were no undefeated teams in the most recent poll, though top-ranked Johns Hopkins was the only ranked team with just one loss. Johns Hopkins has won this event seven times, with the most recent win in 1987 ... The 2003 championship in Baltimore set an attendance record for this event, with 37,944 people coming out to watch the championship game pitting Virginia against Johns Hopkins ... The Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship dates back to 1971, when Cornell defeated Maryland to win the first title.

Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship

Dates and sites: First-round and quarterfinal games are May 13 and 16 at campus sites. The semifinals and final will be May 21 and 23 at Princeton.

Field: Sixteen teams. Eight conferences receive automatic bids and eight teams are selected at large.

Selection date: May 9.

2003 champion: Princeton

Top contenders: The top teams according to the latest IWLCA poll (April 19-25) are Princeton, Virginia, Loyola, Maryland, Duke and Northwestern.

Championship notes: Princeton was undefeated through the latest poll -- the only team in the rankings to remain undefeated through April 25. If Princeton wins this year's championship, it will be the Tigers' third consecutive title ... Maryland, which had a 12-3 record as of April 25, has the most wins in this event. The Terrapins dominated the championship from 1995 to 2001, winning the title seven consecutive years. They also won in 1992 and 1986. Maryland is the only school to win this event with two different coaches -- Sue Tyler (1986) and Cindy Timchal (1992, 1995-2001) ... The Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship dates back to 1982. Massachusetts won the first event.

Division I Softball Championship

Dates and sites: The regional will be May 20-23 and the Women's College World Series will be May 27-31 at the ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City.

Field: Sixty-four teams. Eight teams compete at each of eight regional sites. Winners advance to the Women's College World Series.

Selection date: May 15-16.

2003 champion: UCLA.

Top contenders: A recent National Fastpitch Coaches Association poll ranked Arizona, Florida State, UCLA, California and Washington as the top five teams.

Championship notes: With just two losses on the season to No. 13 Oregon and No. 5 Washington, top-ranked Arizona is well-positioned to challenge for the program's seventh national championship. Only nine-time champion and 2003 runner-up UCLA has earned more national titles than the Wildcats ... Florida State is seeking its fifth straight berth in the tournament behind junior pitcher Casey Hunter, who has won 20 consecutive decisions and is 28-1 on the year. The Seminoles also feature 2003 Atlantic Coast Conference player of the year Jessica van der Linden, who leads the team in batting average, RBI, strikeouts and ERA ... Washington has appeared in the tournament each year since 1994 and has twice finished as high as second place. This year, the Huskies' attack is led by all-American junior catcher Kristin Rivera, a candidate for 2004 USA Softball Collegiate player of the year honors. Rivera leads the nation with a .968 slugging percentage.

Division I Men's Tennis Championships

Dates and sites: First- and second-round matches will be May 14-16 at sites to be determined. The finals are at Tulsa, with the team championship to be decided May 22-25 and the singles and doubles titles to be decided May 26-31.

Field: Sixty-four teams. Thirty conferences are granted automatic qualification, and the remaining 34 teams are selected at large. For the individual championship, the bracket will consist of 64 singles players and 32 doubles teams in a single-elimination tournament.

Selection date: May 5 for team selection; May 6 for singles and doubles selections.

2003 champions: Illinois won the team competition, Amer Delic of Illinois won the singles title, and Rajeev Ram and Brian Wilson of Illinois won the doubles crown.

Top team contenders: The April 27 poll from College Tennis Online ranked Illinois, Baylor, UCLA, Southern California, Mississippi and Duke as the top teams.

Championships notes: The Fighting Illini finished regular-season play 25-0 and 10-0 in Big Ten Conference competition. Illinois' sweep last year of the team and individual titles marked the 18th time in event history a team has captured all three crowns ... The Division I Men's Tennis Championships dates back to 1946, when Southern California defeated William & Mary to win the team title ... A California school has won or tied in this event 49 times since its inception. The Golden State schools that have won this event are Stanford, Southern California, UCLA and San Francisco.

Division I Women's Tennis Championships

Dates and sites: First- and second-rounds matches are May 14-16 at sites to be determined. The finals are at Georgia, with the team championship to be decided May 20-23, and the singles and doubles titles to be decided May 24-29.

Field: Sixty-four teams. Thirty-one conferences receive automatic bids, and the remaining 33 teams are selected at large. For the individual championships, the bracket will consist of 64 singles players and 32 doubles teams in a single-elimination tournament.

Selection date: May 5 for the team selection; May 6 for the singles and doubles selection.

2003 champions: Florida won the team championship, Amber Liu of Stanford won the singles title, and Christina Fusano and Raquel Kops-Jones of California won the doubles crown.

Top team contenders: The April 27 poll from College Tennis Online ranked Stanford, Florida, Vanderbilt, Duke, Georgia and Clemson as the top teams.

Championships notes: Either Florida or Stanford has won this event every year but one since 1996. The exception was Georgia's victory in 2000. Both Florida and Stanford were undefeated in the regular season this year ... California schools Stanford and Southern California have won this event a combined 14 times since it began in 1982. Florida, Texas and Georgia are the only other schools to win the team title ... The record for championship attendance was set in 1991, when Stanford defeated UCLA.