The NCAA News - News and Features

December 15, 1997

Championships summaries

Division I-AA football

Quarterfinals: Eastern Wash. 38, Western Ky. 21; Youngstown St. 37, Villanova 34; Delaware 16, Ga. Southern 7; McNeese St. 14, Western Ill. 12.

Semifinals (December 13): Youngstown St. (11-2) at Eastern Wash. (12-1); McNeese St. (12-1) at Delaware (12-1).

Division II football

Semifinals: New Haven 27, UC Davis 25; Northern Colo. 30, Carson-Newman 29.

Final (December 13 at Florence, Alabama): New Haven (12-1) vs. Northern Colo. (11-3).

Division III football

Semifinals: Mount Union 54, Simpson 7; Lycoming 28, Rowan 20.

Final (December 6 at Salem, Virginia): Mount Union (13-0) vs. Lycoming (12-0).

Division I men's soccer

Third round: Indiana 6, South Fla. 0; UCLA 2, Clemson 1; St. Louis* 0, Southern Methodist 0 (4 ot) (*St. Louis advanced on the basis of penalty kicks, 5-3); Virginia 2, American 1 (2 ot).

Semifinals (December 12 at Richmond): Indiana (23-0) vs. UCLA (20-2); St. Louis (16-4-4) vs. Virginia (18-3-3). Final December 14 at Richmond.

Division I women's volleyball

First and second rounds: At Penn St. -- Northern Ill. def. Villanova, 15-6, 15-11, 12-15, 14-16, 16-14; Penn St. def. Northern Ill., 15-8, 15-7, 15-4.

At Maryland -- Ohio St. def. Fairfield, 15-2, 15-2, 15-8; Maryland def. Princeton, 15-6, 15-13, 15-11; Ohio St. def. Maryland, 15-13, 15-10, 15-9.

At Texas A&M -- Michigan def. Temple, 15-8, 6-15, 15-12, 8-15, 15-10; Texas A&M def. Hofstra, 15-5, 15-5, 15-4; Texas A&M def. Michigan, 15-10, 15-6, 15-6.

At Brigham Young -- Minnesota def. Miami (Ohio), 16-14, 15-5, 15-12; Brigham Young def. Minnesota, 15-8, 15-9, 15-11.

At Wisconsin -- Central Fla. def. Clemson, 15-7, 15-13, 15-1; Wisconsin def. Central Fla., 15-7, 15-8, 15-13.

At Arkansas -- Arkansas def. Ark.-Little Rock, 15-11, 15-3, 15-3; Notre Dame def. Liberty, 15-9, 15-3, 15-2; Notre Dame def. Arkansas, 9-15, 15-7, 15-10, 16-14.

At Washington St. -- Colorado St. def. American, 15-5, 15-2, 15-17, 15-1; Washington St. def. Lehigh, 15-2, 15-5, 15-0; Washington St. def. Colorado St. 15-12, 12-14, 15-6, 15-13.

At Florida -- South Fla. def. Florida St., 8-15, 15-4, 15-13, 7-15, 15-9; Florida def. South Fla., 15-12, 15-9, 15-5.

At Long Beach St. -- Loyola Marymount def. Hawaii, 15-7, 15-7, 15-4; Long Beach St. def. Loyola Marymount, 15-9, 15-5, 15-5.

At Washington -- Washington def. Chattanooga, 15-4, 15-3, 15-2; Pacific (Cal.) def. Cal St. Sacramento, 15-11, 15-7, 17-19, 15-11; Washington def. Pacific (Cal), 7-15, 15-9, 15-10, 15-10.

At Southern Cal -- San Diego def. Kansas St., 11-15, 15-10, 15-7, 15-6; Southern Cal def. Morgan St., 15-2, 15-7, 15-7; Southern Cal def. San Diego, 7-15, 15-17, 15-12, 15-5, 16-14.

At Nebraska -- Michigan St., def. Butler, 15-5, 15-6, 15-9; Nebraska def. Michigan St., 15-7, 15-12, 15-4.

At Stanford -- Oklahoma def. Houston, 15-12, 15-9, 16-14; Stanford def. Oklahoma, 15-2, 15-6, 15-7.

At Colorado -- Oral Roberts def. Arizona, 13-15, 15-8, 8-15, 15-1, 15-11; Colorado def. Tennessee Tech, 15-4, 15-3, 15-7; Colorado def. Oral Roberts 13-15, 15-10, 14-16, 15-6, 15-12.

At Texas -- South Caro. def. Illinois St., 15-7, 15-7, 15-10; Texas def. Stephen F. Austin, 15-8, 15-9, 15-12; Texas def. South Caro. 15-11, 15-3, 15-10.

At UC Santa Barb. -- UCLA def. Pepperdine, 15-12, 15-10, 14-16, 15-9; UC Santa Barb. def. UCLA, 15-8, 15-8, 6-15, 6-15, 16-14.

Regionals (December 11-14 at campuses of four participating schools): Penn St. (31-1) vs. Ohio St. (24-10); Texas A&M (26-7) vs. Brigham Young (28-5); Wisconsin (29-2) vs. Notre Dame (24-8); Washington St. (26-6) vs. Florida (32-3); Long Beach St. (31-1) vs. Washington (20-9); Southern Cal (23-5) vs. Nebraska (26-6); Stanford (29-2) vs. Colorado (22-8); Texas (25-6) vs. UC Santa Barb. (30-4).