NCAA Division II Women's Rankings

                                  Adjusted   Avg.            Rank 
                        Division   Scoring   Drop   Versus#   of  
   Team                  *Record   Average  Score   Top 25   Sced  Wins@
  1 Rollins College       102-  0    75.96   80.02    13- 0   185     3
 2 Nova Southeastern U.  101-  1    76.15   80.84    12- 1   201     1
 3 Tarleton State        100-  2    77.93   83.31    13- 0   327     8
 4 Florida Southern       99-  3    75.35   81.31    11- 2   222     4
 5 Barry University       98-  4    76.83   81.81    11- 4   209     1
 6 Lynn University        97-  5    78.47   86.01     9- 4   205     1
 7 Ferris State Univ.     96-  6    77.74   83.59     7- 5   242     3
 8 Grand Valley State     95-  7    77.33   82.54     4- 1   217     3
 9 Northeastern State U   93-  9    80.96   88.37    11- 3   265     0
10 Upper Iowa Univ.       92- 10    80.27   89.43     5- 3   306     3

NCAA Division I Women's Rankings

                                  Adjusted   Avg.            Rank 
                        Division   Scoring   Drop   Versus#   of  
   Team                  *Record   Average  Score   Top 25   Sced  Wins@
  1 Duke University       233-  0    72.45   77.25    20- 0     2     3
 2 UCLA                  232-  1    72.99   77.68    20- 1    13     3
 3 Southern California   230-  3    73.23   78.02    18- 3    14     1
 4 Arizona State         230-  3    73.52   80.26    16- 3     8     1
 5 Florida, U. of        230-  3    73.48   78.00    20- 3    19     2
 6 Arizona, U. of        227-  6    74.50   79.73    15- 6    11     0
 7 Purdue University     227-  6    73.52   81.31    15- 6     6     0
 8 Auburn University     225-  8    74.25   79.26    16- 8     5     0
 9 Wake Forest Univ.     223- 10    74.35   79.67    10-10    12     1
10 Arkansas, U. of       223- 10    74.33   79.71    13- 9    24     1
11 Alabama, U. of        222- 11    74.08   79.46    11- 9    26     2
12 Denver, Univ. of      222- 11    74.84   80.53     9-10    35     2
13 Kent State            221- 12    74.97   79.89     9- 7    39     1
14 Georgia, U. of        221- 12    74.03   78.33    10-11     7     0
15 Oklahoma State Univ.  221- 12    74.23   79.28    11-12     3     1
16 California, U. of     217- 16    74.86   80.21     3- 9    42     2
17 Pepperdine            217- 16    75.10   80.56     6-16     9     0
18 Tennessee, U. of      216- 17    73.98   79.93     6-15    16     0
19 Louisiana State U.    215- 18    74.66   79.83     6-17    15     0
20 Vanderbilt Univ.      213- 20    75.45   82.78     2-18     1     0
21 Michigan State U.     213- 20    75.47   80.98     3-17    36     3
22 Notre Dame, U. of     212- 21    74.84   79.11     3- 6    53     4
23 Stanford University   211- 22    76.00   80.99     3-16     4     0
24 Virginia, Univ. of    209- 24    75.05   80.08     2-14    21     0
25 Texas A&M University  208- 25    75.84   81.63     0-21    32     0 

NCAA Division I Men's Rankings

                                 Adjusted   Avg.            
                        Division   Scoring   Drop   Versus#  
   Team                  *Record   Average  Score   Top 25    Wins@
  1 Alabama, U. of        289-  0    71.32   76.99    23- 0      5
 2 Georgia, U. of        288-  1    71.35   76.45    19- 1      2
 3 UCLA                  287-  2    72.24   76.57    13- 2      2
 4 Charlotte             286-  3    71.34   75.37    16- 3      4
 5 Southern California   285-  4    72.64   76.80    15- 4      1
 6 Oklahoma State U.     281-  8    72.64   76.72    13- 6      1
 7 Georgia Tech          281-  8    72.09   77.98    11- 8      0
 8 Florida, U. of        280-  9    72.67   77.65    14- 9      1
 9 Stanford University   280-  9    72.41   76.88     8- 8      1
10 Tennessee, Univ. of   279- 10    72.25   77.01    12-10      2
11 Duke University       278- 11    72.70   76.99    11- 9      1
12 Florida State Univ.   277- 12    73.16   76.94    10-11      2
13 Auburn University     275- 14    71.88   76.17    10- 8      1
14 Wake Forest Univ.     275- 14    72.69   77.66     9-11      1
15 South Carolina        275- 14    72.61   77.51     9-12      1
16 Clemson University    271- 18    72.77   77.51     3-14      0
17 Mississippi, U. of    269- 20    72.50   78.53     4-10      4
18 UCF                   269- 20    73.04   78.55     5-18      1
19 Tenn.-Chattanooga     269- 20    71.92   76.40     2-13      2
20 UNLV                  269- 20    71.71   75.96     3-13      2
21 Indiana University    268- 21    73.39   77.62     4-13      1
22 UAB                   266- 23    72.69   77.87     6-11      1
23 Texas Tech Univ.      266- 23    72.69   77.31     3-15      3
24 Louisville, U. of     265- 24    72.92   77.42     6-10      1
25 Michigan State U.     264- 25    73.64   77.60     3-13      1 

NCAA Division II Men's Rankings

                       Division   Scoring   Drop   Versus#   of  
   Team                  *Record   Average  Score   Top 25   Sced  Wins@
  1 West Florida, U. of   192-  1    72.75   78.20    11- 1   187     2
 2 Sonoma State U.       191-  2    71.89   76.62     5- 1   247     2
 3 South Carolina-Aiken  190-  3    74.38   80.96     9- 2   172     0
 4 St. Edward's U.       190-  3    74.07   79.32    15- 0   307     3
 5 Florida Southern Col  189-  4    73.39   78.05    10- 1   166     2
 6 Nova Southeastern U.  187-  6    73.53   77.89    14- 4   195     1
 7 Valdosta St. U.       187-  6    73.34   78.47    11- 6   190     1
 8 Western Washington U  186-  7    73.12   79.03     9- 3   214     0
 9 CSU-Stanislaus        186-  7    72.88   77.96     5- 3   243     1
10 Georgia Coll & St. U  183- 10    73.81   78.34     8- 6   186     1 

NAIA Women's Rankings

NAIA Women's Teams

                                   Adjusted   Avg.            Rank 
                           NAIA    Scoring   Drop   Versus#   of  
   Team                  *Record   Average  Score   Top 25   Sced  Wins@
  1 Oklahoma City Univ.    89-  0    76.73   81.25    11- 0   278     6
 2 Embry-Riddle - FL      88-  1    79.79   87.72     8- 0   227     1
 3 British Columbia, U.   86-  3    80.17   86.92     4- 1   199     0
 4 Berry College          86-  3    80.93   86.17    13- 2   274     1
 5 Lubbock Christian U    85-  4    80.77   89.10     7- 2   343     1
 6 Rocky Mountain Coll.   82-  7    79.14   85.00     2- 2   464     3
 7 California Baptist U   81-  8    80.77   89.01     4- 4   252     1
 8 Shorter College        81-  8    81.81   91.15    10- 5   270     1
 9 Southern Nazarene U.   80-  9    81.81   95.91    12- 6   311     0 
10 Bethel College IN      80-  9    78.81   89.74     2- 1   374     3 

NAIA Men's Rankings

NAIA Men's Teams

                                   Adjusted   Avg.            Rank 
                           NAIA    Scoring   Drop   Versus#   of  
   Team                  *Record   Average  Score   Top 25   Sced  Wins@
  1 Oklahoma Christian U  146-  0    72.26   77.69    13- 0   631     4
 2 British Columbia, U.  145-  1    72.14   76.84     7- 1   621     2
 3 Point Loma Nazarene   144-  2    73.61   79.16     4- 0   654     5
 4 Johnson & Wales U-FL  143-  3    72.94   78.51     6- 0   512     1
 5 Oklahoma City U.      142-  4    72.50   76.50     9- 2   785     2
 6 Berry College         140-  6    73.39   79.20    14- 5   804     2
 7 Victoria - BC         139-  7    75.36   81.58     7- 4   778     0
 8 Texas Wesleyan U.     138-  8    74.97   79.61     4- 5   601     3
 9 CSU-East Bay          136- 10    74.94   81.04     5- 5   744     4
10 Lindenwood Univ.      135- 11    74.55   80.65    10- 7   794     4 

WGolf: Georgia Hosts Liz Murphey Classic

Friday-Sunday at the University of Georgia Golf Course. The event is one of the longest running in women's intercollegiate athletics and annually draws many of the nation's premier teams to Athens.

"This tournament is very special but even more so for me because of my relationship with Liz," said Kelley Hester, Georgia's first-year head coach who lettered for the Bulldogs from 1993-96. "Not every program has the opportunity to host such a historic event on a fantastic golf course. To me, spring means it's time for the Liz Murphey. It's very special for me to get to host the Liz Murphey as head coach at the University of Georgia."

Tee times begin at 9:00 a.m. each morning. Georgia will be paired with Duke and Auburn on Friday beginning at 10:40 a.m. Saturday's tee times and pairings will be determined by first-round results. Sunday's round will feature a shotgun start.

Top-ranked Duke headlines this year's field, which includes 12 of the top-25 teams in the latest edition of the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index. Following the Blue Devils are No. 6 Purdue, No. 10 Auburn, No. 11 Wake Forest, No. 12 Arkansas, No. 13 Georgia, No. 14 Alabama, No. 16 Tennessee, No. 18 Kent State, No. 20 LSU, No. 22 Texas A&M and No. 25 Vanderbilt. Rounding out the competition are Florida State, Furman, Kentucky, South Carolina, UCF and Virginia.

An equally impressive individual field will be on tap, with seven of the nation's top-20 golfers. Top-ranked Amanda Blumenherst of Duke is the reigning National Player of the Year and ranked No. 1 in the nation, while Arkansas' Stacy Lewis, the 2007 NCAA individual champion, currently holds the No. 2 slot. Florida State's Caroline Westrup, who is ranked No. 15, won the Liz Murphey individual title in 2006 and will attempt to become just the fifth two-time champion in the event's history.

Hester's Bulldogs will be in action for the third time in as many weeks. Georgia placed sixth at both the UCF Challenge and the LSU/Cleveland Golf Invitational during spring break last week. Senior Garrett Phillips finished third individually at the UCF Challenge, while freshman Krystle Caithness was fifth in Baton Rouge. Those two top a balanced Bulldog lineup that also will include junior Mallory Hetzel, sophomore Carolina Andrade and freshman Innapha Tantanavivat.

The Classic began humbly in 1973 as the Georgia Invitational before becoming the Women’s Southern Intercollegiate Championships from 1977-94. In 1995, the tournament was renamed in honor of Liz Murphey, UGA’s Hall of Fame golf coach and long-time Senior Woman Administrator.

"I was a golfer at Georgia when Beans (Kelly) pulled out the flag and surprised Liz with the renaming of the tournament," Hester said. "I remember how special it was and the look on Liz's face."

The list of golfers who have competed collegiately in the tournament reads like a “Who’s Who” of women’s golf, including LPGA Hall of Famers Beth Daniel, Betsy King and Julie Inkster.

Georgia and Tulsa have enjoyed the most success on both the team and individual fronts, combining to win 17 team and 12 individual titles between them. Tulsa swept four straight team and individual crowns from 1982-85. Georgia has won 12 team titles and has produced 10 medalists.

Auburn led wire-to-wire to win last year’s team championship, while Virginia’s Leah Wigger captured medalist honors.

The Tigers were the only team to break 300 in an extremely windy opening round and expanded a seven-stroke edge following the first day into an eventual 11-shot victory over runner-up Florida. Wigger bogeyed No. 18 to force a playoff with Purdue’s Maria Hernandez but then birdied the first extra hole to secure the victory.

Argos Fourth At Southeastern Collegiate

VALDOSTA, Ga. - Tobias Rosendahl, a freshman from Haljarp, Sweden shot an even par 72 on Tuesday to finish the tournament at two over par 218, which was good enough for fifth best in the tournament. As a team, the Argos shot a collective 292, which was third best of any team during round three and kept the Argos in fourth place overall, just two strokes behind third place Valdosta State and only six strokes back of the winning team Florida Southern.

The top four teams, including UWF separated themselves from the rest of the field during the third round, as fifth place Nova Southeastern was 16 strokes behind the fourth place Argos. Meanwhile, Otto Bonning (Fr. / Skanor, Sweden) and Matthew Galloway (Sr. / Valrico, Fla.) joined Rosendahl in the top 10 individual players. No other school, including the winning Mocs of Florida Southern had three players in the top 10. Bonning tied for 7th best with a five over par 221, while Galloway tied for 10th with a six over par score of 222 for the three rounds.

Florida Southern's Judson Eustaquio defeated Valdosta State's Brent Witcher and Georgia College's Niclas Johansson in a two hole playoff for the individual title. All three players shot par on the first hole, while Witcher and Johansson birdied the second hole. Eustaquio eagled the second hole, his third eagle to go along with 17 pars on the day. Eustaquio turned in a four under par 68 on the final round to force the tie with Witcher and Johansson.

The Argos Kyle Scott (Fr. / Edenvale, South Africa) also turned in a fine performance, as he tied for 15th best with a total score of 224, after shooting a one over par 73 on the final round. Meanwhile, Senior Federico Damus (Posadas, Argentina) tied for 60th place with a total score of 236, after posting a two over par 74 during the final round.

Valdosta State was the top GSC school to finish, just two strokes ahead of West Florida. North Alabama was the next best Gulf South School to finish, with a 7th place finish; however, it was 23 strokes back of West Florida. Meanwhile, West Georgia finished 13th and Delta State finished 15th to round out the GSC schools performance. 17 teams and 90 schools participated on the 7,209 yard par 72 course at the Kinderlou Forest Golf Club.