COLLEGE NOTEBOOK: TIGHT RACE FOR GOLF TITLE.Byline: Staff and Wire Services UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX , USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. and Pepperdine are among the title contenders in a tight, 24-team field at the 25th NCAA women's golf championships, which begin today at Ohio State's Scarlet Course. ``I'm not sure I'd call it wide open,'' said coach Dan Brooks of defending champion Duke. ``Among the top teams, though, there is considerable parity.'' During the regular season, Duke, UCLA, Arizona State and Auburn were considered the top four teams. At last week's regionals, USC upended Duke at the Central Regional, Purdue shocked UCLA at the West Regional, and Tennessee claimed the East title over LSU, California, Florida State, Arizona State and Auburn. ``We haven't seen one team dominating all season,'' UCLA coach Carrie Forsyth said. ``So it's going to be a catfight cat·fight n. 1. A fight between or among cats. 2. Informal A vociferous dispute: a catfight between farmers and the government over subsidies. at the top.'' The Blue Devils edged Forsyth's Bruins by five strokes a year ago in Sunriver, Ore., for their third title in seven years. The year before, the Bruins beat Duke by three strokes. UCLA is led by Tiffany Joh, Jane Park and Susie Mathews. USC's top player is Irene Cho, expected to battle for the individual title. And Pepperdine brings a deep team led by Eileen Vargas, Leanne Bowditch and Carolina Llano. --CSUN signings: Cal State Northridge's men's basketball team announced Monday the signing of four junior college players: Jabir Jinna from West Covina, Mike McCrary from Hanford, Jordan Noblitt from Missoula, Mont., and Sanford Peters from Garland, Texas. Jinna, a 6-foot-1 shooting guard, averaged 21.4 points per game at Rio Hondo College Rio Hondo College is a community college located in unincorporated Whittier, California. It was founded in 1960 and mainly serves the cities of Whittier, Pico Rivera, Santa Fe Springs, El Monte, and South El Monte. . McCrary, a 6-7 swingman, led the College of Eastern Utah The College of Eastern Utah (CEU) is a two-year college located in Price, Utah. Admission CEU has an open admissions policy which means that if one applies to CEU and has graduated from high school, or has earned a GED, he or she will be accepted. in scoring (14.4), converting 39.9 percent of three- point attempts. He played his freshman season at Fresno City College Fresno City College (or FCC) is a city college in Fresno, California. Established in 1910, it was the first community college in California and the second in the nation. . Noblitt, a 6-3 shooting guard, averaged 15 points at Feather Ridge College and shot 47 percent from three- point range. Peters, a 6-0 guard, averaged 7.2 points at Riverside Community College In addition to the main campus located in downtown Riverside, there are also satellite campuses located in Moreno Valley, Norco, Ben Clark Public Safety Training Center, and the Rubidoux Annex in Rubidoux. . --Also: UCLA has set its NCAA Super Regional softball series with South Florida for Saturday and Sunday at Easton Stadium. The victor in the best-of-three series advances to the June 1-7 Women's College World Series The Women's College World Series (WCWS) is the final portion of the NCAA Women's Softball Tournament for college softball in the United States. The tournament is conducted in an eight-team, double-elimination format. in Oklahoma City. ... UCLA men's volleyball star Tony Ker (Valencia High) will participate in the 10th annual NCAA Leadership Conference, which begins Sunday in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. ... Bill Ferguson was promoted from assistant to head coach of USC's men's volleyball team. ... USC's and UCLA's varsity eights received at-large bids to the this weekend's NCAA Rowing Championships in West Windsor, N.J. |
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