March 31, 1998

COTO DE CAZA, Calif.-- UCLA, the No. 31 team in the nation, won the Spalding/Anteater Golf Invitational at Coto de Caza (North) Country Club behind medalist Jason Semelsberger.

The Bruins shot even-par 864 over the 54-hole tournament for a 16-shot win over No. 45 Washington, who took second. California, ranked No. 43 in the latest MasterCard Rankings, finished one shot behind Washington for third place.

Semelsberger recorded a par on the first playoff hole to defeat Washington's Rob Rashell for the individual title at 213. Rashell had a double bogey on the playoff hole at the par-4 18th. Semelsberger shot an even-par 72 in Tuesday's final round, while Rashell carded a 3-under 69.

UCLA had two other players in the top seven spots, as Jeff McGraw was fourth at 218 and Ross Fulgentis finished seventh at 218.

Stanford's Joel Kribel, ranked No. 16 in the nation, finished third at 2-under 214, including a 69 Tuesday.

Results           Final Team Score

1.  UCLA                    864
2.  Washington              880
3.  California              881
T4. Texas El Paso           888
T4. Stanford                888
6.  UC-Irvine               894
7.  Utah                    899
8.  Sacramento State        909
9.  UCSB                    910
10. Long Beach State        911
11. Weber State             912
T12.Utah State              914
T12.Cal-State Northridge    914
14. Eastern Washington      916
15. Hawaii                  919
16. Cal St. San Bernardino  921
17. UC-Irvine GOLD          924
18. Idaho                   926
19. UC-Davis                943