The Barry University men's golf team jumped two places to take over the No. 1 spot in the Golf World/NIKE Golf Division II Coaches Poll, earning 12 of 17 first-place votes.

Georgia College, formally ranked No. 1, dropped to No. 2. North Alabama holds the No. 3 ranking.

The Buccaneers topped 12 other schools to capture the Nova Southeastern University Shark Invitational for the third consecutive year Tuesday.

Barry fired a 14-under-par 850 (286-282-282). Lynn University finished second with an 11-under 853.

Chris Carlin led the way for the Bucs winning the individual title for the second year in a row. Carlin shot an opening-round 75, but fired a 67 and 66 in the final two rounds to finish with an 8-under 208.

Guillermo Pumarol was the next-highest finisher for the Bucs, shooting a 215 (69-72-74). Pumarol finished tied for fifth.

Carlos Velez tied for eighth place, firing a 216 (71-73-72).

FIU

Heading into its weekend matches with Troy and South Alabama, the FIU volleyball team has won 10 consecutive matches and has shut out opponents 12 times this season -- including eight of the past 10 matches.

At 17-2, FIU is off to its best start in school history with an unblemished mark of 7-0 in Sun Belt play. The Panthers received nine votes in the latest edition of the AVCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll and rank 18th in the first 2009 NCAA Women's Volleyball RPI Rankings.

For the third consecutive week, three-time All-American Yarimar Rosa was named Sun Belt Conference Volleyball Player of the Week. Rosa now owns a career Sun Belt record 12 SBC Player of the Week honors.

Last weekend, Rosa led FIU to its fourth consecutive unbeaten weekend, as the Panthers defeated Denver 3-0 and North Texas 3-0. Rosa recorded a team-high 40 kills over both matches for a 6.67 kills-per-set mark. She secured 21 kills versus Denver and 19 kills against North Texas.

UM

Hurricanes runner Charles Michel was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Cross Country Performer of the Week for his performance at the Walt Disney World Cross Country Classic in Orlando last weekend.

Michel has paced the Hurricanes in each of their four races this season. At the Disney Classic, Michel placed 18th out of 205 competitors in a time of 26:58.00 on the 8K course.

With the honor, Michel is the first Hurricane men's cross country runner to win the ACC Performer of the Week award since UM joined the conference in 2004.

NOVA SOUTHEASTERN

The Nova Southeastern women's golf team won the NSU Shark Invitational for the second consecutive year. The Sharks defeated Rollins by one stroke to claim the team title.

Junior All-American Taylor Collins and two-time NCAA Division II National Player of the Year Sandra Changkija led the Sharks by tying for second place, finishing with matching 2-over-par 146 scores. Junior Fredrika Hakansson improved the most among all NSU players in the final round, moving into sixth place (148) with a final-round 71. Three-time All-American Maria Garcia-Austt finished in eighth place (150), and freshman Abbey Gittings tied for ninth place (151).

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