Friday, May 16, 2003

AUBURN, Ala. (May 16, 2003) - With one round to play in the NCAA East Regional at the Auburn University Club, the East Tennessee State men's golf team is six strokes removed from 10th place and a berth in the NCAA Championships to be played May 27-30 in Stillwater, Okla.

The Buccaneers shot a team score of 8-over-par 296 during second round play Friday and have a combined, two-day score of 593 which is good enough for a 16th-place finish heading into today's one remaining round.

Freshman Derek McNamara (Galway, Ireland) is currently the top individual performer for the Bucs, shooting a 1-under 71 on Friday to finish in a tie for 38th place (75-71=146 +2). Meanwhile, senior James Johnson (Barbados) finished tied for 44th (72-75=147 +3), sophomore Cennydd Mills (Cardiff, Wales) placed in a tie for 66th (74-76=150 +6), and sophomores Chase Baldwin (Plant City, Fla.) and Jeremy Hobson (Thonotosassa, Fla.) both rounded out the ETSU efforts tied for 94th at 10-over-par for the event.

Clemson overtook Tennessee for the team lead and currently holds the advantage over the rest of the field at 14-under for the tournament. In addition, Georgia Tech's Troy Matteson is now topping the individual leaderboard at 9-under-par (68-67=135). Third and final round play in the regional will continue today in Auburn.

NCAA East Regional
Auburn University Club; Auburn, Ala.
Pa 72; 7,207 yards
Thursday; Second Round

Team Leaders
1	Clemson	-14 F	-11	285	277	562
2	Georgia Tech	-9 F	-2	281	286	567
3	Tennessee, Univ. of	-4 F	+3	281	291	572
T4	Florida	+2 F	E	290	288	578
T4	Wake Forest Univ.	+2 F	E	290	288	578
T4	Duke University	+2 F	+4	286	292	578
7	Augusta State	+4 F	+2	290	290	580
8	South Carolina	+5 F	-3	296	285	581
T9	Vanderbilt	+6 F	+1	293	289	582
T9	Auburn	+6 F	+2	292	290	582
The top 10 teams advance to the NCAA Finals (Ties will be broken with a playoff)
11	Georgia State Univ.	+8 F	+4	292	292	584
12	Charleston, Coll. of	+11 F	+4	295	292	587
13	Jacksonville St.	+13 F	-1	302	287	589
14	Penn State U.	+15 F	-2	305	286	591
15	Georgia Southern	+16 F	+1	303	289	592
16	East Tennessee St.	+17 F	+8	297	296	593
17	N. Car. Wilmington	+23 F	+11	300	299	599
T18	Virginia Tech	+27 F	+13	302	301	603
T18	Rhode Island, U. of	+27 F	+5	310	293	603
T20	Alabama, U. of	+32 F	+10	310	298	608
T20	James Madison Univ.	+32 F	+9	311	297	608
22	Binghamton Univ.	+36 F	+17	307	305	612
23	Maryland, U. of	+40 F	+17	311	305	616
24	Liberty University	+43 F	+19	312	307	619
25	Charleston Southern	+54 F	+25	317	313	630
26	Yale University	+57 F	+28	317	316	633
27	Jackson State Univ.	+91 F	+44	335	332	667

Individual Leaders
1	Troy Matteson		Georgia Tech	-9 F	-5	68	67	135
2	Matt Hendrix		Clemson	-7 F	-5	70	67	137
T3	Wm. Ted Brown	*	VCU	-6 F	-3	69	69	138
T3	Ty Harris		Georgia State Univ.	-6 F	-4	70	68	138
T3	Gareth Maybin	*	South Alabama, U. of	-6 F	-1	67	71	138
T3	Lee Williams		Auburn	-6 F	-6	72	66	138
7	Ross McGowan		Tennessee, Univ. of	-5 F	E	67	72	139

ETSU Individual Scores
T38	Derek McNamara	East Tennessee St.	+2	F	-1	75	71	146
T44	James Johnson	East Tennessee St.	+3	F	+3	72	75	147
T94	Chase Baldwin	East Tennessee St.	+10	F	+6	76	78	154
T94	Chase Baldwin	East Tennessee St.	+10	F	+6	76	78	154
T94	Jeremy Hobson	East Tennessee St.	+10	F	+2	80	74	154