Saturday, March 20, 2004

HUMBLE, Texas (March 20, 2004) - The East Tennessee State men's golf team dropped a couple of spots to finish in 15th place after second round play Saturday in the Hall of Fame Invitational at the Redstone Golf Club.

The Bucs (294-304=598 +22) will enter final round play on Sunday 38 strokes back of first-place Arizona, which holds a one-stroke advantage over second-place Texas. Arizona's Chris Nallen has powered the Wildcats so far, firing two rounds of 66 to hold a decisive seven-stroke advantage on the individual leaderboard.

For ETSU, junior Jeremy Hobson (Thonotosassa, Fla.) fired an even-par 72 to move into a tie for 38th at 2-over par, along with Buccaneers' freshman Rhys Davies (Bridgend, Wales). As for the rest of the Bucs, sophomore Noel Kavanagh (Westport, Ireland) finished at 9-over, while junior Cennydd Mills (Cardiff, Wales) and sophomore Andrew Paduch (Johnson City, Tenn.) finished at 10-over-par after the second round.

ETSU will wrap up final round play in the Hall of Fame Invitational Sunday.

Hall of Fame Invitational Redstone Golf Club Humble, TX Dates: Mar 19 - Mar 21
Team Results
1.	Arizona	277-283=560 (-16)
2.	Texas	283-278=561 (-15)
3.	Oklahoma State	289-278=567 (-9)
T4.	New Mexico	290-280=570 (-6)
T4.	Oklahoma	286-284=570 (-6)
6.	England	288-285=573 (-3)
T7.	TCU	283-291=574 (-2)
T7.	Texas A&M	283-291=574 (-2)
9.	Arizona State	288-287=575 (-1)
10.	Arkansas	283-294=577 (+1)
11.	UNLV	287-294=581 (+5)
12.	Minnesota	295-288=583 (+7)
13.	Francis Marion	288-298=586 (+10)
14.	Rice	299-291=590 (+14)
15.	ETSU	294-304=598 (+22)
16.	Houston	304-295=599 (+23)
17.	Sweden	303-301=604 (+28)
18.	Averett	329-324=653 (+77)
Individual Results
1	Chris Nallen, Arizona	66-66=132 -12
T2	Jeff Bell, Texas	71-68=139 -5
T2	Jason Hartwick, Texas	74-65=139 -5
T2	Adam Meyer, TCU	68-71=139 -5
T2	Alex Noren, Okla. State 71	68-68=139 -5
T2	Casey Wittenberg, Okla. State	72-67=139 -5
ETSU Results
T38	Jeremy Hobson	74-72=146
T38	Rhys Davies	73-73=146
T76	Noel Kavanagh	74-79=153
T78	Cennydd Mills	74-80=154
T78	Andrew Paduch	73-81=154