Bucs currently 8th, Davies 5th at NCAA East Regional

Requires Adobe Flash

Freshman Gareth Shaw is currently even par at the NCAA East Regionals.

Thursday, May 19, 2005

KINGSTON SPRINGS, Tenn. (May 19, 2005) - Even though thunderstorms caused a delay and kept some of the East Tennessee State University men's golf team from completing their first round of play, the Bucs are currently eighth on the team leaderboard following Thursday's play in the first round of the NCAA East Regional at the Golf Club of Tennessee.

A two-hour weather delayed kept several teams from completing their rounds, and the Bucs are one of those teams, as they will be back on the course at 7 a.m. Friday morning to finish the first round. Head coach Fred Warren said the Bucs were pleased with the solid start to the tournament.

"It's been a long day and tomorrow will be even longer now that we have to start at 7 a.m.," said Warren, whose team must finish in the top 10 to qualify for the NCAA Championships. "We're off to a fair start and things are looking OK at this point."

Led by a 4-under-par score from sophomore Rhys Davies (Bridgend, Wales) - who is one of the Bucs yet to finish his round - ETSU is currently at 1-under for the event. The Bucs trail front-running Wake Forest, who posted a score of 13-under on the day, while Davies is just two strokes back of Wake's Kyle Reifers at the top of the individual leaderboard.

Other notable ETSU results at present include an even-par score from freshman Gareth Shaw (Lisburn, Northern Ireland), a 1-over-par score from freshman Cian McNamara (Limerick, Ireland) and a two-over-par 73 from senior Cennydd Mills (Cardiff, Wales).

The NCAA East Regional will continue with second round play scheduled for Friday and third round action set on Saturday. For up-to-date results from the event, click on the statistics link provided under the Info Center on the men's golf home page located at ETSUBucs.com.

NCAA East Regional
Golf Club of Tennessee (Kingston Springs, Tenn.)
May 19-21, 2005; Par: 71, Yardage: 6864
Thursday
Team Leader Board

Course:Golf Club of Tennessee: Championship Par 71 - 6864 yards
current position	team	scoring	rounds	total score	to par thru today	1
1	Wake Forest Univ.	-13	F	-13	271	271
2	North Carolina	-10	12 - 15	-10	-	0
3	Georgia	-9	F	-9	275	275
4	Georgia State Univ	-5	15 - 18	-5	-	0
5	Alabama, U. of	-4	F	-4	280	280
6	Georgia Southern	-3	F	-3	281	281
7	Tennessee, Univ. of	-2	F	-2	282	282
8	East Tennessee St.	-1	15 - 18	-1	-	0
9	Coastal Carolina E	15 - 18	E	-	0
T10	UCF	+1	12 - 15	+1	-	0
T10	Georgia Tech	+1	F	+1	285	285
T10	Clemson	+1	F	+1	285	285
T10	Louisville, U. of	+1	F	+1	285	285
T14	Florida	+3	F	+3	287	287
T14	Duke University	+3	F	+3	287	287
16	Indiana University	+4	12 - 15	+4	-	0
17	Virginia, U. of	+6	F	+6	290	290
18	Charlotte	+7	F	+7	291	291
T19	Penn State U.	+9	F	+9	293	293
T19	Towson University	+9	F	+9	293	293
T21	N. Car. Wilmington	+14	F	+14	298	298
T21	Army	+14	F	+14	298	298
23	Vanderbilt	+17	F	+17	301	301
24	Maryland, U. of	+20	F	+20	304	304
25	Rutgers University	+22	F	+22	306	306
26	Rhode Island, U. of	+25	F	+25	309	309
27	Boston College	+34	F	+34	318	318

Player Leader Board

* player is participating as an individual rather than as a team member. Course:Golf Club of Tennessee: Championship Par 71 - 6864 yards
position	player	team	scoring	rounds	total score	current start to par thru today	1
1-	Kyle Reifers (10)	Wake Forest Univ.	-6	F	-6	65	65
T2-	Ross McGowan (10)	Tennessee, Univ. of	-5	F	-5	66	66
T2-	Brendon Todd	Georgia	-5	F	-5	66	66
T2-	Dustin Johnson (10)	Coastal Carolina	-5	15	-5	-	0
T5-	Sean Moore (10)	Wake Forest Univ.	-4	F	-4	67	67
T5-	David Skinns (10)	Tennessee, Univ. of	-4	F	-4	67	67
T5-	Kurt Watkins	Georgia Southern	-4	F	-4	67	67
T5-	Rhys Davies (10)	East Tennessee St.	-4	15	-4	-	0
T5-	Ben Leong	UCF	-4	12	-4	-	0
T5-	Martin Ureta	North Carolina	-4	12	-4	-	0

8	East Tennessee St.	-1	15-18	-1	-
T5	Rhys Davies	-4	15	-4	-
T35	Gareth Shaw	E	15	E	-
T54	Cian McNamara	+1	15	+1	-
T66	Cennydd Mills	+2	F	73	73
T130	Noel Kavanagh	+10	F	81	81