Saturday, November 01, 2003

WILMINGTON, N.C. (November 1, 2003) - Despite improving their team score by 11 strokes during the second round of the Landfall Tradition, the East Tennessee State men's golf team remained in 11th place following Saturday's play at the Country Club of Landfall's Nicklaus Course. The Buccaneers posted a team score of 294 - 11 strokes better than their score of 305 in the first round - as junior Cennydd Mills (Cardiff, Wales) tied a career-best with a team-high 68, moving him into a tie for 10th on the individual leaderboard with an overall score of 1-over-par. Along with Mills, freshman Rhys Davies (Bridgend, Wales) is also tied for 10th at 1-over. Both Mills and Davies trail Tulsa's Chris Noel, who is the individual leader at 9-under. The team leader is Minnesota, which is currently 28 strokes in front of ETSU. As for the rest of the ETSU squad, junior Chase Baldwin (Plant City, Fla.) is 49th at 9-over, sophomore Andrew Paduch (Johnson City) is tied for 58th at 14-over, and junior Jeremy Hobson (Thonotosassa, Fla.) is tied for 60th at 15-over. The Landfall Tradition will conclude Sunday with final round play.

Team Results
Fin. Top 20	Teams	Scores
1	Minnesota, Univ.of	284	287	571
2	Ohio State Univ.	286	290	576
3	N.Car. Wilmington	297	281	578
4	Penn State U.	295	288	583
	Tulsa, U. of	300	283	583
6	Tennessee, Univ. of	296	291	587
7	Memphis, U. of	301	288	589
8	Missouri, U. of	302	288	590
9	Purdue University	304	287	591
	Florida State Univ.	297	294	591
11	East Tennessee St.	305	294	599
12	Virginia Tech	306	294	600

Individual Results
Fin. Top 20	Players	School	Scores
1	Chris Noel	Tulsa	70	65	135
2	Ryan Paulson	Minnesota	70	68	138
3	Bronson LaCassie	Minnesota	71	69	140
	John Scott	Rattan Tennessee	69	71	140
	Justin Collins	Ohio State	66	74	140
ETSU Individual Results
11	East Tennessee St.	305	294	599
T 16	Rhys Davies	72	73	145
T 16	Cennydd Mills	77	68	145
49	Chase Baldwin	75	78	153
T 58	Andrew Paduch	83	75	158
60	Jeremy Hobson	81	78	159