Saturday, March 31, 2007

EVANS, Ga. (March 31, 2007) - Junior Gareth Shaw (Lisburn, Northern Ireland) fired a 3-under-69 to lead the ETSU men's golf team on Saturday at the Administaff ASU Invitational hosted by Augusta State at the Championships Retreat Golf Club.

After posting a 5-over-77 yesterday, Shaw moved up 41 spots into a tie for 30^th by matching his second-lowest round this season. Freshman Seamus Power (Waterford, Ireland) still leads the ETSU golfers on the leaderboard, despite posting a 1-over-73 on Saturday. Power is currently tied for 20^th with a 145 (72-73), and trails 15^th-ranked Dustin Johnson (Coastal Carolina) by nine strokes. Johnson sits atop the leaderboard at 8-under, and leads North Carolina's Reed Darsie by one stroke.  The nation's top-ranked player, Rhys Davies (Bridgend, Wales), continued his struggles on day two after matching his highest round this season with a 76, tying him for 60^th at 6-over-par.

As a team, the 13^th-ranked Bucs posted a 5-over-293 for the second straight day, and will enter the final round of play tied for eighth on the leaderboard with sixth-ranked South Carolina-Aiken and Virginia Tech. The 17^th-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels hold a nine stroke lead over 11^th-ranked Coastal Carolina, while Georgia State is 11 off the pace in third. 

Fans can watch the scoring of Sunday's third and final round live by visiting Golfstat.com, and as always, fans make sure to visit ETSUBucs.com at the completion of the day's play for a complete wrap up and statistics.