Tuesday, October 21, 2003

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (October 21, 2003) - East Tennessee State's men's golf team was unable to make up any ground on the field Tuesday in the final round of the Coca-Cola Tournament of Champions, ending the day where they began it and finishing in 12th place at the Holston Hills Country Club.

The Buccaneers finished the event with a team score of 886, 37 strokes of the team champion Vanderbilt. Meanwhile, on the individual leaderboard, freshman Rhys Davies (Bridgend, Wales) was the best ETSU performer with a three-round score of 4-over-par 220 (76-69-75), finishing tied for 28th. Davies and the rest of the field could not catch Georgia Southern's Aron Price, who took home the top individual honor.

As for the rest of the Bucs, sophomore Noel Kavanagh (Westport, Ireland) finished tied for 33rd at 5-over, junior Chase Baldwin (Plant City, Fla.) ended the event tied for 35th at 6-over, junior Jeremy Hobson (Thonotosassa, Fla.) wrapped up at 7-over and tied for 44th, and junior Cennydd Mills (Cardiff, Wales) suffered through a tough day finishing tied for 70th 18-over.

ETSU will wrap up its fall schedule on Nov. 1-2 at the Landfall Tradition in Wilmington, N.C.

FINAL RESULTS
Great Smokies Women's Colleg.
* Individual Waynesville C.C. Waynesville,
Dates: 10/20 - 10/21 (
Par: 72
Yardage: 5867

Team Results
Fin.	School	Scores
1	Western Carolina U.	300	292	592
2	Murray State Univ.	294	307	601
3	Xavier University	302	300	602
4	East Tennessee St.	308	302	610
5	Elon University	306	309	615
6	Eastern Kentucky	307	311	618
7	Appalachian State U.	312	308	620
8	Tennessee Tech U.	313	308	621
9	Charleston Southern	318	305	623
10	Wofford College	320	304	624
11	Gardner-Webb Univ.	320	309	629
	Austin Peay State U.	321	308	629
13	Western Kentucky U.	321	314	635
14	Methodist College	323	314	637
15	Dayton, U. of	314	327	641
16	Samford University	327	316	643
17	South Alabama, U. of	327	317	644
18	High Point U.	325	321	646
19	Belmont University	314	335	649
20	Loyola University	337	320	657
Individual Leaders
Fin.	Top 20 Players	School	Scores
1	Brandy Andersen	W Carolina	71	74	145
2	Emily Shoplik	Xavier	72	74	146
3	Lee-Anne Pace	Murray St.	72	75	147
4	Lynn Mantooth	Aust. Peay	78	71	149
	Rebecca Twiner	W Carolina	76	73	149
	Bianca Melone	W Carolina	76	73	149
	Ashley Hovda	W Carolina	77	72	149
ETSU Results
4	East Tennessee St.	308	302	610
T 14	Ashley Barton	77	75	152
T 14	Kristen Fletcher	75	77	152
T 14	Kailey Brooks	78	74	152
T 42	Laura Diaz	81	76	157
T 50	Danielle O'Reilly	78	80	158