Davies fires 2-under 70, Bucs move up two spots at Carpet Capital Collegiate

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Davies

Saturday, November 06, 2004

ROCKY FACE, Ga. (Nov. 6, 2004) - East Tennessee State sophomore Rhys Davies (Bridgend, Wales) fired a 2-under-par 70 Saturday, helping power the Buccaneers to a team score of 298 - seven strokes better than their score of 305 on Friday - and an eighth-place standing after two rounds of the Carpet Capital Collegiate at the Farm Golf Club.

Davies, who currently stands at even-par for the tournament, is tied for third on the individual leaderboard, and just two strokes back of leader Luke List of Vanderbilt. Meanwhile, on the team leaderboard, Georgia leads with a team score of 11-over-par 587, six strokes ahead of second-place Wake Forest and 16 strokes better than the Bucs.

Along with Davies, fellow sophomore Stephen Arnold (Langhorne, Pa.) posted a 1-under 71 on Saturday and is currently tied for 16^th. Meanwhile, senior Cennydd Mills (Cardiff, Wales) is tied for 50^th, while freshmen Cian McNamara (Limerick, Ireland) and Gareth Shaw (Lisburn, Northern Ireland) are tied for 67^th and 71^st, respectively.

Play will continue with third and final round action set for Sunday. ETSU fans can keep with the action live by visiting golfstat.com.

Team Leader Board

Course:The Farm Golf Club: The Farm
Par 72 - 7010 yards

Current Position	Team	Scoring	Rounds	Total Score
1	Georgia	+11	290 297	587
2	Wake Forest Univ.	+17	301 292	593
3	Georgia Tech	+19	299 296	595
4	New Mexico	+21	295 302	597
5	Florida	+24	305 295	600
6	Duke University	+25	300 301	601
7	Clemson	+26	303 299	602
8	East Tennessee St.	+27	305 298	603
9	Auburn	+28	301 303	604
10	TCU	+31	306 301	607
T11	Southern California	+33	306 303	609
T11	Vanderbilt	+33	302 307	609
13	Augusta State	+36	312 300	612
14	Texas Tech	+39	314 301	615
15	Tennessee, Univ. of	+42	303 315	618
16	South Carolina	+43	318 301	619
17	Florida State Univ.	+45	319 302	621
18	North Carolina State	+52	318 310	628

Player Leader Board

Course:The Farm Golf Club: The Farm
Par 72 - 7010 yards

Position		Player	Team	Scoring	Rounds		Total Score
1	T11	Luke List	Vanderbilt	-2	73	69	142
2	1	David Denham	Georgia	-1	69	74	143
T3	T23	Ryan Blaum	Duke University	E	75	69	144
T3	T18	Rhys Davies (10)	East Tennessee St.	E	74	70	144
T3	2	Madalitso Muthiya	New Mexico	E	70	74	144
T3	T23	Brendon Todd	Georgia	E	75	69	144
T7	T46	Duke Butler (10)	Florida	+3	78	69	147
T7	T46	Oscar Floren (10)	Texas Tech	+3	78	69	147
T7	T11	Sean Moore	Wake Forest Univ.	+3	73	74	147
T7	T11	Nicholas Thompson	Georgia Tech	+3	73	74	147
T11	T37	Chris McCartin	Wake Forest Univ.	+4	77	71	148
T11	T3	Nathan Smith	Duke University	+4	71	77	148

ETSU Results

T3	Rhys Davies	74-70=144
T16	Stephen Arnold	79-71=150
T50	Cennydd Mills	76-78=154
T67	Cian McNamara	76-82=158
T71	Gareth Shaw		80-79=159