Thursday, May 15, 2003

AUBURN, Ala. (May 15, 2003) - After one round of the NCAA East Regional at the Auburn University Club, the East Tennessee State men's golf team is still within striking distance of an all-important Top 10 finish and a bid to the NCAA Championships to be played May 27-30 in Stillwater, Okla. The Buccaneers shot a team score of 9-over-par 297 Thursday and are four strokes behind 10th-place Vanderbilt.

ETSU senior James Johnson (Barbados) led the Bucs with an even-par 72, finishing tied for 24th. Meanwhile, sophomore Cennydd Mills (Cardiff, Wales) placed in a tie for 45th at 2-over and freshman Derek McNamara (Galway, Ireland) ended the day tied for 55th at 3-over. Sophomore Chase Baldwin (Plant City, Fla.) and sophomore Jeremy Hobson (Thonotosassas, Fla.) rounded out the Bucs scoring with a 4-over 76 and 8-over 80, respectively.

Tennessee currently leads the field at 7-under, while South Alabama's Gareth Maybin is atop the individual leaderboard with a five-under 67. Second round play in the regional will continue today in Auburn.

Team Results
T1	Tennessee, Univ. of	-7	F	-7	281	281
T1	Georgia Tech	-7	F	-7	281	281
3	Clemson	-3	F	-3	285	285
4	Duke University	-2	F	-2	286	286
T5	Florida	+2	F	+2	290	290
T5	Augusta State	+2	F	+2	290	290
T5	Wake Forest Univ.	+2	F	+2	290	290
T8	Georgia State Univ.	+4	F	+4	292	292
T8	Auburn	+4	F	+4	292	292
10	Vanderbilt	+5	F	+5	293	293
The top 10 teams advance to the NCAA Finals
(Ties will be broken with a playoff)
11	Charleston, Coll. of	+7	F	+7	295	295
12	South Carolina	+8	F	+8	296	296
13	East Tennessee St.	+9	F	+9	297	297
14	N. Car. Wilmington	+12	F	+12	300	300
T15	Jacksonville St.	+14	F	+14	302	302
T15	Virginia Tech	+14	F	+14	302	302
17	Georgia Southern	+15	F	+15	303	303
18	Penn State U.	+17	F	+17	305	305
19	Binghamton Univ.	+19	F	+19	307	307
T20	Alabama, U. of	+22	F	+22	310	310
T20	Rhode Island, U. of	+22	F	+22	310	310
T22	Maryland, U. of	+23	F	+23	311	311
T22	James Madison Univ.	+23	F	+23	311	311
24	Liberty University	+24	F	+24	312	312
T25	Charleston Southern	+29	F	+29	317	317
T25	Yale University	+29	F	+29	317	317
27	Jackson State Univ.	+47	F	+47	335	335

Individual Results
- T1	Gareth Maybin *	South Alabama, U. of	-5	F	-5	67	67
- T1	Ross McGowan	Tennessee, Univ. of	-5	F	-5	67	67
- T3	Troy Matteson	Georgia Tech	-4	F	-4	68	68
- T3	Alvero Velasco *	Coastal Carolina	-4	F	-4	68	68
- T5	Wm. Ted Brown *	VCU	-3	F	-3	69	69
- T5	James Heath	Augusta State	-3	F	-3	69	69
- T5	Gregg Jones	Clemson	-3	F	-3	69	69
- T5	Martin Rominger	South Carolina	-3	F	-3	69	69
- T5	Neel Williams	Yale University	-3	F	-3	69	69

ETSU Results
- T24	James Johnson	East Tennessee St.	E	F	E	72	72
- T45	Cennydd Mills	East Tennessee St.	+2	F	+2	74	74
- T55	Derek McNamara	East Tennessee St.	+3	F	+3	75	75
- T69	Chase Baldwin	East Tennessee St.	+4	F	+4	76	76
- T115	Jeremy Hobson	East Tennessee St.	+8	F	+8	80	80