Thursday, September 11, 2008

            JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Sept. 11, 2008) - With a pair of high preseason national rankings already to its credit, the 14^th-ranked ETSU men's golf team will begin their 2008-09 season this weekend in the Carpet Capital Collegiate at the Farm Golf Club in Rocky Face, Ga. The tournament will begin Friday.

            The Buccaneers are coming off a 2007-08 season in which they made a school record 20^th trip to the NCAA Championships, and ultimately ending the year in the Top 25 of each major collegiate golf poll.

            ETSU will return five players from its roster of a year ago, including players such as Seamus Power (Waterford, Ireland) and Rhys Enoch (Cornwall, England), who both were major contributors to the Bucs a year ago. Newcomers such as Scottish Boys Champion Michael Stewart (Troon, Scotland) and U.S. Amateur qualifier Devin Komline (Dorset, Vermont) are also expected to compete for positions on the top five this fall.

            For more on ETSU men's golf throughout the fall and spring semesters, visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the men's golf link. Fans wishing to watch live stats of this weekend's matches can do so by visiting Golfstat.com.