April 14, 2006

PINEHURST, N.C. (April 14, 2006) - The George Mason golf team stands in sixth place after the first round of competition at the 2006 CAA Men's Golf Championship on Pinehurst No. 6. Newcomer to the CAA, the Georgia State Panthers hold a nine-stroke lead over second-place VCU. James Madison's Scott Marino recorded the day's low score with a 3-under 68, while Georgia State's Mark Haastrup and VCU's Manuel Relancio each fired a 1-under 70.

Senior Mike Kirby leads the Patriots with a 1-over par 72 and stands in seventh place as an individual. Junior Daniel Hurley is six strokes behind Kirby with a 41-37=78 and is tied for 22nd.

JJ. Amoroso is tied for 38th with a 42-39=81; Mike Cavanagh is tied for 43rd after shooting a 45-37=82 and Nick DeSimone shot a 42-41=83 to finish round one tied for 45th.

1 Georgia State Univ. 286 +2
2 VCU 295 +11
3 Delaware, U. of 303 +19
4 James Madison Univ. 306 +22
5 N. Car. Wilmington 309 +25
6 George Mason Univ. 313 +29
7 Old Dominion Univ. 314 +30
8 Wm. & Mary, Coll. of 316 +32
9 Towson University 319 +35
10 Drexel University 322 +38
11 Hofstra University 324 +40

George Mason	313
7  	Mike Kirby	36-36=72
T22	Dan Hurley	41-37=78
T38	J.J. Amoroso	42-39=81
T43	Mike Cavanagh	45-37=82
T45	Nick DeSimone	42-41=83

1 Scott Marino J. Madison 36- 32 68
2 Mark Haastrup Georgia St 34- 36 70
Manuel Relancio VCU 36- 34 70
4 Steve Tiley Georgia St 35- 36 71
Joel Sjoholm Georgia St 37- 34 71
Jens Fahrbring VCU 36- 35 71
7 Mike Kirby G. Mason 36- 36 72
8 Chris Colomb NC Wilming 37- 36 73
9 Ben Taylor Georgia St 36- 38 74
10 Greg Sampson Old Domin. 39- 36 75
Jeff Griest Delaware 40- 35 75
Matt Grobstein Delaware 39- 36 75