April 15, 2006

PINEHURST, N.C. (April 15, 2006) - George Mason's golf team slipped a spot from sixth to currently seventh place after two rounds of action at the CAA Championships at Pinehurst, N.C. The Patriots actually shot two strokes better than round one with a 311 team score, but Towson shot the second best team score of the day with a 298 to jump ahead of Mason.

The Patriots Mike Kirby remains in the hunt after carding a 72-77=149. He is tied for sixth with JMU's Scott Marino, who added 13 strokes in the second round to the tournament-low 68 that he recorded on Friday. Mason's Dan Hurley has recorded a pair of 78s to stand tied for 24th. J.J. Amoruso, Nick DeSimone and Mike Cavanagh each recorded better scores on day two with 78, 78 and 79 respectively.

The leader is VCU's Manuel Relancio who fired a 73 on Saturday at Pinehurst No. 6 to take a one-stroke lead, but Georgia State answered with players in spots 2-5 in the individual standings to extend its lead to a healthy 23 strokes.

The Panthers tallied a 294 on the day to give them a total of 580 with one day remaining in the tournament. Relancio's 70-73=143 leads the field on the par 71, 6,943-yard course, and his VCU Rams hold second place with a total score of 603. Teammate Jens Fahrbring remains tied for eighth with a 150.

The final round will begin on Sunday at 8 a.m.

7	George Mason	313	311	624
6	Mike Kirby	72	77	149
T24	Dan Hurley	78	78	156
T35	J.J. Amoruso	81	78	159
T39	Mike Cavanagh	82	79	161
T39	Nick DeSimone	83	78	161

Fin. Top 20 Teams Scores
1 Georgia State Univ. 286 294 580
2 VCU 295 308 603
3 James Madison Univ. 306 306 612
4 N. Car. Wilmington 309 306 615
5 Delaware, U. of 303 313 616
6 Towson University 319 298 617
7 George Mason 313 311 624
8 Old Dominion Univ. 314 313 627
9 Wm. & Mary, Coll. of 316 312 628
10 Drexel University 322 310 632
11 Hofstra University 324 320 644

Fin. Top 20 Players School Scores
1 Manuel Relancio VCU 70 73 143
2 Steve Tiley Georgia St 71 73 144
3 Mark Haastrup Georgia St 70 75 145
Ben Taylor Georgia St 74 71 145
5 Joel Sjoholm Georgia St 71 75 146
6 Mike Kirby G. Mason 72 77 149
Scott Marino J. Madison 68 81 149
8 Jens Fahrbring VCU 71 79 150
Jeff Griest Delaware 75 75 150
10 Steve Ransom Drexel 78 73 151
11 Jeff Castle Towson 79 73 152
Marc Matalavage NC Wilming 78 74 152
Tanner Bortolotti Hofstra 77 75 152
14 Will Shambley NC Wilming 77 76 153
Joe Mclister Delaware 76 77 153
16 Nick Kenney Old Domin. 79 75 154
Tim Driver J. Madison 78 76 154
18 Andrea Perrino VCU 80 75 155
Joe Scheffres J. Madison 80 75 155
Derek Oakey Georgia St 77 78 155
Brent Paladino Wm. & Mary 80 75 155
Randy Sroka Towson 78 77 155
Matt Grobstein Delaware 75 80 155