Feb. 11, 2003

Cypress, Texas - The Virginia men's golf team moved up four positions to finish ninth at the Rice Intercollegiate in Cypress, Texas.

Northwestern placed first with a team score of 865, one over par, moving the University of North Texas down into second place with a 883 (+19). The University of Missouri captured the third spot with a 894 (+30). The fourth position was taken by Coastal Carolina with a score of 897 (+33), leaving the University of San Diego in fifth place by one point, 898 (+34).

Northwestern's Scott Harrington won the individual championship with a 209 (-7). Chris Happ from Missouri followed behind in second place by one shot, 210 (-6). Northwestern's Tom Johnson shot an even par of 216 for the third position.

Cavalier Freshman Brad Tilley (Chappaqua, N.Y.) fired a 218 (+2) to tie the 4th spot. Tilley shot the best round of the entire tourney with a 67 (-5). Freshman Eamonn McLoughlin (Amityville,N.Y.) shot a 227 (+11) to place 25th. Senior Justin Goodhue (Glastonbury, Conn.) finished 44th with a score of 230 (+14). Junior Jeremy Luce (Austin, Texas) ranked 51st with a 233 (+17), while Senior Thomas Lee (Gluttenburg, N.J.) finished in 65th with a 243 (+27).

The Cavs next golf tournament will take place February 23-25 at the Puerto Rico Classic in Rio Mar, Puerto Rico.

RICE INTERCOLLEGIATE Black Horse Golf Club Cypress, Texas Final Results

 1.	Northwestern   	 291-280-294-865	(+1)
 2.	U. of North Texas   294-296-293-883	(+19)
 3.	Univ. of Missouri 297-287-310-894	(+30)
 4.	Coastal Carolina  304-294-299-897	(+33)
 5.	Univ. of San Diego311-292-295-898	(+34)
6.	Kansas State Univ.308-297-299-904       (+40)
	Mississippi St. U. 300-300-304-904      (+40)
 8.	Texas-Arlington	  297-298-310-905	(+41)
 9.	VIRGINIA	  314-297-297-908	(+44)
10.	Rice University	  297-296-316-909	(+45)
11.	Texas-San Antonio 312-305-302-919	(+55)
12.	Louisiana-Lafayette309-304-308-921	(+57)
13.	Univ. of Tennessee313-309-308-930       (+66)

TOP INDIVIDUALS
1.	Scott Harrington, N'west. 68-68-73-209  (-7)
2.	Chris Happ, Missouri      70-68-72-210  (-6)
3.      Tom Johnson, N'west.      70-74-72-216  (E)
4.	Alvero Velasco, C.Car.    74-72-72-218	(+2)
	Brandon Knaub, Missouri   74-71-73-218	(+2)
	Brad Tilley, Virginia     78-73-67-218	(+2)
                   VIRGINIA PLAYERS
4.	Brad Tilley	           78-73-67-218	 (+2)
T25.	Eamonn McLoughlin	   80-74-73-227 (+11)
44. 	Justin Goodhue	           76-75-79-23   (+14)
T51.	Jeremy Luce	           80-75-78-233  (+17)
T65.	Thomas Lee	           81-77-85-243 (+27)