April 9, 2004

CARY, N.C. - The Virginia men's golf team stands 15th after the first day of action at the Courtyard by Marriott Intercollegiate.

Kansas paces the field of 15 with a 14-under 562. Duke is second with an 11-under 565, while Minnesota is third with a one-under 575. The Cavaliers shot a 600 (+24)

Wake Forest's Bill Haas paces all players with an 11-under 133. Georgia Southern's Aron Price and Kansas; Kevin Ward are tied for second with a eight-under 136 each.

Sophomore Eamonn McLoughlin (Amityville, N.Y.) paces UVa with a 149 (+5). He fired a one-under 71 in the second round. Senior Jeremy Luce (Austin, Texas) follows by one stroke with a 150 (+6), while freshamn Daniel McGurk (Woodlands, Texas) shot a 151 (+7). Sophomore Brad Tilley (Chappaqua, N.Y.) and junior Kevin O'Connell (Potomac, Md.) round out the scoring with a 154 (+10) each.

The final round of the Courtyard by Marriott Intercollegiate tees off at 8 a.m. on Saturday, April 10.

1.   	Kansas          283-279-562 (-14)
2.   	Duke 		280-285-565 (-11)
3.   	Minnesota	292-283-575 (-1)
4.   	Wake Forest     286-291-577 (+1)
5.   	NCState     	288-290-578 (+2)
	SMU		290-288-578 (+2)
7.   	Georgia So.  	297-287-584 (+8)
	North Florida   302-282-584 (+8)
9.   	Tennessee      	299-289-588 (+12)
	North Carolina  292-296-588 (+12)
11. 	Virginia Tech    296-293-589 (+13)
12.   	East Tenn. St.	301-289-590 (+14)
13.   	Tulsa      	298-293-591 (+15)
14.   	Vanderbilt      301-292-593 (+17)
15.   	Virginia      	303-297-600 (+24)

TOP INDIVIDUALS
1.	Bill Haas, WFU		64-69-133 (-11)
2.   	Aron Price, GSU  	69-67-136 (-8)
	Kevin Ward, KU		70-66-136 (-8)
4.   	Tyler Hall, KU  	71-68-139 (-5)
     	Ryan Stinnett, VT	68-71-139 (-5)
     	Nathan Smith, Duke	65-74-139 (-5)
     	Alex Wilson, Duke	68-71-139 (-5)

VIRGINIA PLAYERS
t36.	Eamonn McLoughlin	78-71-149 (+5)
t46.	Jeremy Luce		73-77-150 (+6)
t55.	Daniel McGurk		76-75-151 (+7)
t70.	Brad Tilley		76-78-154 (+10)
t70.	Kevin O'Connell		80-74-154 (+10)