March 24, 2007

Greenville, S.C. - All five of Western Carolina's golfers shot in the mid-70s on Saturday as the Catamounts carded a team 298 to advance one spot as a team into 18th at the 38th-annual Furman Intercollegiate at the 6,825-yard Furman University Golf Club. Catamount junior Matt Cook shot a three-over 75 to slip into a tie for 12th to lead WCU.

East Carolina grabbed the team lead with a five-over 293 on Saturday for a two-round total of 581, leading second-place Virginia Tech (583) by two strokes after the Hokies shot a two-under 286. Western Carolina has posted rounds of 304 and 298 thus far in the tournament.

Ben Spitz (71-70=141) of Rhode Island and Ryan Sypniewski (69-72=141) of Virginia Tech moved into a three-way tie for first with first round tri-leader Stuart Carrihill (68-73=141) of Charleston Southern. Seven other golfers enter the final round within two strokes of the individual lead.

Again playing without second-leading scorer, Andres Cuenca, Western freshman Patrick Lamb led the Catamounts with a one-over 73 on Saturday, with his classmate Ricky Stout firing 74 in round two. Senior Tripp Morrow shaved 11 strokes off his first round score to shoot 76, with freshman Michael Chapin also improving on the second 18-holes by firing 77.

The 54-hole tournament concludes Sunday with final round action beginning at 8:00 am.

    School                Scores
  1 East Carolina         288 293 581
  2 Virginia Tech         297 286 583
  3 Rhode Island          294 291 585
  4 Elon University       287 299 586
T 5 Jacksonville          291 298 589
T 5 UNC Greensboro        296 293 589
T 5 Charleston Southern   288 301 589
T 8 Marshall University   300 291 591
T 8 Maryland              300 291 591
 10 Francis Marion        301 292 593
 11 Old Dominion          293 301 594
 12 Furman University     300 295 595
 13 UNC Wilmington        301 295 596
T14 Wofford College       303 295 598
T14 Samford University    301 297 598
 16 Winthrop University   296 303 599
 17 Iowa                  299 301 600
 18 WESTERN CAROLINA      304 298 602
T19 Appalachian State     307 298 605
T19 Davidson College      301 304 605

 18 Western Carolina   304 298 602
T12 Matt Cook           70  75 145
T39 Ricky Stout         75  74 149
T76 Patrick Lamb        80  73 153
T91 Michael Chapin      79  77 156
106 Tripp Morrow        87  76 163

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