March 25, 2003

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - University of Maryland, buoyed by the best round of the tournament, moved up four positions at the William & Mary Invitational here Tuesday to wrap up a third-place finish in the 18-team tournament at Kingsmill's River Course.

Maryland fired rounds of 305-294-310 to finish with a 54-hole total of 909, four shots out of second and 13 shots out of first. James Madison, with three players among the top 15, captured the team title with a three-round score of 896. Liberty was second with a 905.

For the third consecutive spring tournament, the Terps were led by a freshman. This time it was Jeff Spradlin, who overcame an opening-round 77 by posting back-to-back 74s on Tuesday to finish in a tie for 13th with a 54-hole total of 12-over-par 225. Junior Tim Kane finished in a tie for 21st, with a 14-over score of 227. Kane, who opened with a one-over 72 on Monday, carded rounds of 76 and 79 on Tuesday.

Other Terp finishers included junior Dan MacDonald (T-25th, 75-74-79-228), senior John Moheyer (T-37th, 81-70-80-231) and freshman John Eades (T-63rd, 83-79-78-240).

Moheyer's one-under 70 in the second round, which began on Monday but was halted due to darkness and then completed on Tuesday, matched the low score of the second round and was one of only four sub-par rounds in the entire tournament. Moheyer's second-round effort helped Maryland record the low team round (294) of the tournament.

Fin       Team                     Score
 1        James Madison            298-299-299-896
 2        Liberty                  299-306-300-905
 3        Maryland                 305-294-310-909
 4        Richmond                 302-302-306-910
 5        William & Mary           303-301-308-912
 6        Georgetown               303-303-309-915
 7        Navy                     305-305-307-917
 8        Towson                   308-303-307-918
 9        Elon                     304-298-318-920
10        Rutgers                  314-302-309-925
11        George Mason             310-312-307-929
12        Iona                     307-314-312-933
13        Temple                   319-304-311-934
14        Lehigh                   305-317-313-935
15        St. John's               314-313-310-937
16        George Washington        312-315-315-942
17        Villanova                312-312-321-945
18        William & Mary B         311-317-323--951


Fin.   Name                   School        Scores
** 1   James Farrah           Georgetown    73   76   70    219   +6
   2   Craig Mason            G. Mason      72   74   73    219   +6
       Andrew Svoboda         St John's     72   71   76    219   +6
   4   Brent Pittman          Rutgers       79   70   71    220   +7
   5   Billy Hurley           Navy          68   77   76    221   +8
       Sam Sikes              Richmond      75   73   73    221   +8
   7   Tim Pemberton          Wm. & Mary    73   73   76    222   +9
       Paul Carey             Liberty U.    73   75   74    222   +9
   9   Dennis Gosier          J. Madison    73   74   76    223  +10
  10   Jerry Chen             Temple U.     76   76   72    224  +11
       Jay Woodson            J. Madison    75   77   72    224  +11
       Patrick McCahill       Lehigh U.     73   76   75    224  +11
  13   Billy Wingerd          Towson        72   77   76    225  +12
       Paul Selvaggio         Iona          73   77   75    225  +12
       Jeff Spradlin          Maryland      77   74   74    225  +12
       Jairo Irreno           J. Madison    74   75   76    225  +12


**won in a playoff.


   3   Maryland, U. of          305  294  310    909
T 13    Jeff Spradlin            77   74   74    225
T 21    Tim Kane                 72   76   79    227
T 25    Dan MacDonald            75   74   79    228
T 37    John Moheyer             81   70   80    231
T 63    John Eades               83   79   78    240