March 1, 2003

BATON ROUGE, La. - The University of Memphis men's golf team is alone in 10th place out of 18 teams participating in the LSU Spring Invitational. LSU, Jacksonville State and South Alabama are all tied in the team race, while South Alabama's Ryan Gildersleeve leads all golfers with a 139 after shooting a one-under 71, Saturday, on the 7190 yard University Club course.

A pair of Tigers are tied for 32nd overall. David Jeans followed Friday's 72 with a 76, Saturday, while Alan Weant took two strokes off Friday's 75 to post a 73 for a 148, four over par total.

Michael Prieur is tied for 42nd overall at five over par after firing a 73 Saturday. Allan Thomas struggled, Saturday, firing an 81 Saturday after a 73 on Friday to drop to 154 overall. Richard Jones was the Tigers' final scorer, shooting par Saturday after struggling with a 13-over performance, Friday. Jones is tied for 88th overall with a 157.

Team Scores
1. 	Louisiana State		289	289	578
   	Jacksonville State	292	286	578
   	South Alabama		292	286	578
4.	Coll of Charleston	291	290	581
5. 	Lamar			289	293	582
6. 	Arkansas State		290	294	584
7. 	Furman			295	290	585
8. 	South Florida		295	291	586
9. 	Mississippi State	296	292	588
10. 	Memphis		        296	294	590
11. 	UCF			297	297	594
    	Middle Tennessee	295	299	594
13. 	UL-Lafayette		301	294	595
    	Rhode Island		301	294	595
15. 	Tulane			301	297	598
    	Georgia Southern	301	297	598
17. 	UALR			301	298	599
18. 	Maryland		303	298	601
Top 20 Individuals
1. Ryan Gildersleeve, South Alabama	68	71	139
2. John Humphries, LSU			71	69	140
    Bruce McDonald, Charleston		70	70	140
4. Gareth Maybin, South Alabama	        70	71	141
    Shawn Stefani, Lamar		68	73	141
6. Matias Anselmo, Jacksonville St.	72	70	142
    Brad Quiri, South Florida		71	71	142
    Kyle Bradley, Charleston		70	72	142
9. Jeremiah Shields, Arkansas State	73	70	143
10. Jose Campra, Jacksonville St.	74	70	144
     Matt LeConche, UCF			75	69	144
     Shane Birckbichler, Furman		72	72	144
     Joe Deraney, Mississippi State	71	73	144
14. Codie Mudd, Mississippi State	73	72	145
     Chris Wheeler, Tulane		72	73	145
     Noble Judy, Furman			70	75	145
     Heath West, LSU			74	71	145
     Tucker Ervin, LSU			72	73	145
     Wixson Huffstetler, Arkansas State	66	79	145
20. Theo Sliman, UL-Lafayette		74	72	146

Memphis Scorers
T32 David Jeans		72	76	148
T32 Alan Weant		71	77	148
T42 Michael Prieur	76	73	149
T79 Allan Thomas	73	81	154
T88 Richard Jones	85	72	157