March 22, 2002

Greenville, SC - The University of Memphis men's golf team is tied for 11th place after the first round of the Furman Intercollegiate, hosted by Furman University at the Furman University Golf Course. The Tigers have an 18-hole team score of 308 and trail team leader Furman, which had a score of 291 on the day.

Conference USA member East Carolina is currently in second place with a 293, while Coastal Carolina and Wofford are tied for third with a 296. Western Carolina rounds out the top five with a 298.

Jonathan Hill of East Carolina and David Sligh of Furman are tied for the individual lead with scores of three under par score of 69. Memphis sophomore Alan Weant and freshman Richard Jones lead all Memphis scorers with 74s. Second round action is set to begin at 7:30 AM Saturday.

TEAM SCORES 1. Furman 291 2. East Carolina 293 3. Coastal Carolina 296 Wofford 296 5. Western Carolina 298 6. UT-Chattanooga 299 Virginia Tech 299 8. Ohio aState 300 9. NC-Wilmington 305 10. Charleston Southern 307 11. Memphis 308 NC-Greensboro 308 13. Texas Pan American 309 Virginia 309 Francis Marion 309 17. Appalachian State 310 Richmond 310 19. Davidson 311 20. UNCC 313 21. Old Dominion 317 Furman "B" 317 23. Winthrop 321 24. The Citadel 323

MEMPHIS SCORES T17 Alan Weant 74 T17 Richard Jones 74 T80 Chris Reinke 79 T100 Cobb Andrews 81 T110 Michael Prieur 82