Golfers in Contention for BIG EAST Title

April 24, 2006

DADE CITY, Fla. - The Marquette golf team sits within striking distance of the BIG EAST championship, posting a second place finish through 36 of 54 holes.

Marquette shot a 13-under, 563, through the first two rounds and trails Louisville by five strokes with 18 holes to play. Marquette shot a respectable 285 in the first round, but kicked it into high gear in the second round. The Golden Eagles shot a tournament best 278 in the second round to sit in contention.

The Golden Eagles lead third place Notre Dame by seven strokes and fourth place USF by 10 strokes. All other teams shot par or higher.

Senior Joe Weber also has a shot at the individual title. He shot a nine-under, 135, for the first two rounds. He trails Louisville's Derek Fathauer by three shots. Weber has a five-shot advantage on third place.

Marquette and Weber could have posted a better score were it not for two double bogeys in the second round. Weber shot a five-under, 67, in the second round recording nine birdies. He had a pair of double bogies, one on three and one on six, or his score, and the Golden Eagles' total, might have been even better.

Sophomore Ted Gray is in fourth place at three-under, 141. His second round was highlighted by a eagle two on the par four third hole.

Senior Kyle Murphy is in 14th place at even par, 144. He shot a one-under, 71 in the first round.

Freshman Mike Van Sickle struggled in the first round, but rebounded in the second to finish the day in 18th place at one-over, 145. Van Sickle had seven bogies or worse in the first round, but had an eagle and four birdies in the second round.

Senior Nathan Colson rounded out the MU scoring, placing 25th at three-over, 147.

Final round play begins on Tuesday, April 25 at 8 a.m. EDT.

place	team	scoring			scoring
place	team	1	2	3	total	to par
1	Louisville	279	279		558	-18
2	Marquette	285	278		563	-13
3	Notre Dame	281	289		570	-6
4	USF	289	284		573	-3
5	Villanova	297	289		586	+10
6	St. John's	301	288		589	+13
7T	DePaul	297	297		594	+18
7T	Connecticut	308	286		594	+18
9	Cincinnati	300	295		595	+19
10	Rutgers	298	301		599	+23
10T	Georgetown	302	297		599	+23
12	Seton Hall	311	299		610	+34


position	player	team	rounds			score
current			1	2	3	total	to par

1	Derek Fathauer	Louisville	66	66	132	-12
2	Joe Weber	Marquette	67	68	135	-9
3	Keegan Bradley	St. John's	71	69	140	-4
T4	Steve Arnold	Villanova	73	68	141	-3
T4	Daryl Fathauer	Louisville	68	73	141	-3
T4	Justin Fetcho	USF	70	71	141	-3
T4	Ted Gray	Marquette	71	70	141	-3
T4	Brandon Lee	USF	73	68	141	-3
T4	Josh Sandman	Notre Dame	70	71	141	-3
T10	Jon Hewett	Villanova	74	68	142	-2
T10	Cole Isban	Notre Dame	70	72	142	-2
T10	Geoff Newman	Cincinnati	72	70	142	-2
13	Adam Rainaud	Louisville	73	70	143	-1
T14	David Erickson	Georgetown	74	70	144	E
T14	Adam Hadwin	Louisville	74	70	144	E
T14	Kyle Murphy	Marquette	73	71	144	E
T14	Jason Parajeckas	Connecticut	72	72	144	E
T18	Brent Holmes	Louisville	72	73	145	+1
T18	Brian McArdle	St. John's	74	71	145	+1
T18	Matthew McMahon	DePaul	71	74	145	+1
T18	Mike Van Sickle	Marquette	76	69	145	+1
T22	Mark Baldwin	Notre Dame	69	77	146	+2
T22	Scott Gustafson	Notre Dame	75	71	146	+2
T22	Tyler Hitchcock	USF	76	70	146	+2
T25	Tommy Balderston	Notre Dame	72	75	147	+3
T25	Nathan Colson	Marquette	74	73	147	+3
T25	Will Cumberland	DePaul	76	71	147	+3
T25	Isaac Lim	Rutgers	74	73	147	+3
T25	Kevin Tilbury	USF	72	75	147	+3
T30	Cory Blenkush	DePaul	74	74	148	+4
T30	Paul Marshall	Cincinnati	76	72	148	+4
T30	A.J. Siekierski	Connecticut	78	70	148	+4
T33	Colin Mahon	Villanova	76	73	149	+5
T33	Kevin Velardo	St. John's	75	74	149	+5
T35	Chris Black	USF	74	76	150	+6
T35	Kyle Morris	Seton Hall	75	75	150	+6
T37	Jason Bataille	Rutgers	74	77	151	+7
T37	Matt Busa	Georgetown	75	76	151	+7
T37	Joe Young	Cincinnati	75	76	151	+7
40	Dan White	Connecticut	78	74	152	+8
T41	Rich Brazeau	Seton Hall	79	74	153	+9
T41	Seth Hirschhorn	Rutgers	75	78	153	+9
T41	Matt Myers	Georgetown	72	81	153	+9
T44	John Jamgochian	Georgetown	82	72	154	+10
T44	Mike Kosup	Rutgers	81	73	154	+10
T44	Doug Stadler	Villanova	74	80	154	+10
T44	John Zur	Seton Hall	80	74	154	+10
T48	Michael Byland	Seton Hall	77	78	155	+11
T48	Casey Calmi	St. John's	81	74	155	+11
T48	Albert Fernandez	Cincinnati	77	78	155	+11
T48	Nick Martin	DePaul	76	79	155	+11
T48	L.J. Tosches	Connecticut	85	70	155	+11
53	Landon Boger	Rutgers	75	81	156	+12
T54	Andrew Alexander	Villanova	77	80	157	+13
T54	Josh Scarborough	DePaul	79	78	157	+13
T54	George Zolotas	St. John's	82	75	157	+13
T57	John Clodfelder	Cincinnati	81	77	158	+14
T57	Brian Travalja	Connecticut	80	78	158	+14
59	Tim Hager	Georgetown	81	79	160	+16
60	Dean Gultula	Seton Hall	86	76	162	+18

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