St. Croix, Virgin Islands, March 8, 2003 - The Penn State Men's Golf team, led by senior Ted Neville's (Oklahoma City, OK) 12th place performance (76-74-71=221) and junior Mark Leon's (75-73-76=224) 19th place showing, finished in seventh place among the 14-team field at the St. Croix Collegiate Classic over the weekend.

Neville fired one of three Nittany Lion sub-par rounds at the Par 72 course, as he shot a 1-under 71 in the tournament's third round. Greg Pieczynski (Kingston, Pa.) shot a 1-under 71 in the second round, and sophomore teammate Marco Poccia (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) scored a third-round 69 to register the other two Nittany Lion sub-par rounds. Pieczynski (77-71-78=226) and Poccia (78-79-69=226) finished in a 26th-place tie overall, freshman Jason Pannone (East Greenwich, R.I.) in 43rd with a 74-78-77=229 and David Dankmyer, competing individually, shot a 82-81-82=245 for a 73rd place finish. Penn State shot a combined 302-296-293=891 to finish 13 strokes back of tournament winner Fresno State (292-297-289=878).

Indiana (290-294-295=879) finished in second place and Ohio State in third (293-296-291=879), while North Carolina-Wilmington (297-290-297=884) and Xavier (291-305-295=887) rounded out the top five team scores.

Penn State's final round 293 was third among the 14 schools as it jumped the University of Rhode Island on the final day for its final seventh place finish.

Penn State finished fourth in Par-3 scoring (+17) and third in Par-4 scoring (+25). Ted Neville and Mark Leon each shot a combined +1 on the tournament's par three's to finish third among individual scorers.

Penn State will next travel to Huntington, WV for the Marshal Invitational on April 9th and 10th. For more information on Penn State Men's Golf, please visit Penn State's official athletic website at www.GoPSUSports.com

Final Team Standings - St. Croix Collegiate Classic (Carambola Golf Club, Par 72 - 6809 yards) Team Scores Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd. 3 Total 1 Fresno State 292 297 289 878 2 Indiana University 290 294 295 879 3 Ohio State Univ. 293 296 291 880 4 N. Car. Wilmington 297 290 297 884 5 Xavier University 291 301 295 887 6 Southeastern La. U. 295 290 303 888 7 Penn State U. 302 296 293 891 8 Rhode Island 300 290 304 894 9 Oral Roberts Univ. 296 304 295 895 10 Ball State Univ. 308 306 299 913 11 Marshall University 299 306 313 918 12 Eastern Michigan U. 306 308 311 925 13 Air Force Academy 316 304 309 929 14 Akron 307 321 312 940 Top 10 Individual Scores 1 Chad Spencer, Fresno St. 71 68 75 214 2 Miles Maillet, Xavier 71 73 70 214 3 Mauricio Tamez, O.Roberts 71 74 70 215 4 Jeff Overton, Indiana 71 69 76 216 Zach Doran, Ohio State 74 76 66 216 Ben Tuthill, Rhode Isl. 68 72 76 216 Scott Anderson, Ohio State 72 71 73 216 8 Steven Tiley, S.E. La. 71 73 73 217 9 Andy Pope, Xavier 73 71 74 218 10 Derek Brown, NC Wilming 74 72 74 220 Jeremy Moreno, Fresno St. 71 79 70 220