New Haven, Conn, May 21, 2004 - The Penn State Men's Golf team ended the second day of NCAA East Regional competition in first place among a 27-team field. The Lions shot five over par for a total score of 575. Junior Greg Pieczynski (Kingston, Pa.) leads the Lions in their five-man field firing a 71 for the second consecutive day to sit two strokes over par.

Pieczynski currently holds a tie for ninth place, while senior Ted Neville (Oklahoma City, Okla.) shot a 3-over 70 to finish the round in a tie for 19th place. Junior Mark Leon rebounded from a four over par finish yesterday to a 1-over 70 today as he holds 24th place. Marco Poccia (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) shot three over par on the day and Jason Pannone (East Greenwich, R.I.) ended his round six over par.

Yesterday's leader, Florida (576), dropped to second place after carding a 10 over par 290 on the day. North Carolina (577) jumped to No. 3 as they shot the second best score among all teams in the round with a three over par. Clemson (579) and Georgia Tech (579) finished in a tie for fourth place to round out the top five. The top 10 teams from the Regional will advance to the NCAA Division I Men's Championship (June 1-4 in Hot Springs, Va.)

Penn State will lead the tee offs tomorrow in the final round starting at 7:12 a.m. For more information on Penn State Golf, please visit the school's official athletic website at www.GoPSUsports.com.

Team Leaderboard 1 Penn State U. +15 F +5 290 285 575 2 Florida +16 F +10 286 290 576 3 North Carolina +17 F +3 294 283 577 T4 Clemson +19 F +11 288 291 579 T4 Georgia Tech +19 F +8 291 288 579 T6 Auburn +20 F +6 294 286 580 T6 Georgia +20 F +13 287 293 580 8 Rhode Island, U. of +21 F +9 292 289 581 9 Wake Forest Univ. +24 F +8 296 288 584 T10 Jacksonville St. +28 F +2 306 282 588 T10 Georgia State Univ. +28 F +20 288 300 588 T12 Tennessee, Univ. of +29 F +12 297 292 589 T12 Duke University +29 F +15 294 295 589 T12 North Carolina State +29 F +10 299 290 589 15 Vanderbilt +30 F +11 299 291 590 16 South Carolina +32 F +13 299 293 592 17 Georgia Southern +34 F +12 302 292 594 T18 Augusta State +36 F +12 304 292 596 T18 Louisiana State U. +36 F +12 304 292 596 20 UAB +37 F +23 294 303 597 21 Maryland, U. of +44 F +18 306 298 604 22 Binghamton Univ. +49 F +17 312 297 609 23 Towson University +50 F +20 310 300 610 24 Georgetown Univ. +51 F +27 304 307 611 25 Yale University +53 F +22 311 302 613 26 Army +54 F +24 310 304 614 27 Long Island U-Brklyn +74 F +33 321 313 634 Top 20 Individuals 1 T1 Bill Haas (10) Wake Forest Univ. -3 F E 67 70 137 2 3 Camilo Villegas (10) Florida -2 F E 68 70 138 3 T1 Kenneth Fahey (10) Rhode Island, U. of -1 F +2 67 72 139 T4 T56 Dustin Bray North Carolina +1 F -4 75 66 141 T4 T19 Jonathan Dismuke (10) Auburn +1 F -1 72 69 141 T4 T6 Stuart Moore (10) Auburn +1 F +1 70 71 141 T4 T4 Richard Scott (10) Georgia +1 F +2 69 72 141 T4 T6 Ryan Thomas (10) UAB +1 F +1 70 71 141 T9 T41 Roberto Castro Georgia Tech +2 F -2 74 68 142 T9 T6 Brent Delahoussaye (10) Clemson +2 F +2 70 72 142 T9 T12 James Farrah Georgetown Univ. +2 F +1 71 71 142 T9 T12 Lance Goodson (10) Vanderbilt +2 F +1 71 71 142 T9 T12 Kasper Jorgensen Georgia State Univ. +2 F +1 71 71 142 T9 T29 Luke List (10) Vanderbilt +2 F -1 73 69 142 T9 T19 Sean Moore (10) Wake Forest Univ. +2 F E 72 70 142 T9 T12 Greg Pieczynski Penn State U. +2 F +1 71 71 142 T9 T41 Aron Price (10) Georgia Southern +2 F -2 74 68 142 T9 T4 Nathan Smith (10) Duke University +2 F +3 69 73 142 T19 T19 Matt Every (10) Florida +3 F +1 72 71 143 T19 T29 Nick Mackay (10) Jacksonville St. +3 F E 73 70 143 T19 T29 Ted Neville Penn State U. +3 F E 73 70 143 T19 T6 David Skinns (10) Tennessee, Univ. of +3 F +3 70 73 143 T19 T12 Brendon Todd (10) Georgia +3 F +2 71 72 143