State College, Pa. ¨C September 29, 2002 ¨C The Penn State Men¡¯s Golf team shot a plus-11 863 to finish eighth of 16 at the Northern Intercollegiate at Indiana University this past weekend. Jim Fuller paced Penn State once again with a superb eight-under 205, finishing in second place.

Fuller had a superb 66-70-69 tournament and was just three shots off James Lepp of Illinois at the tournament¡¯s conclusion. While Fuller excelled, no other Lion could crack the top 30 with Andrew Price placing 36th as Penn State¡¯s next best finisher with a 219 (+6)

Ted Neville placed 47th (+8), Mark Leon 56th (+9) and Greg Pieczynski 60th (+10) to round out Penn State¡¯s top entrants. Illinois won the team title with a nine-under 843. Minnesota was second at 844 and Michigan State was third at 848.

Penn State will return to action on October 14 and 15 at the Xavier Provident.

Northern Intercollegiate Top 8 Teams
1: Illinois, 843, -9
2: Minnesota, 844, -8
3: Michigan State, 848, -4
4: Xavier
T5: Indiana
T5: Ohio State
7: Iowa
8: PENN STATE

Penn State¡¯s Top Finishers:
2: Jim Fuller, 205, -8
36: Andrew Price 219, +6
47: Ted Nevill, 221, +8
56: Mark Leon, 222, +9
60: Greg Pieczynski, 223, +10