STATE COLLEGE, Pa., Oct. 30, 2001 -- The Penn State men's golf team won the Hoya Invitational for an important NCAA District victory. The event took place on Sunday and Monday, Oct. 28-29 at the Lansdowne Resort in Leesburg, Va. The Lions (582) won the event by five strokes over second place East Carolina and 25 strokes over third place Princeton.

Jim Fulller (Muskogee, Oklahoma) led the Nittany Lions, placing second in the tournament with a score of 141 (-3). Four of Penn State's golfers tied with a 148 (+4). East Carolina's Frank Adams III tallied a score of 138 (-6) to lead all the golfers in the tournament and help the Pirates to a second place finish.

The Lions will next be in action on March 1st when they compete at the LSU Spring Invitational to begin the spring season.

 Final Team Standings: 1. Penn State 295 287 582 2. East Carolina 297 290 587 3. Princeton 303 304 607 4. Connecticut 299 309 608 5. Eastern Michigan 307 302 609 6. Georgetown 303 307 610 7. Navy 309 302 611 8. Seton Hall 305 307 612 9. Temple 307 313 620 10. Pennsylvania 318 306 624 11. James Madison 309 316 625 12. GU Gray 318 311 629 Boston College 313 316 629 14. Villanova 323 313 636 15. St. Joseph's 322 317 639 16. Rutgers 326 321 647 Penn State Scores: Jim Fuller 70 71 141 (-3) Andy Latowski 72 76 148 (+4) Jeff Turton 81 67 148 (+4) Josh Dawes 74 78 152 (+8) Mark Leon 79 73 152 (+8) --LIONS--