April 10, 2004

Cary, N.C. -- Virginia Tech shot a final round 295 on route to a three-round total of 884 and finished 14^th at the Courtyard by Marriott Intercollegiate at the par-72, 6,867 Macgregor Downs Country Club in Cary, N.C. on Saturday afternoon.

Senior Ryan Stinnett (Amherst, Va.) shot a final round one-under-par 71 and finished tied for third place with a two-day total of six-under-par 210. Bill Haas of Wake Forest won medalist honors with a three-round total of 15-under-par 201.

Redshirt junior Scott Wise (Vinton, Va.) also shot a final round 71 and finished tied for 37^th at 222. Wise finished the day strong, as he recorded a hole-in-one on the par-three eighth hole (his 17^th hole of the round). He hit an eight iron from 166 yards for the ace.

Sophomore Joel Kraner (Dublin, Ohio) tied for 43^rd at 223 and redshirt senior Matt Hollerbach (Tulsa, Okla.) are finished in 73^rd place at 231. Freshman Ryan Sypniewski (Radford, Va.) tied for 77^th place at 234.

Duke shot a final round 280 and won the event with a three-round total of 19-under-par 845, 15 strokes better than runner-up Kansas, which led after the first two rounds. Minnesota was third at 862, host North Carolina State was fourth at 867 and SMU was fifth at 870. Wake Forest, Tennessee, Tulsa, North Carolina and East Tennessee State rounded out the top 10 in the 15 team event. The Hokies finished 14^th at 884, one stroke behind Georgia Southern in 13^th place and five strokes ahead of 15^th place Virginia.

Next up for the Hokies is the 2004 BIG EAST Conference Championship at the Warren Golf Course in South Bend, Ind. on April 24-25.

RESULTS
         1   Duke University          280  285  280    845       -19
         2   Kansas, U. of            283  279  298    860        -4
         3   Minnesota, Univ. of      292  283  287    862        -2
         4   North Carolina State     288  290  289    867        +3
         5   SMU                      290  288  292    870        +6
         6   Wake Forest Univ.        286  291  294    871        +7
         7   Tennessee, Univ. of      299  289  284    872        +8
         8   Tulsa, U. of             298  293  283    874       +10
         9   North Carolina, U of     292  296  287    875       +11
        10   East Tennessee St.       301  289  287    877       +13
        11   North Florida, U. of     302  282  294    878       +14
        12   Vanderbilt Univ.         301  292  289    882       +18
        13   Georgia Southern U.      297  287  299    883       +19
        14   Virginia Tech            296  293  295    884       +20
        15   Virginia, U. of          303  297  289    889       +25