September 20, 2000

DELLWOOD, Minn. -- Four Virginia Tech golfers finished in the top 20 to give the Hokies a second place finish against some of the toughest competition in college golf on Tuesday at Dellwood Hills Golf Club. Tech competed against 11 other top golf programs from around the country in the 2000 PSINet Collegiate Invitational.

Johnson Wagner (Garrison, N.Y.), a junior at Tech, finished fourth in the tournament with an even par score of 72 in the third round on Tuesday, for a final total of 219. Brian Krusoe (Northfield, Ohio) shot a final round of 76 to finish in the ninth spot with a total of 223. Brendon De Jonge (Harare, Zimbabwe) and Ryan Stinnett (Amherst, Va.) finished in the Top 20 with totals of 224 and 226, respectively. Chris McKeel (Wilson, N.C.) shot an 80 in the third round of play placing him in the 48tth slot with a total of 236.

Tech's second round score of 289 was the low round of the tournament. The University of Minnesota finished first in the tournament with its own Wilhelm Schauman finishing first individually with a 212 overall score.

Virginia Tech will next compete in The Adams Cup of Newport at Point Judith Country Club, Oct. 3 and 4.

Results are posted at http://www.gophersports.com/PSINet/index.asp

                         FINAL RESULTS
              
                           Fin  Top 20 Teams             Scores  
                             1 Minnesota, Univ. of      295  298  290    883 
                             2 Virginia Tech            301  289  295    885 
                             3 Purdue University        292  298  301    891 
                             4 Alabama, U. of           311  294  291    896 
                             5 Georgia State Univ.      312  307  289    908 
                             6 Louisville, U. of        317  299  295    911 
                             7 Rhode Island, U. of      310  301  303    914 
                             8 Michigan State U.        312  303  306    921 
                             9 Notre Dame, U. of        318  303  301    922 
                            10 Memphis, U. of           314  314  303    931 
                            11 Kansas State             319  314  300    933 
                            12 Manitoba                 325  301  308    934 
                           Fin  Top 20 Players        School      Scores  
                             1  Wilhelm Schauman      Minn.        71  71  70  212
                             2  Lee Williamson        Purdue       70  72  72  214
                             3  Nick Rousey           Alabama      78  70  68  216
                             4  Ben Meyers            Minn.        77  74  68  219
                                Johnson Wagner        Va. Tech     76  71  72  219
                                Jan Are Larsen        Alabama      75  68  76  219
                             7  D.J. Fiese            Georgia St   76  76  70  222
                             8  David Morgan          Minn.        72  76  75  223
                                Brian Krusoe          Va. Tech     78  69  76  223
                               *Justin Smith          Minn.        75  77  71  223
                            11  Brendon De Jonge      Va. Tech     75  74  75  224
                                Grant Sturgeon        Louisville   77  76  71  224
                                Thomas Giles          Rhode Isl.   74  75  75  224
                            14  Steve Ratay           Notre Dame   80  73  72  225
                               *Zach Faulds           Minn.        79  73  73  225
                            16  Henrik Sevegran       Georgia St   76  76  74  226
                                Ryan Stinnett         Va. Tech     72  82  72  226
                            18  Chris Campbell        Louisville   78  77  72  227
                                Michael Sims          Rhode Isl.   74  77  76  227
                                Jason Bukowski        Purdue       76  73  78  227
                             2  Virginia Tech                  301 289 295   885
                          T  4   Johnson Wagner                 76  71  72   219
                          T  8   Brian Krusoe                   78  69  76   223
                          T 11   Brendon De Jonge               75  74  75   224
                          T 16   Ryan Stinnett                  72  82  72   226
                          T 48   Chris McKeel                   81  75  80   236