October 30, 2004

WILMINGTON, N.C. -- Virginia Tech shot a one-over-par 289 in the second round and moved up to ninth place at the Landfall Tradition at the par-72, 6,948-yard Country Club of Landfall Nicklaus Course in Wilmington, N.C. on Saturday. The Hokies have a two-day total of 582.

Sophomore Ryan Sypniewski (Radford, Va.) shot a one-under-par 71 and is tied for 11^th place individally. at 141 Will Shambley of host UNC Wilmington leads the event at 134.

Redshirt senior Scott Wise (Vinton, Va.) is tied for 24^th overall at 145 after a 71 in the second round and junior Joel Kraner (Dublin, Ohio) is tied for 26^th place at 146. Freshman Will Oldham (Richmond, Va.) is tied for 40^th at 150 and freshman Chad Fultz (Staunton, Va.) is tied for 55^th at 154.

Michigan State leads the tournament at 10-under-par 566, two strokes ahead of Purdue and day one leader, Duke. Tulsa is fourth at 573 and Ohio State is fifth at 575. Coastal Carolina and Minnesota are tied for sixth at 579 and Xavier is eighth at 581, one stroke ahead of the Hokies. Host UNC Wilmington is 10^th at 583.

The 54-hole, 12 team tournament concludes with a final 18 holes on Sunday afternoon. This is Tech's final event of the fall schedule.

RESULTS

         1   Michigan State U.        281  285    566       -10

         2   Purdue University        282  286    568        -8

             Duke University          278  290    568        -8

         4   Tulsa, U. of             283  290    573        -3

         5   Ohio State Univ.         287  288    575        -1

         6   Coastal Carolina         285  294    579        +3

             Minnesota, Univ. of      292  287    579        +3

         8   Xavier University        291  290    581        +5

         9   Virginia Tech            293  289    582        +6

        10   N. Car. Wilmington       284  299    583        +7

        11   Memphis, U. of           296  296    592       +16

        12   Michigan, U. of          294  300    594       +18