October 4, 2000

NARRAGANSETT, R.I. - Four Virginia Tech golfers finished in the top 20 as the Hokies overcame a one stroke deficit to win the Seventh Annual Adams Cup of Newport Collegiate Golf Tournament. The Adams Cup is widely considered one of the top tournaments in the East, featuring 13 top programs from across the country.

The Hokies entered Wednesday's final round trailing only Southeastern Louisiana, which fell to sixth overall. This is the team's first tournament championship since it won the Pepsi/Bradford Creek Intercollegiate in the spring.

The final round teed off at 8 a.m., Wednesday morning at the Pointe Judith Country Club in Narragansett, R.I.

Tech was led by team captain Brian Krusoe (Northfield, Ohio) and Chris McKeel (Wilson, N.C.) who both shot an impressive 1-under-par 71 to tie three others for the lowest round of the day. Krusoe shot a 214 for the tournament leaving him in a tie for third place with D.J. Fiese of Georgia State. McKeel ended up in eighth shooting a 218. Brendon De Jonge (Harare, Zimbabwe) and Johnson Wagner (Garrison, N.Y.) shot 76 and 73, respectively, to end up in a tie for 14th place overall. Freshman Ryan Stinnett (Amherst, Va.) totaled a 231 over the three-round tournament to leave him in a tie for 45th.

UNC Charlotte's Jeff Curl, who entered the day in a three-way tie for first, took home the individual title.

This marks a huge win for the Hokies who next play in the Duke Golf Classic held at the Duke University Golf Club, Oct. 15-16.

Complete results are posted at http://gorhody.fansonly.com/sports/m-golf/recaps/100400aaa.html.

                                                Adams Cup of Newport
                                         Newport CC/Pt. Judith CC Newport, RI
                                            Tournament Dates: 10/03 - 10/04
                                                   Par:        70   71
                                                   Yardage:  6735 6688
                      Final  Top 20 Teams             Scores
                        1 Virginia Tech            289  288  291    868
                        2 Rhode Island, U. of      288  295  292    875
                        3 Georgia State Univ.      292  290  295    877
                        4 N. Car. Charlotte        290  287  301    878
                        5 Mississippi, U. of       292  288  301    881
                        6 Southeastern La. U.      294  282  306    882
                        7 Furman University        293  287  308    888
                        8 Wofford College          296  283  311    890
                          East Carolina Univ.      297  288  305    890
                       10 Yale University          307  299  298    904
                       11 Univ. of Central Fla     305  307  303    915
                       12 Connecticut, U. of       311  303  306    920
                       13 Providence College       320  313  316    949
                      Final  Top 20 Players        School      Scores
                        1  Jeff Curl             NC Charlot   69  71  72  212
                        2  Michael Sims          Rhode Isl.   69  72  72  213
                        3  D.J. Fiese            Georgia St   73  67  74  214
                           Brian Krusoe          Va. Tech     70  73  71  214
                        5  Manuel Kempe          S.E. La.     73  68  75  216
                        6  Brian Scurlock        Furman       72  70  75  217
                           Jacques Chevallier    S.E. La.     74  66  77  217
                        8  Chris McKeel          Va. Tech     74  73  71  218
                        9  Phil Caravia          Ole Miss     70  74  75  219
                           Andrew Medley         Ole Miss     75  69  75  219
                           Ken Leopard           Wofford      76  66  77  219
                           Robert Dreyfus        Ole Miss     74  71  74  219
                           Andy Robertson        NC Charlot   71  73  75  219
                       14  Brendon De Jonge      Va. Tech     69  75  76  220
                           Marc Miller           E. Carol.    76  71  73  220
                           Johnson Wagner        Va. Tech     76  71  73  220
                           Jonathan Hill         E. Carol.    72  70  78  220
                           Matt Davidson         Furman       71  73  76  220
                           Barry Briggs          Georgia St   72  75  73  220
                       20  Chris Eckerle         Yale         76  73  72  221
                           William McGirt        Wofford      74  71  76  221
                           Allen Thompson        Georgia St   75  75  71  221
                           David Spitz           Rhode Isl.   72  75  74  221