CLINTON, S.C. - Presbyterian College shot a opening day two-round score of 571 to take a nine-stroke lead in the 2002 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Men's Golf Tournament held in Laurens, S.C. at the 6,464-yard, par-72 Lakeside Country Club Friday.

The eight teams played 36 holes today. The 54-hole-event will conclude tomorrow with 18 holes. Play begins at 8 a.m. Saturday morning.

The Blue Hose were in third place and trailed by seven strokes after the first round with a score of 300. First-round leader Catawba College shot a 293, followed by Carson-Newman College who turned in a round of 296. All five Presbyterian players shot under par rounds in this afternoon's second round.

Presbyterian exploded for a SAC tournament-record round of seventeen-under-par 271 in the second round to move into first place by nine strokes over Catawba College. The Indians finished the day with a two-round total of 580. Carson-Newman College is third with a two-round score of 583.

Individually, Presbyterian's sophomore Gavin Gillespie (Lexington, S.C.) leads after the first day with a two-round score of eight-under-par 136. Gillespie had a very consistent day, recording five birdies in the first round and five birdies in the second round.

Carson-Newman junior Andy Lowe (Johnson City, Tenn.) is in second place after today's seven-under-par 137. Catawba College's All-SAC standout sophomore Steve Harvey (Salisbury, N.C.) is in third place after his two round four-under-par 140. In the first round, Harvey made an eagle on the par-5, 520 yard seventh hole.

                         Lakeside C.C.            Laurens, SC   
                         Dates: 04/25 - 04/27     (Today:4/26/02)
                                   Par:        72               
                                   Yardage:  6464   

Team Scoring

Individual Scoring

Team-by-Team Scoring

      Fin.   School                   Scores 

         1   Presbyterian College     300  271    571
         1    Gavin Gillespie          70   66    136
         4    Jimmy Shaw               74   68    142
      T  9    Thomas Cameron           75   71    146
      T 15    Bryan Kelley             81   68    149
      T 18    TJ Ostrom                81   69    150

         2   Catawba College          293  287    580
         3    Steven Harvey            71   69    140
      T  9    Andrew Wymer             73   73    146
      T  9    Dan Aycock               75   71    146
        14    Clayton Peterson         74   74    148
      T 24    Derek Camps              79   75    154

         3   Carson-Newman Coll.      296  287    583
         2    Andy Lowe                71   66    137
      T  7    Matthew Cram-Smith       73   72    145
      T 18    Walker Hill              73   77    150
        21    Brannon Taylor           79   72    151
      T 34    Andy Wells               82   79    161

         4   Tusculum College         308  290    598
        13    Josh Vandeventer         75   72    147
      T 15    Brent Dyson              77   72    149
      T 24    Ryan McGinnis            80   74    154
      T 27    Tim Dalton               76   80    156
      T 27    Justin Jeffers           84   72    156

         5   Lenoir-Rhyne College     307  293    600
      T  5    Kenny Hiatt              74   70    144
      T  7    Robert Dean Preston      74   71    145
      T 29    Jason Loehrs             81   76    157
        31    Russell Kopp             83   76    159
      T 32    Roman Sparks             78   82    160

         6   Mars Hill College        308  293    601
      T  5    Shawn Walsh              75   69    144
      T 15    Dale Lewko               77   72    149
      T 18    Brian Hughes             76   74    150
      T 37    Matt Thien               80   82    162
        39    Gavin Williams           85   78    163


         7   Wingate University       309  300    609
      T  9    James St. Cyr            75   71    146
        23    Tom Bartman              76   77    153
        26    James Ambrose            77   78    155
      T 29    Kevin Cain               81   76    157
      T 37    Bryan Dillon             86   76    162

         8   Newberry College         316  318    634
        22    Blayde Woodrum           79   73    152
      T 32    Brent Bridges            75   85    160
      T 34    James Easterby           81   80    161
      T 34    Brian Phillips           81   80    161
        40    Spencer Dearybury        98   91    189