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April 20, 2003
 
 
Men's Golf Closes Out Season at Dixie Tournament
DiDeo Top Panther Finisher at League Championship
 
Ferrum, Va. -- The Ferrum College men's golf team placed 7th at the 2003 Dixie Conference Golf Championship, held April 18-19 at the Course at Northgreen in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.
 
Methodist College won the event with a team score of 576, edging runner-up Greensboro College by seven strokes.  Team scores are listed below, along with a link to the official tournament results.

Team Scores
1. Methodist 576;  2.  Greensboro 583;  3. Averett 595;  4. Christopher Newport 600;  5. Shenandoah 616;  6. N.C. Wesleyan 620;  7. Ferrum 625;  8. Chowan 629

               Dixie Tennis Tournament Web Site
 
Freshman Mark DiDeo (Manilus, N.Y./Manilus) was Ferrum's top finished at the Dixie Tournament, shooting a two-day total of 152, eight over par.  DiDeo closed out the season with an 80.3 average over 16 rounds this season, third on the team.  

Sophomore Kent Doughty (Mount Sidney, Va./Fort Defiance) closed out the season with Ferrum's lowest average, a 79.7 per round over 11 rounds.  Junior Chris Koon (Roanoke, Va./William Byrd) was next with an 80.2 average over 13 rounds, followed by DiDeo's 80.3 average.
 
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