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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Gary Holden, Sports Info. Director
(540) 365-4306

October 18, 2005


Golfers Place 6th at Virginia State Championship
Crawford Notches Top-10 Finish

RUTHER GLEN, Va. – Ferrum College placed sixth at the Virginia Division II-III State Golf Tournament held October 16-17 at the par-72, 6937-yard Mataponni Springs Golf Club.

     Virginia State Tournament Final Results

Washington & Lee University won the Division III state title with a two-day total 625, followed by Randolph-Macon College at 632 and Hampden-Sydney College at 640.  Christopher Newport University at 646 and Bridgewater College at 652 rounded out the top five teams.  Ferrum and the Apprentice School tied for sixth place at 671. 

Junior Adam Crawford (William, Va./Floyd County) carded a 159 to lead the Panthers, finishing in a six-way tie for 10th place Ferrum with a 10-over par 154 over the two-day event. 

Freshman Frankie Smith (Lynchburg, Va./E.C. Glass) was had a 166 to tie for 23rd place, while senior Just Vest (Floyd, Va./Floyd County) and freshman Andrew Stanley (Powhatan, Va./Powhatan) tied for 36th with matching scores of 173.

This is the second consecutive tournament in which Crawford was Ferrum's low scorer.  He shot a 154 and finished 38th at the Greensboro Invitational held Oct. 10-11 at Meadowlands Golf Course in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

The Panthers will be idle for the remainder of the fall semester and will return to action Mar. 5-7 when they host the Smith Mountain Lake Invitational at Waterfront Country Club in Moneta, Virginia.  For more information, please call the Ferrum College Sports Information Office at (540) 365-4306.
 

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