April 27, 2002

PORTSMOUTH, R.I. - The Army golf team concluded its regular season with a fifth-place showing at the URI Spring Invitational Saturday afternoon at the Green Valley Golf Club in Portsmouth, R.I.

Kevin Lee led the Black Knights after shooting a 77 in both rounds. Lee finished tied for fifth place in the individual standings with a 154. Scott Manley shot a 79 in the final 18 holes to finish at 157 and tied for 14th place. In 29th, Pete Mangold shot a 36-hole total of 160 (78-82).

David Crawford tied for 46th (80-83-163) and Ryan Hazelton tied for 58th (80-86-166) to round out the Army contingent.

Rhode Island's Jason Lockwood, the individual leader heading into the second day, won medalist honors with a 146 (72-74). Rhode Island, ranked first regionally, won the team title with a score of 609. Rounding out the top five teams were: Connecticut (615), Binghamton (627), Central Connecticut (632) and Army (634).

"We ran out of fuel today," said head coach Jimmy Ray Clevenger. "I think we were tired mentally. We got off to a bad start and we could not rebound.

"We have had a great season. The team won two tournaments and we had two individual winners too. We now need to get refocused and start preparing for the NCAA Regional."

The Black Knights won the Patriot League championship by an impressive 29 strokes last week and received the league's automatic bid to the NCAAs. Army now awaits the NCAA selection committee's regional placement decision. The NCAA Regionals will take place May 16-18.

TEAM STANDINGS
   School       	Rd 1	Rd2	Total	
1. Rhode Island  	312	297	609
2. Connecticut     	317	298	615
3. Binghamton   	319	308	627
4. Central Connecticut	324	308	632
5. Army         	 313	321	634

ARMY FINISHES
		       Rd 1    Rd 2	Total	
T5.  Kevin Lee  	77	77	154
T14. Scott Manley 	78	79	157
T29. Pete Mangold 	78	82	160
T46. David Crawford 	80	83	163
T58. Ryan Hazelton 	80	86	166