Sept. 15, 2003

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - While Oakland holds a stronghold on the lead at the John Piper Intercollegiate, Marquette has a firm grasp on sixth place in the 12 team field. The Golden Eagles shot a 25-over, 601 for the first 36 holes. Oakland has a 15 shot lead at two-under, 574, over Ohio. Marquette trails fifth place Detroit by seven strokes, but leads a pack of three in seventh place by 13 shots.

MU was fifth after the first round, shooting a 299. Junior Nathan Colson was in the hunt after shooting a 71 for the opening 18. He was tied for second after the first round, but lost his positioning with a second-round 79. He is in 22nd place at six-over, 150.

Sophomore Steve Sass leads Marquette with a pair of consistent rounds. He shot a 75 and 73 to earn a tie for 13th place at four-over, 148. He is six strokes off the lead held by Oakland's Brian Stuard and Colin Christie.

Sophomore Joe Weber is tied for 22nd with Colson. He shot rounds of 76 and 74. Freshman Michael Bielawski is in the upper half in is first collegiate tournament. The MU newcomer shot rounds of 77 and 76 to sit in 30th place. He is at nine-over, 153.

Sophomore Kyle Murphy is the final Marquette golfer. He is in 48th place after shooting a 15-over, 159.

Final round play is Tuesday, Sept. 16 at 9 a.m. at the Stone Ridge Golf Club in Bowling Green, Ohio.

John Piper Intercollegiate
Stone Ridge G. C.; Bowling Green, Ohio
6,920-yard, par 72
Sept. 15-16, 2003

Team Standings

 1. Oakland              292-282 -- 574      -2
 2. Ohio                 293-293 -- 589     +13
 3. Butler               293-298 -- 591     +15
 4. Bowling Green        295-297 -- 592     +16
 5. Detroit              300-294 -- 594     +18
 6. Marquette            299-302 -- 601     +25
 7. Wis.-Green Bay       306-308 -- 614     +38
    Cincinnati           316-298 -- 614
    Wright State         311-303 -- 614
10. Dayton               301-314 -- 615     +39
11. Cleveland State      315-308 -- 623     +47
12. Youngstown State     313-317 -- 630     +54

Individual Standings

 1. Brian Stuard, Oakland           73-69 -- 142    -2
    Colin Christie, Butler          70-72 -- 142

 3. Ryan Yelen, Oakland             73-70 -- 143    -1
    Kyler Murphy, Detroit           72-71 -- 143
    Rob Tate, Oakland               71-72 -- 143

 6. Brandon Judy, Wright State      71-73 -- 144     E

 7. Adam Balls, Bowling Green       74-71 -- 145    +1
    Brian Bickle, Ohio              74-73 -- 145

 9. Jeff Chapman, Butler            72-73 -- 146    +2
    Ryan Siekmann, Ohio             72-74 -- 146

11. Jesse Maytham, Detroit          73-74 -- 147    +3
    Jonathan Pauli, Oakland         75-72 -- 147

13. Billy Houle, Cleveland State    74-74 -- 148    +4
    Jonathan Novak, Butler          74-74 -- 148
    Steve Sass, Marquette           75-73 -- 148
    Tommy Lopez, Bowling Green      72-76 -- 148

17. Kevin Kaspryzyk, UWGB           78-71 -- 149    +5
    Chris Larbes, Cincinnati        77-72 -- 149
    Brett Gould, Dayton             73-76 -- 149
    Brian Elsea, Ohio               73-76 -- 149
    Jon Johasky, Ohio               76-73 -- 149

22. John Clodfelder, Cincinnati     75-75 -- 150    +6
    Marty Miller, Wright State      76-74 -- 150
    Nathan Colson, Marquette        71-79 -- 150
    Craig Pickerell, Bowling Green  79-71 -- 150
    Charlie Kluesner, Oakland       79-71 -- 150
    Joe Weber, Marquette            76-74 -- 150

28. Justin Bratkovich, Detroit      80-71 -- 151    +7

29. Adam Myers, Dayton              73-79 -- 152    +8

30. Heath Ziglar, Bowling Green     74-79 -- 153    +9
    Michael Bielawski, Marquette    77-76 -- 153

32. Mike Rutgers, Cleveland State   82-72 -- 154   +10
    Christopher Leake, Bowling Gr.  75-79 -- 154
    Jason Hill, UWGB                78-76 -- 154

35. Derek Knepper, Youngstown St.   78-77 -- 155   +11
    Brent Mrozinski, Detroit        77-78 -- 155
    Josh Zarlenga, Youngstown St.   76-79 -- 155
    David Barse, UWGB               75-80 -- 155
    Will Turner, Butler             76-79 -- 155
    Ryan Schultheiss, Oakland       76-79 -- 155

41. Justin Meyer, Cincinnati        83-73 -- 156   +12
    Luke Korner, Ohio               77-79 -- 156
    Ryan Schafer, UWGB              75-81 -- 156
    Adam Cordes, Bowling Green      79-77 -- 156

45. Bill Schaefer, Cleveland State  77-80 -- 157   +13
    A.J. Quintner, Dayton           77-80 -- 157

47. Brent McClung, Detroit          78-80 -- 158   +14

48. Kyle Murphy, Marquette          80-79 -- 159   +15
    Matt savage, Dayton             80-79 -- 159
    Travis Meyer, UWGB              78-81 -- 159
    Joe Young, Cincinnati           81-78 -- 159
    Sam Morton, Dayton              78-81 -- 159

53. Rick Blair, Wright State        82-78 -- 160   +16
    Carmen DiPenti, Youngstown St.  82-78 -- 160
    Brandon Knutson, Wright State   82-78 -- 160

56. J.K. Keach, Butler              76-85 -- 161   +17
    Grant Christman, Ohio           83-78 -- 161

58. Ross Boal, Youngstown St.       80-83 -- 163   +19
    Eric Lauterbach, Bowling Green  81-82 -- 163

60. Mike Bognar, Cleveland State    82-82 -- 164   +20
    Brad Dearsman, Bowling Green    87-77 -- 164

62. Patrick Heekan, Cincinnati      84-82 -- 166   +22
    Ryan Hamilton, Wright State     83-83 -- 166

64. Jim Weikamp, Cleveland State    82-87 -- 169   +25

WD  Todd Brown, Youngstown State    79-WD