April 4, 2004

Annapolis, Md. - David Atkinson shot a team-best 75 on Day Two of the Navy Spring Invitational as the Greyhounds rallied from eight place to finish as the runner-up on Sunday afternoon at the U.S. Naval Academy Golf Club in Annapolis, Md.

Loyola capped the day with a team score of 307 and ended the tournament with a two-day score of 609, six strokes back of champion Johnson and Wales. Jeff O'Brien led the Loyola charge with a fifth-place finish, scoring rounds of 72 and 77 to post a 36-hole score of 149.

"Considering the conditions, I think we played very well," says Loyola Head Coach Tom Beidleman. "We got off to a great start and we used a total team effort to come back."

The Greyhounds rallied with T.J. Shuart firing a 153 while both Will Shriver and Atkinson scored a 154. Scott Zielinski finished with a 161 as Loyola leapfrogged Towson, Methodist, Navy, Columbia, Binghamton, Bucknell and Villanova with its Day Two push.

Loyola will resume competition next Monday-Tuesday, April 12-13 when it travels to Arizona for the Cowboy Classic. That tournament will take place at the Talking Stick Golf Club in Scottsdale.

School					Score
1. Johnson & Wales			603
2. Loyola College in Maryland	609
3. Towson 				609
4. Methodist				612
5. Navy				613
6. Princeton				615
7. Columbia				621
8. Binghamtom			622
9. George Washington		623
9. Pennsylvania			623
9. Bucknell				623
12. William & Mary			625
13. Rider				628
14. Lehigh				632
15. Delaware				633
16. St. Joseph's			634
17. Villanova				637
18. Lafayette				642
19. St. Bonaventure			645
20. Iona				648
21. Navy Gold			650
22. Colgate				667
23. Anne Arundel CC			673