March 25, 2001

POTTSBORO, Texas --After the first round of the Dr Pepper Intercollegiate was cancelled by heavy rains, the Illini started the tournament with a team total of 305 strokes on Saturday afternoon to finish the day tied for eighth. In the final round today, Illinois posted a 315 at the 72-par, 7,001-yard Tanglewood course to finish 13th with a team total of 620 strokes. Purdue won the 17-team event with a 584.

Senior Tim Riley shot two rounds of 74 to tie for 12th place with a tournament total of 148. After shooting a 74 in the opening round, Geoff Lound came back with a 79 in the final round to tie for 37th (153). Ryan Tendall shot a two-round total of 158 (76-82) to tie for 61st followed by Evan Olson at 163 (T82nd) and Ryan Moore at 164 (84th).

Illinois will host Northwestern and Wisconsin four one round of 18 holes at Stone Creek Golf Club in Urbana at noon on Saturday (March 31).

TEAM SCORES		                  ILLINOIS INDIVIDUALS
1.	Purdue	292-292=584	         T12	Tim Riley	74-74=140
2.	Toledo	297-292=589	         T37	Geoff Lound	74-79=153
3.	Wichita State	299-299=598	  T61	Ryan Tendall	76-82=158
	Minnesota	300-298=598	        T82	Evan Olson	81-82=163
	Michigan State	299-299=598	    84	Ryan Moore	84-80=164
6.	Penn State	299-300=599
7.	Louisville	305-298=603
8.	Wisconsin	304-300=604
9.	Michigan	311-298=609
10.	Washington State	306-306=612
11.	Iowa	308-310=618
	Indiana	306-312=618
13.	Illinois	305-315=620
14.	Marshall	310-315=625
15.	Northern Illinois	319-308=627
16.	Ball State	314-314=628
17.	Florida Gulf Coast	316-316=632

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