April 15, 2001

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Illinois, Ball State and Akron tied for 14th at the Kepler Intercollegiate. All three teams finished with totals of 940 strokes. The host Ohio State Buckeyes won the tournament with a three-round total of 893 strokes at the 71-par, 7,221-yard OSU Scarlet Course.

Sophomore Geoff Lound continued to lead the Illini as he tied for 23rd with a tournament total of 227. Evan Olson tied for 56th with a 237. Ryan More was one stroke behind at 238. He tied for 62nd. Chris Dobrovolny shot a 243 to tie for 82nd. Ryan Tendall finished 87th with a total of 245.

The Illini will return to Ohio next weekend to compete at the First Energy Intercollegiate on Friday and Saturday.

TEAM SCORES		                     ILLINOIS INDIVIDUALS
1.	Ohio State	298-298-297=893	    T23	Geoff Lound	78-7376-227
2.	Northwestern	295-295-304=894	  T56	Evan Olson	80-76-81=237
3.	Michigan	292-297-306=895	      T62	Ryan Moore	77-79-82=238
4.	Kent State	303-289-301=899	    T82	Chris Dobrovolny	78-80-85=243
5.	Michigan State	300-300-301=901  87	Ryan Tendall	85-75-85=245
6.	Purdue	298-301-304-903
7.	Miami (Ohio)	300-296-310=906
8.	Wisconsin	302-297-314=913
	Notre Dame	296-309-308=913
10.	Marshall	305-297-321=923
11.	Iowa	316-303-305=924
12.	Toledo	313-306-306=925
13.	Bowling Green State	311-305-322=938
14.	Illinois	313-303-324=940
	Ball State	309-319-312=940
	Akron	304-316-320=940
17.	Indiana	316-315-317=948

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