April 29, 2001

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- The Illini dropped four strokes in the final round of the Fossum Invitational to move up from 14th to finish 11th. After opening the tournament with two rounds of 298, Illinois shot a team total of 294 in the final round to finish the tournament with an 890. Northwestern shot a tournament total of 851 at the 71-par, 6,764-yard Forest Akers West course to win the 15-team event.

Geoff Lound continued to lead the Illini. He shot a 73 in the final round to finish the tournament with a 2-over par 215 to tie for seventh place. Ryan Tendall dropped several strokes in the final round shooting a 1-under par 70 to move up in the standings. He tied for 38th with a 223. Tim Riley and Ryan Moore each finished the tournament with totals of 226 to tie for 50th place. Tony Peressini finished 76th with a 241.

The Illini return home next weekend to host the Big Ten Men's Golf Championship. The first round tees off at 12:30 p.m. Friday (May 4) at Stone Creek Golf Club in Urbana. The second 36 holes will begin at 7:30 Saturday morning followed by the final round at 7:30 a.m. Sunday.

TEAM SCORES		                         ILLINOIS INDIVIDUALS
1.	Northwestern	278-287-286=851	  T7	Geoff Lound	70-72-73=215
2.	Minnesota	293-281-287=861	     T38	Ryan Tendall	77-76-70=223
3.	Michigan State	284-288-291=863	T50	Tim Riley	76-74-76=226
4.	Wisconsin	284-295-294=873	     T50	Ryan Moore	75-76-75=226
5.	Ohio State	298-284-295=877	    76	Tony Peressini	77-82-82=241
6.	Iowa	291-285-303=879
7.	Kent State	297-290-294=881
8.	UNC-Greensboro	294-291-297=882
	   Eastern Michigan	294-298-293=882
10.	Michigan	294-298-292=884
11.	Illinois	298-298-294=890
12.	Missouri	292-295-304=891
13.	Marshall	300-294-298=892
14.	Xavier	300-294-302=896
15.	Indiana	312-300-305-917

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