Michigan State University
Birkdale Collegiate Classic
Men's Golf Stands In 16th At Birkdale Collegiate Classic
3/12/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
March 12, 2000
EAST LANSING, Mich. - The Michigan State's men's golf team shot a first-round 308 on Saturday and stands in a tie for 16th place out of 18 teams at the Birkdale Collegiate Classic in Huntersville, N.C. The Spartans are only eight strokes behind eighth-place Old Dominion (300) in the highly competitive field in which only 12 strokes separate the fourth-place teams from the 18th-place team. Virginia Commonwealth leads the tournament at 286.
Two rounds were scheduled for Saturday at the 7,013-yard, par-72 Birkdale Golf Club, but rain delayed the second round. Play will conclude Sunday.
Junior Dennis Riedel (St. Clair, Mich.) fired a one-over-par 73 in the first round and is tied for 11th individually, just seven strokes behind tournament leader Erik Knudsen of Virginia Commonwealth. Other Spartans under 80 included sophomore Nathan Clark (Mason, Mich.) at 76 and senior Carlos Foulquie (Madrid, Spain) at 79.
The Birkdale Collegiate Classic is the first tournament of the spring for Michigan State and first-year head coach Mark Hankins.
BIRKDALE COLLEGIATE CLASSIC ? BIRKDALE G.C. ? HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. ? PAR 72 ? 7,013 YARDS
TEAM STANDINGS (with top 50 Golfweek ranking)1. Virginia Commonwealth 2862. #41 Mississippi 2883. #44 College of Charleston 2924. #19 Augusta State 297 East Carolina 2976. Virginia Tech 299 Maryland 2998. Old Dominion 3009. Rhode Island 301 UNC-Charlotte 30111. Purdue 30212. #37 Wake Forest 30313. Davidson 304 Richmond 30415. Miami (Ohio) 30716. MICHIGAN STATE 308 Wofford 30818. Coastal Carolina 309
MSU INDIVIDUALSt11. Dennis Riedel 73t40. Nathan Clark 76t69. Carlos Foulquie 79t80. Lorne Don 8087. Brent Goik 83
