March 13, 2001

CHARLESTON, S.C. - Junior Ben Lockwood (New South Wales, England) shot a five-over-par 149 to place fourth and lead Jacksonville to a second-place finish at The Citadel Invitational at the Pine Forrest Country Club on Tuesday.

JU shot a two-day total of 606 (303-303) to earn their best finish of the season as three Dolphins placed in the top five. Sophomores Andy Allen (Jacksonville, Fla.) and Will Morgan (Holy Port, England) finished one stroke back of Lockwood in fifth after carding a six-over-par 150. Luis Rivera (Jacksonville, Fla.) tied for 26th with a 157 (80-77) to round out the Dolphin scoring.

Elon won the tournament with a 595 (301-294), followed by Jacksonville, Stetson, Gardner-Webb and Appalachian State, High Point, Western Carolina, Cleveland State, Ohio Wesleyan, The Citadel, VMI and South Carolina St, respectively.

Elon's Keith Orien captured individual medalist honors with an even-par 144 (72-71), while Francis McCahili (75-72) of Stetson and Craig Hicks (75-73) of Cleveland State tied for second with a three-over-par 147. Lockwood led the tournament through 18 holes after firing an even-par 72 on day one.

Team Results
1.  Elon               301-294=595
2.  Jacksonville       303-303=606
3.  Stetson            302-308=610
4.  Gardner-Webb       309-306=615
5.  Appalachian St.    307-310=317
6.  High Point         313-309=622
7.  Western Carolina   315-313=628
8.  Cleveland St.      332-306=638
9.  Ohio Wesleyan      326-317=643
10. The Citadel        330-340=670
11. VWI                354-342=696
12. South Carolina St. 341-366=707

JU Top Finishers
4    Ben Lockwood       72-77=149
5    Andy Allen         76-74=150
     Will Morgan        75-75=150
26-t Luis Rivera        80-77=157
50   Christian Thomsen  88-81=169