Sept. 29, 2002

Columbia, S.C. – The Gamecocks shot 292 in the third round of the Carpetl Capital Collegiate in Dalton, Ga., and finished the three-day tournament with a total of 879 to place 13th. Clemson won the team title with a three-round score of 850. Augusta State finished second, followed by UNLV.

Michael Maness carried the Gamecock team with a 10th place finish. Maness shot a three-round score of 213. He is the third Gamecock to post a top ten finish this season.

West Streib managed to shave off a few strokes as the tournament progressed and jumped to 36th place after firing 220 (75-72-73). Eirik Johanesn and Martin Rominger tied for 52nd after shooting 223. Closing out the five-man squad is Alex Hamilton, who placed 76th.

The Gamecocks take the month of October off before heading to Hawaii for the University of Hawaii/Turtle Bay Intercollegiate on Nov. 4-5.

GAMECOCK FINISHEST10 Michael Maness  70-72-71=213T36 West Streib  75-72-73=220T52 Eirik Johansen  77-72-74=223T52 Martin Rominger  76-73-74=223T76 Alex Hamilton  77-75-79=231

TEAM RESULTS1 Clemson  287  282  281  8502 Augusta State  294  281  277  8523 UNLV  285  287  284  8564 Florida  278  284  295  8575 North Carolina State  288  293  282  8636 Southern California  292  287  289  8687 North Carolina  288  297  284  869T8 Georgia   294  286  290  870T8 Oklahoma, U. of  294  296  280  87010 Texas  295  287  289  87111 Wake Forest Univ.  288  296  290  87412 East Tennessee St.  284  299  294  87713 South Carolina  298  289  292  87914 Arizona  294  296  291  88115 Georgia Tech  304  284  296  88416 Auburn  301  297  295  89317 Tennessee, Univ. of  295  296  303  89418 Purdue  306  304  305  915