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March 18, 2003

Columbia, S.C. – Firing the lowest round of the Palmetto-Cleveland Golf Collegiate, 282, South Carolina vaulted to a third place finish after the final round in Aiken, S.C. The Gamecocks, led by Alex Hamilton, began the second round in fifth place. College of Charleston won the team title with 569, followed by University of South Carolina-Aiken with 574 and the Gamecocks one stroke back in third place.

Hamilton, a native of Aiken, S.C., led the Gamecocks with a two-round total of 140. Hamilton shot 74 in the first round before blasting five-under-par 66 in the second of play. Hamilton would tie for third place and post his first top 10 finish of the season.

Freshman Eirik Johansen continues to dominate on the course, posting his fifth top 10 finish of his young collegiate career. Johansen, earning a sixth place finish, shot one-over-par in round one and two-under-par 69 in day two.

Shooting a two-day score of 144, Martin Rominger would tie for 15th, en route to tallying his second top 20 finish. West Streib shot 150 to tie for 45th, while Nash Elliot shot 152.

Playing as an individual, Matt Robinson tied for 30th with a two-day total of 147.

South Carolina heads to Statesboro, Ga. for the Schenkel EZ-GO Invitational on March 22-23.

Gamecock FinishesSouth Carolina                  293  282    575T  3    Alex Hamilton            74   66    140T  6    Eirik Johansen           72   69    141T 15    Martin Rominger          72   72    144T 45    West Streib              75   75    150T 58    Nash Elliot              77   75    152
(Playing as an individual)T 30 Matt Robinson 71 76 147

1 Charleston, Coll. of 288 281 569 2 South Carolina-Aiken 291 283 574 3 South Carolina 293 282 575 4 Kansas, U. of 291 286 577 5 Texas-Arlington 291 287 578 6 Vanderbilt Univ. 294 288 582 7 Va. Commonwealth 296 287 583 8 Maryland, U. of 294 290 584 9 Florida State Univ. 300 287 587 10 Georgia State Univ. 305 284 589 11 Furman University 293 297 590 12 So. Florida, U. of 299 294 593 13 Texas Tech Univ. 304 292 596 14 Tulane University 303 303 606 15 Presbyterian College 304 308 612