April 10, 1999

EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State's third-round score of 298 moved the Spartans out of last place, but MSU still finished 19th out of 20 teams at the Marshall Invitational in Huntington, W.V. The Spartans followed Friday scores of 320-314 with a 298 for a total of 932 at the Guyan Golf and Country Club. Northwestern won the tournament with 298-294-292=884.

The Spartans battled through heavy winds and rain on Friday which caused a delay of one hour and 15 minutes between the first two rounds. Saturday's third round featured overcast and cool conditions. Michigan State's Saturday score of 298 was among the top 10 team rounds of the day.

The Spartans were paced by senior Matt Pumford (Saginaw), whose 77-76-77=230 was good for a share of 51st place individually. Freshman Nathan Clark of Mason, Mich., made his second career appearance for the Spartans and fired a career-best 74 on Saturday, finishing in a tie for 83rd at 83-79-74=236.

Michigan State returns to action April 17-18 at the Kepler Invitational in Columbus, Ohio.

TEAM SCORES				MSU INDIVIDUALS
1. Northwestern		298-294-292=884	T51. Matt Pumford (Sr., Saginaw)		77-76-77=230
2. Toledo		302-292-292=886	T65. Alberto Quevedo (Sr., Canary Isl., Spain)	78-80-74=232 
3. Kent			306-301-286=893	T83. Carlos Foulquie (Fr., Madrid, Spain)	84-79-73=236
4. Notre Dame		304-291-301=896	T83. Nathan Clark (Fr., Mason, Mich.)		83-79-74=236
5. Kentucky		300-305-292=897	91. Brent Goik (So., Bay City, Mich.)		82-81-77=240
6. Ohio State		298-305-296=899
7. Marshall		305-299-297=901
    Purdue		311-301-289=901
    Wisconsin		304-299-298=901
10. Michigan		309-297-296=902
11. Indiana		301-308-295=904
      Eastern Michigan	304-301-299=904
13. Ohio University	309-300-299=908
     Miami (Ohio)	307-294-307=908
15. Illinois		305-303-302=910
16. Eastern Kentucky	310-296-307=913
17. Louisville		316-302-297=915
     Akron		304-306-305=915
19. Michigan State	320-314-298=932
20. Murray State	309-317-314=940