Oct. 18, 2004

Greenville, N.C. - Florida Atlantic University's men's golf team began play in the 2004 East Carolina Pirate Fall Intercollegiate, finishing 13th after the first two rounds. Torstein Naevestad finished four-over par on the 7,101-yard, par 72 Bradford Creek golf course.

Naevestad shot a 75 to open the tournament but improved two-strokes in the second round to fire a one-over par 73. He trails the leader by nine strokes. Tommy Suri set the pace early with a first round 74 before shooting a 77 in the second round. Freshmen Joong Jo, Marco Morales and Michael Berger finished with two-round scores of 153, 156 and 157, respectively.

FAU opened with a 305 before improving five strokes in the second round. The Owls trail the leader, host East Carolina, by 31-strokes. Atlantic Sun member Gardner-Webb (578) is in second with Charleston Southern (579), Elon University (581) and Longwood University (585) rounding out the top five.

FAU will conclude play Tuesday, October 19.

Team Results
FAU (305-300-605/13th)

Individual Results
Torstein Naevestad (75-73-150/T-28th)
Tommy Suri (74-77-151/T-48th)
Joong Jo (77-76-153/T-63rd)
Marco Morales (79-77-156/T-71st)
Michael Berger (83-74-157/T-74th)