Sept. 23, 2003

ARLINGTON, Texas - The University of Texas at Arlington heads into the final round at the 31st Annual Pacific Invitational on Tuesday sitting in 12th place after shooting an opening round 293 and following it up with a 301 in the second round. Georgia Southern leads the tournament after shooting a two round 565 to lead by seven strokes.

Jordan Krantz, a junior from Vermillion Bay, Ontario, Canada, shot an opening round two-under par 70 and followed it up with a 73 in the second round. Krantz is currently tied for 15th place heading into the final round and is eight strokes back of UC Irvine's Vinnie Poncino who shot a 67-68=135.

The third and final round will be played Tuesday afternoon at The Reserve at Spanos Park.

The Maverick golfers will return to action on September 29-30 when they head to Louisville, Ken. for the Louisville Invitational.

TEAM STANDINGS
1. Georgia Southern 286-279=565
2. Long Beach State 287-285=572
3. CSU-Northridge 286-287=573
4. UC-Irvine 287-286=573
5. Pacific 293-286=579
6. UC-Riverside 287-292=579
7. Nevada 292-289=581
8. San Francisco 293-291=584
9. Santa Clara 298-287=585
10. Fresno State 292-294=586
11. San Jose State 299-291=590
12. Texas-Arlington 293-301=594

UTA FINISHERS - Par 72
T-15 Jordan Krantz 70-73=143
T-38 Pete Pennington 72-76=148
T-56 Landon Allen 73-79=152
T-61 Tyrone Mordt 78-76=154
T-61 Bryan Baker 78-76=154