March 29, 2008

GREENVILLE, S.C. ---- The second round of the 39th annual Furman Intercollegiate was stopped due to darkness Saturday evening after a two-hour weather delay earlier in the day suspended play at the par 72, 6,800-yard Furman University Golf Course.

Samford and other teams still on the course when play was suspended at 7:50 p.m. will return to the course for the completion of round two at 7:45 a.m. on Sunday. Final round play will begin at 8:30 a.m. Samford is currently in ninth place.

Lightning and heavy rains forced play to be suspended for more than two hours on Saturday morning. Teams resumed play in wet conditions shortly after 12:45 p.m., but nine teams were yet to complete their rounds by darkness. Chattanooga followed a first round 287 with a 290 on Saturday to hold the lead at the end of the day. Virginia Tech fired an even-par 288 in the morning wave led by Nick McDonald's four-under-par 68.

Results from the partially completed second round are available at www.golfstat.com. A full recap and results will be available on www.samfordsports.com after the completion of play on Sunday.