March 7, 2003

FAIRFAX, Va. - At the end of the 2002 fall season, George Mason's men's golf was rated ninth out of 30 teams in the fall top 30 team rankings for the Division I - Mid-Atlantic Region.

Team rankings, which are decided by the Mid-Atlantic Regional Advisory Committee, are based on head-to-head competitions throughout the fall. The Golfweek Magazine/Sagarin team rankings lists the Patriots 10th out of 30 teams in the Mid-Atlantic Region, while Golfstat has Mason ranked 11th.

Individually, junior Craig Mason (Lorton, VA/Hayfield) concluded the fall rated ninth by Golfstat and 12th by Golfweek/Sagarin. Freshman Mike Cavanagh (Perham, MN/Hibbing) was listed 23rd in the final fall Golfweek/Sagarin ratings.

Golfweek Magazine has taken to publishing the Sagarin ratings of every school in the country. His ratings are baskically a head-to-head rating against all the schools that a team faces. Golfstat has its own Head-to-Head rating which are similar to the Sagarin. The top four teams in the Regional Committee rankings get the Mid-Atlantic Region's NCAA bids. The ratings conducted by Golfweek and Golfstat have no bearing on NCAA selection.

Division I - Mid-Atlantic Region rankings (final fall rankings)

1. Penn State
2. Maryland
3. St. John's
4. Princeton
5. James Madison
6. Georgetown
7. Richmond
8. Navy
9. George Mason
10. Rutgers
11. William & Mary
12. Towson
13. Temple
    Iona
15. Pennsylvania
    Saint Joseph's
17. Liberty
18. George Washington
    Lehigh
20. St. Bonaventure
21. Colgate
22. American
    Loyola
    Siena
25. Drexel
    Seton Hall