June 21, 2004

FAIRFAX, Va. - The NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Advisory Committee has released its final official ranking for the spring, and George Mason finished 13th, same as last season. The Patriots ranked 182nd overall in the Golfweek/Sagarin national rankings released May 24. Mason was 174th in the latest GolfStat listings. Rankings are based on head-to-head competitions throughout the season. Golfweek/Sagarin ranked Mason 11th and GolfStat rated Mason 13th in the Mid-Atlantic Region.

Individually, Craig Mason (Lorton, VA/Hayfield) was the Patriots top golfer listed in the top 500, dropping in at 493 in the Golfweek/Sagarin rankings. He ended the season ranked 14th in the District I Mid-Atlantic Region. The senior led George Mason with a combined 73.1 stroke average over the fall and spring seasons, finishing in the top 5 in two of the 11 tournaments he entered. Mason was named to the Division I Golf Coaches Association of America/PING Mid-Atlantic All-Region team and was an All-Colonial Athletic Association first team member.

Sophomore teammate Mike Cavanagh ended the season ranked 26th in the District I Mid-Atlantic Region. He ranked second on team in scoring average with 74.1 strokes per round and finished in the Top 20 in six tournaments, with a career-best 3rd place finish at the Drew Upton Memorial, shooting (71-71-72) 214. The Minnesota native recorded a career-tying 69 in the final tournament of the season at the Rutherford Intercollegiate (69-70-76) 215, good for 12th place. He placed 17th in the CAA Tournament carding a (73-75-76) 224.

Golfweek Magazine has taken to publishing the Sagarin ratings of every school in the country. The ratings are basically 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. Team rankings used to determine entrants into the NCAA Regional Tournaments are determined by a Regional Advisory Committee, and are also based on head-to-head competitions. The top four teams in the Mid-Atlantic Regional Committee rankings, of which George Mason is a member, get the Mid-Atlantic Region's NCAA bids.

Mid-Atlantic Regional Advisory Committee Final Rankings
1.  Penn State
2.  Georgetown
3.  Towson
4.  Maryland
5.  James Madison
6.  Princeton
7.  Liberty
8.  George Washington
9.  Richmond
10.  Rutgers
11.  Loyola (Md.)
12.  Temple
13.  George Mason
14.  Navy
15.  William & Mary
16.  Columbia
17.  St. John's
18.  Siena
19.  Penn
20.  Drexel
21.  Lehigh
22.  Bucknell
23.  Robert Morris
24.  Delaware
25.  St. Joseph's
26.  Rider
27.  American
28.  Iona
29.  Villanova
30.  Fordham