49th-Annual Rutherford Intercollegiate 
Course:  Penn State Blue Course – State College, Pa.
Par 71; 7,171 yards
Saturday-Sunday, April 18-19
36 holes Saturday, with first-round tee times beginning at 7:30 a.m. 
18 holes Sunday, with a 9 a.m. shotgun start
Live Scoring: Scoreboard.clippd.com
 
Fairfax, Va. – After carding a sub-par second round the Patriots head into the final round in second place at the 49th annual Rutherford Intercollegiate. Host Penn State leads the 13-team field with a five stroke lead over George Mason.

Sophomore Vaughn McMeans leads the Patriots with at one-under-par (71-72) at the par 71, 7,1171 yard Penn State Blue Course. The sophomore heads into tomorrow's final round tied for 10th in the 75-player field.

Transfer Joe Johnson carded the best 18-hole score for George Mason with a 68 in the second round. He scored an eagle on the Par 5, hole 9. Junior JJ Powell is tied for 16th overall at even par, including a three-under-par second round. 

Sunday's final round also featuring split tees with groups going off beginning at 8 a.m.

History at Rutherford Intercollegiate:  The Patriots have participated in the annual tournament 17 times. Mason's best finish is fifth place overall during the 2002-03 season. The George Mason golf team finished 9^th at the 47^th and 10th at the 46th edition of the Rutherford Intercollegiate.  

Lion Connection:  Mason Head Coach Greg Pieczynski played golf for the host Nittany Lions, where he was a captain, two-time Academic All-American. He was crowned the individual champion in the 2004 Rutherford Intercollegiate with a three-round 208 (-5).

Participating Teams
Bucknell, Binghamton, UConn, Delaware, LIU, Loyola-Chicago, George Mason, Penn State (host), Rhode Island, St. John's, St. Thomas, Towson, Yale

George Mason Line-up

T10 Vaughn McMeans (71-72)
T16 JJ Powell (75-69)
T24 David Fuhrer (72-74)
T33 Joe Johnson (79-68)
T45 Sivawong Aukrawat (72-77)