Virginia Team Seeks To Extend Win Streak At The Virginia-West Virginia Matches

Virginia selects team for the matches, set for The Homestead's Cascades Course, April 27-28

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MIDLOTHIAN, Va. (April 10, 2002) - The Virginia team will look to continue its eight-match winning streak at the 19th Virginia-West Virginia Matches at the 6,610-yard, par 70 The Homestead's Cascades Course on Saturday-Sunday, April 27-28.

Comprising this year's Virginia regulars are 2001 VSGA Co-Golfers of the Year Keith Decker (Martinsville) and Brian Quackenbush (Fairfax). In addition, 2001 VSGA Amateur Championship winner Ross McIntosh (Lorton) as well as State Am finalist Kevin Dillard (Fairfax) are slated to participate. McIntosh and Dillard along with Virginia-West Virginia seniors team member Jamie Gough (Fairfax) fueled the Northeast team to victory at the season-opening VSGA Regional Team Matches earlier this year. Completing the regulars are 2000 VSGA Amateur Championship winner David Passerell (Scottsville) as well as Alllen Barber (Yorktown), Charles Green III (Bluefield) and David Partridge (Manakin-Sabot). In addition to Gough, Richmonder Stan Fischer, Dave King (Sterling) and Jim Kite (Wolftown) make up the seniors team.

Barber, Decker, Partridge, Passerell and Quackenbush were each among the top eight point-earners in the 2001 VSGA player rankings, as were all four senior players in the senior rankings.

The championship format features foursome, four-ball and singles matches. In last year's matches, contested at The Greenbrier's Old White, Meadows and The Greenbrier courses, the Virginia team notched a 40-32 victory. In addition to posting eight consecutive victories in the competition, the Virginia teams have claimed nine of eleven matches since the competition resumed in 1991. Virginia won six of seven from 1949-55, prior to the temporary suspension of the matches (1956-90).

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Virginias-West Virginia Matches, 1983-2001 for the Ye Ole Feudin Stick
YEAR	WINNER	SCORE	SITE
1949	Virginia	14-10	Greenbrier Resort, Old White Course, White Sulpher Springs, W.Va.
1950	Virginia	18-6	The Homestead, Cascades Course, Hot Springs, Va.
1951	Virginia	13 1/2-10 1/2	Greenbrier Resort, Old White Course, White Sulpher Springs, W.Va.
1952	Virginia	17-7	The Homestead, Cascades Course, Hot Springs, Va.
1953	West Virginia	14-13	Greenbrier Resort, Old White Course, White Sulpher Springs, W.Va.
1954	Virginia	19 1/2-10 1/2	The Homestead, Cascades Course, Hot Springs, Va.
1955	Virginia	19 1/2-7 1/2	Greenbrier Resort, Old White Course, White Sulpher Springs, W.Va.
1956-90	NO MATCHES
1991	West Virginia	29 1/2-18 1/2	Greenbrier Resort, Old White Course, White Sulpher Springs, W.Va.
1992	Virginia	37 1/2-27 1/2	The Homestead, Cascades Course, Hot Springs, Va.
1993	West Virginia	32-28	Greenbrier Resort, Old White Course, White Sulpher Springs, W.Va.
1994	Virginia	41 1/2-18 1/2	The Homestead, Cascades Course, White Sulpher Springs, W.Va.
1995	Virginia	44-16	Greenbrier Resort, Old White Course, White Sulpher Springs, W.Va.
1996	Virginia	36-24	The Homestead, Cascades Course, Hot Springs, Va.
1997	Virginia	64-44	Greenbrier Resort, Old White Course, White Sulpher Springs, W.Va.
1998	Virginia	45-27	The Homestead, Cascades Course, Hot Springs, Va.
1999	Virginia	29 1/2-24 1/2	Greenbrier Resort, Old White Course, White Sulpher Springs, W.Va.
2000	Virginia	52 1/2-16 1/2	The Homestead, Cascades Course, Hot Springs, Va.
2001	Virginia	40-32	Greenbrier Resort, Old White, Meadows and The Greenbrier Course, White Sulpher Springs, W.Va.