DALLAS, Texas – The Midwestern State Mustangs made an improvement in the final round of the Dallas Baptist Patriot Invitational, but so did many of the participants as the Mustangs moved up two spots to finish 14th on Tuesday.
 
MSU posted a team score of 294 in the final round at the Golf Club of Dallas to finish at 895, three strokes behind Northeastern State in 13th at 892.
 
Abilene Christian won the team event with a two-over-par 842 for the tournament after a three-over team round of 283 on Tuesday. Central Oklahoma was second, five strokes back at 847 and Oklahoma City was third at 853.
 
"We just haven't put it together this week," said MSU Coach Jeff Ray. "We had some guys step up, but really didn't have a good fourth or fifth."
 
The Mustangs were led in the final round by sophomore Sam Smith, who fired a three-under 67 in the final round to tie for 25th at 217. Freshman Jeremy LeGuen added an even-par 70 to finish a stroke behind in a tie for 27th at 218.
 
"Sam's distance control was great and so was his putting," said Ray. "If he keeps playing like he has, it will be a great addition to what we're doing."
 
Unfortunately for the Mustangs sophomore Raine Copeland stumbled to an 81 in the final round for a 229 total. Senior A.J. Pursley added a 77 for a 233, while junior Trevor Arianna carded an 80 for a 236 total.
 
"Raine really struggled and that's unusual for him," Ray noted. "Hopefully we'll bounce back."
 
ACU's Alex Carpenter won the tournament by two strokes with a five-under 205 despite a two-over 72 in the final round. Cameron's Jason Timmis posted a three-over 73 for second at three-under 207. There was a three-way tie for third between ACU's Cyril Bouniol, St. Mary's Jeff Rein and Texas Wesleyan's Joel Thelen at two-under 208.
 
MSU has it's final competition before the Lone Star Conference Championships next week, when they go to Edmond, Okla., for the UCO/KickingBird Classic.
  

DBU Patriot Invitational
The Golf Club of Dallas
Dallas, Texas
Par-70, 6,750 yards
Team Leaderboard
Place									Team	Round Scores	Total	To Par
1									Abilene Christian	270-289-283	842	+2
2									Central Oklahoma	279-286-847	847	+7
3									Oklahoma City	281-285-287	853	+13
4									Oklahoma Christian	281-293-283	857	+17
5									Texas Wesleyan	300-286-283	869	+29
									Missouri Southern	291-293-285	869	+29
7									Cameron	295-283-295	873	+33
8									St. Mary's	292-293-290	875	+35
9									Henderson State	300-296-284	880	+40
10									Wayland Baptist	292-292-299	883	+43
11									Missouri-St. Louis	291-299-294	884	+44
12									West Texas A&M	287-305-293	885	+45
13									Northeastern State	303-294-295	892	+52
14									Midwestern State	301-300-294	895	+55
15									Arkansas-Fort Smith	298-299-299	896	+55
16									Dallas Baptist	300-295-300	900	+60
17									St. Edward's	299-306-297	902	+62
18									Southwestern Oklahoma	305-300-298	903	+63
19									Southwest Baptist	300-311-293	904	+64
20									Northwood (Texas)	302-306-306	914	+74
Individual Leaderboard
Place									Player, Team	Round Scores	Total	To Par
1									Alex Carpenter, Abilene Christian	65-68-72	205	-5
2									Jason Timmis, Cameron	69-65-73	207	-3
3									Cyril Bouniol, Abilene Christian	67-73-68	208	-2
									Jeff Rein, St. Mary's	65-73-70	208	-2
									Joel Thelen, Texas Wesleyan	73-64-71	208	-2
6									Clark Collier, Oklahoma City	70-71-68	209	-1
7									Josh Creel, Central Oklahoma	69-74-67	210	E
									Logan Herbst, Oklahoma Christian	65-76-69	210	E
									Sam Lavelle, Henderson State	75-70-65	210	E
10									Colby Shrum, Central Oklahoma	68-73-70	211	+1
									Bradley Sinnitt, Wayland Baptist	72-65-74	211	+1
Midwestern State Scorecard
14									Midwestern State	301-300-294	895	+55
25t									Sam Smith	75-75-67	217	+7
27t									Jeremy LeGuen	76-72-70	218	+8
53t									Raine Copeland	75-73-81	229	+19
87t									A.J. Pursley	76-80-77	233	+23
87t									Trevor Arianna	75-81-80	236	+26