WICHITA FALLS, Texas – The Midwestern State Mustangs finished two strokes behind the tie at first, while freshman Derek Oland finished second a stroke off the lead in the rained-shortened MSU Invitational Tuesday at the Wichita Falls Country Club.
 
Oland fired an 1 over-par 72 on the 6,822 yard WFCC course to finish second individually, just behind Santiago Quintero of St. Edward's who shot an even-par 71.
 
The Mustangs as a team posted a 300, two strokes behind Arkansas Tech and St. Ed's who tallied 298 each.  A-Tech got the win using the fifth man's score to break the tie.
 
MSU tied with Cameron in third, with WT fifth at 304.
 
The storms and rain chopped the tournament to the lone Tuesday round and caused every shot to be intensified.
 
 "We  had a chance to win," said MSU Coach Jeff Ray.  "The guys are battling on every shot in challenging conditions.  I'm really proud of Derek Oland who really had a great round on a very difficult day."
 
Jeremy LeGuen carded a 3-over-74 to rank tie ninth, while Raine Copeland shot a 4-over-75 to tie for 17 th.
 
Trevor Arianna added an 8-over-79 and Sam Smith stumbled to an 84.  Brett Perry played as an individual, scoring a 77, but did not count on the team score.
 
"Sam is struggling," Ray stated.  "But I expect him to be okay because he works so hard."
 
Midwestern State returns to the course next week at the North Alabama Spring Classic, hosted by UNA at the Fightin' Joe Course of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at the Shoals.
  

MSU Invitational
Wichita Falls Country Club Wichita Falls, Texas Par-71, 6,822 yards
Team Leaderboard
Place	Team	Round Scores	Total	To Par
1	Arkansas Tech**	298	298	+14
2	St. Edward's (Texas)	298	298	+14
3	Midwestern State (Texas)	300	300	+16
	Cameron	300	300	+16
5	West Texas A&M	304	304	+20
6	East Central (Okla.)	306	306	+22
7	Rogers State (Okla.)	308	308	+24
	Arkansas-Fort Smith	308	308	+24
	Nebraska-Omaha	308	308	+24
	Northeastern State (Okla.)	308	308	+24
11	Newman (Kan.)	311	311	+27
	Dallas Baptist (Texas)	311	311	+27
	Missouri Western	311	311	+27
	Pittsburg State (Kan.)	311	311	+27
15	Incarnate Word (Texas)	312	312	+28
16	Henderson State (Ark.)	315	315	+31
17	Texas A&M-Commerce	316	316	+32
18	St. Mary's (Texas)	322	322	+38
19	Missouri Southern	328	328	+44
Individual Leaderboard
Place	Player, Team	Round Scores	Total	To Par
1	Santiago Quintero, St. Edward's	71	71	E
2	Derek Oland, Midwestern State	72	72	+1
3	Casey Nelson, Northeastern State	73	73	+2
	Brett Dowell, Pittsburg State	73	73	+2
	Trey Lawson, Cameron	73	73	+2
	Brodie Hinkle, East Central	73	73	+2
	Parker Hale, Arkansas Tech	73	73	+2
	Danny Walker, West Texas A&M	73	73	+2
9	Karl Krieser, Nebraska-Omaha	74	74	+3
	Luke Kwon, St. Edward's	74	74	+3
	Charlie Mommaerts, Newman	74	74	+3
	Tyler Gast, Missouri Western	74	74	+3
	Jack Garrett, Arkansas Tech	74	74	+3
	Jeremy LeGuen, Midwestern State	74	74	+3
	Garrett Smith, Cameron	74	74	+3
	Jason Purdy, Arkansas Tech	74	74	+3
Midwestern State Scorecard
3t	Midwestern State	300	300	+16
2	Derek Oland	72	72	+1
9t	Jeremy LeGuen	74	74	+3
17t	Raine Copeland	75	75	+4
55t	Trevor Arianna	79	79	+8
89t	Sam Smith	84	84	+13
30t	Brett Perry**	77	77	+6
79t	Antonio Herran**	82	82	+11
** Competed as individual medalist only.