JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Midwestern State junior Sam Smith fired a 1-over-par 73 to lead the Mustangs in the opening round of the NCAA Division II Midwest/South Central Super Regional at the Jefferson City Country Club.
 
The Mustangs posted a 302 as a team to sit tied for 12th among the 20 teams after the first round.
 
Central Missouri leads the field at 2-under 286, with Northern Kentucky six back at 292 in second.  Bellarmine (Ky.) Grand Valley State (Mich.) and Indianapolis (Ind.) are tied for third at 296.
 
Smith is tied for 12th after his eventful opening round 73.  The Archer City junior recorded five birdies and six bogeys on the day.
 
Smith was 1-under at the turn with a pair of birds and a bogey on the front nine, but the back side was an adventure.  He bogeyed 10, but birdied 11 and 13 to go to 2-under.
 
He dropped another shot at 14, got it back with a birdie at 15, but came home with three bogeys to end the round at 73.
 
Sophomore Jeremy LeGuen carded a 3-over 75 for MSU to tie for 28th as he chalked up a pair of birdies with five bogeys over the par 72, 7112 yard JCCC Course.
 
The final three holes cost all the Mustangs, as every MSU player recorded at least one bogey on the way in.
 
Senior Trevor Arianna and junior Raine Copeland each posted 5-over 77 on Monday.
 
Freshman Derek Oland struggled in his first NCAA tournament round without recording a birdie, while chalking up four bogeys and a double bogey on his way to a 6-over 78.
 
The Mustangs face second round action on Tuesday at JCCC.  The tournament concludes on Wednesday with the top five teams and two individuals not part of those squads advancing to the finals at the Cardinal Club in Simpsonville, Ky., May 15-18, part of the Division II Spring Championships Festival. 
        

NCAA II MW/South Central Regional
Jefferson City Country Club Jefferson City, Mo. Par-72, 7,112 yards
Team Leaderboard
Place	Team	Round Scores	Total	To Par
1	Central Missouri	286	286	-2
2	Northern Kentucky	292	292	+4
3	Bellarmine	296	296	+8
	Grand Valley State	296	296	+8
	Indianapolis	296	296	+8
6	Washburn	299	299	+11
7	Ferris State	300	300	+12
	Central Oklahoma	300	300	+12
	St. Edward's	300	300	+12
	West Texas A&M	300	300	+12
11	Arkansas-Fort Smith	301	301	+13
12	Midwestern State	302	302	+14
	Cameron	302	302	+14
14	Abilene Christian	304	304	+16
15	Tiffin	306	306	+18
	Ashland	306	306	+18
17	Northeastern State	307	307	+19
18	Northwood (Mich.)	314	314	+26
19	Findlay	316	316	+28
20	Wayne State (Mich.)	318	318	+30
Individual Leaderboard
Place	Player, Team	Round Scores	Total	To Par
1	Jared King, Central Missouri	68	68	-4
	Travis Shooks, Grand Valley State	68	68	-4
3	Micah Skidmore, Saginaw Valley State	70	70	-2
4	Sean Elliot, Central Missouri	71	71	-1
	Luke Kwon, St. Edward's	71	71	-1
6	Jones Brown, Northern Kentucky	72	72	E
	Josh Creel, Central Oklahoma	72	72	E
	Joe Migdal, Central Missouri	72	72	E
	Aaron Monson, Indianapolis	72	72	E
	Bryan Ratterman, Bellarmine	72	72	E
	Brian Walker, Washburn	72	72	E
Midwestern State Scorecard
12t	Midwestern State	302	302	+14
12t	Sam Smith	73	73	+1
28t	Jeremy Leguen	75	75	+3
61t	Raine Copeland	77	77	+5
61t	Trevor Arianna	77	77	+5
78t	Derek Oland	78	78	+6