LITCHFIELD PARK, Ariz. - Midwestern State's ground breaking season came to a crashing halt as the third-year program finished seventh at the NCAA Division II Super Region 4 Championships Tuesday on the Red Course of the Wigwam Resort.
 
"The girls battled all day," MSU coach Jeff Ray said after the Mustangs posted a final round score of 316. "We will look back on this regional and know we have the ability to advance to the national tournament. We did not come close to playing our best golf. We have come a long way and the good news is that all the girls are back next year."
 
Junior Lauren Romines followed her collegiate best round of 71 in Monday's second round with a 6-over 78 to finish with in a tie for 12th and just three strokes off of the pace of the final national individual qualifier with a total of 227 (+11).
 
"Lauren played a great tournament," Ray said.
 
Fellow juniors Kendra Whittley and Taylor Klutts also posted 78s while Lindsay Burkhart carded an 82 to account for each of MSU's countable scores in the final round of play.
 
Whittley finished tied for 16th with a three-round total of 228 (+12), Klutts tied for 26th with a total of 231 (+15) and Burkhart notched a 238 (+22) to close tied for 39th.
 
Freshman Brenna Moore, who came into the tournament ranked 18th in the GolfStat individual rankings, struggled to her worst round of the season with an 86 (+14) for a three-round total of 244 (+28) to tie for 43rd.
 
"Brenna really struggled on the greens," Ray said. "She had a great. It was just not her week this week."
 
Tarleton State (899/+35), Grand Canyon (907/+43) and Central Oklahoma (907/+43) will advance to the NCAA Division II Championships to be held from May 16-19 at the Persimmon Ridge Golf Course in Louisville, Ky. as part of the 2012 Spring Championship Festival.
 
Sonoma State's Spencer Heller and Tarleton State's Katy Ward claimed top individual medalist honors with three-round totals of 217 (+1).
 
Heller along with St. Edward's Haley Haught (222/+6) and Dallas Baptist's Mercedes Rios (224/+8) earned the right to advance to national championship play as individuals. 
                

NCAA II Super Region 4 Championships
Wigwam Resort -- Red Course Litchfield Park, Ariz. Par-72, 6,191 yards
Team Leaderboard
Place	Team	Round Scores	Total	To Par
1	Tarleton State	291-299-309	899	+35
2	Grand Canyon	296-303-308	907	+43
	Central Oklahoma	304-295-308	907	+43
4	St. Edward's	292-309-310	911	+47
5	California State-Monterey Bay	298-300-317	915	+51
6	West Texas A&M	306-305-307	918	+54
7	Midwestern State	306-300-316	922	+58
8	Northeastern State	317-307-311	935	+71
9	Sonoma State	307-312-318	937	+73
Individual Leaderboard
Place	Player, Team	Round Scores	Total	To Par
1	Spencer Heller, Sonoma State	69-75-73	217	+1
	Katy Ward, Tarleton State	72-72-73	217	+1
3	Chaney Uhles, Central Oklahoma	72-75-74	221	+5
4	Haley Haught, St. Edward's	70-74-78	222	+6
	Taylor Neidy, Central Oklahoma	72-68-82	222	+6
6	Ja Ashley Mooney, Grand Canyon	73-75-76	224	+8
	Mercedes Rios, Dallas Baptist	76-72-76	224	+8
	Courtney Soekland, CSU-Monterey Bay	74-69-81	224	+8
9	Tiffany Hewetson, Grand Canyon	74-74-78	226	+10
	Charlotte Jaengkit, Grand Canyon	74-76-76	226	+10
	Wallis Spears, St. Edward's	70-78-78	226	+10
Midwestern State Scorecard
7	Midwestern State	306-300-316	922	+58
12t	Lauren Romines	78-71-78	227	+11
16t	Kendra Whittley	79-71-78	228	+12
26t	Taylor Klutts	72-81-78	231	+15
39t	Lindsay Burkhart	78-78-82	238	+22
43t	Brenna Moore	78-80-86	244	+28