DuPONT, Wash. – The Midwestern State Mustangs faded in their final seven holes and finished eighth at the NCAA Division II South Central/West Regional on Wednesday.
 
The Mustangs posted a final round 4-over 292 for a 6-over 870 for the three-day tournament, to sit seven strokes away from reaching the fifth spot that would have allowed them to advance to the NCAA Division II Championship.
 
MSU freshman Santiago Gomez, who entered the day tied for sixth, remained in that position after a final round of even-par 72 to finish the tournament at 4-under 212.  However, that was one stroke away from gaining an individual entry to the national tournament.
 
Gomez was 2-under through 11 holes before suffering a consecutive double bogies that knocked him out of position.  He picked back up two of the strokes, but it wasn't enough to recover.
 
The Mustangs got their best round of the day from freshman Ian Gallagher.  He toured the par 72, 7073 yard Home Course with a 1-under 71.  Gallagher tied for the second-best tournament amongst the Mustangs with a 4-over 220.
 
Junior Jeremy LeGuen posted a 3-over 75 to match Gallagher at 4-over 220, while senior Antonio Herran also added a 3-over 75 to record a 5-over 221.  Sophomore Derek Oland turned in a 2-over 74 in the final round for a 78-over 224 total.
 
Midwestern actually had climbed into the fifth spot with seven holes to play before suffering six bogeys, two double bogeys and a triple bogey among the team down the stretch.
 
Cal State-Monterey Bay won the tournament with a 10-under 854, edging Western Washington by a stroke at 855 and Grand Canyon (Ariz.) by two at 856.  Colorado-Colorado Springs was fourth at 3-under 861 and Cal State-Stanislaus fifth at 1-under 863.
 
The top five teams advance to the national championship at the Hershey Country Club in Hershey, Pa., May 20-24.
 
Individually, Western Washington's Kyl Schrader fired a 6-under 66 in the final round to claim the top spot at 10-under 206, two strokes better than Colorado-Colorado Springs Kevin Witte at 8-under 208.
 
Eric Ash of Sonoma State (Calif.) tied for third with Alex Sobstad of Monterey Bay at 6-under 210, with Dalen Yamauchi of Hawaii-Hilo at 5-under 211 in fifth.  Ash and Yamauchi earned the super regions two individual medalist honors.
 
MSU's Gomez was part of a three-way tie for sixth at 4-under 212 that included Alex Carpenter of Abilene Christian and Ricky Owaki of Chico State (Calif.).
 
 

NCAA II West/South Central Super Regional
The Home Course DuPont, Wash. Par-72, 7,138 yards
Team Leaderboard
Place	Team	Round Scores	Total	To Par
1	Cal State-Monterey Bay	279-286-289	854	-10
2	Western Washington	283-286-286	855	-9
3	Grand Canyon (Ariz.)	288-283-285	856	-8
4	Colorado-Colorado Springs	289-282-290	861	-3
5	Cal State-Stanislaus	288-290-285	863	-1
6	Hawaii-Hilo	290-287-287	864	E
7	Chico State (Calif.)	289-283-293	865	+1
8	Midwestern State (Texas)	289-289-292	870	+6
9	Colorado State-Pueblo	301-285-286	872	+8
	Dallas Baptist (Texas)	289-291-292	872	+8
11	Cal State-East Bay	297-285-292	874	+10
	Abilene Christian (Texas)	287-298-289	874	+10
	Sonoma State (Calif.)	301-288-285	874	+10
	St. Edward's (Texas)	291-293-290	874	+10
15	Colorado Mines	292-293-295	880	+16
	Cameron (Okla.)	293-292-295	880	+16
17	Dixie State (Utah)	297-302-289	888	+24
18	California-San Diego	297-291-304	892	+28
19	Western New Mexico	301-299-305	905	+41
20	Incarnate Word (Texas)	307-306-299	912	+48
Individual Leaderboard
Place	Player, Team	Round Scores	Total	To Par
1	Kyle Schrader, Western Washington	70-70-66	206	-10
2	Kevin Witte, Colorado-Colorado Springs	69-67-72	208	-8
3	Eric Ash, Sonoma State	74-67-69	210	-6
	Alex Sobstad, CSU-Monterey Bay	69-69-72	210	-6
5	Dalen Yamauchi, Hawaii-Hilo	70-67-74	211	-5
6	Santiago Gomez, Midwestern State	67-73-72	212	-4
	Alex Carpenter, Abilene Chrsitian	71-72-69	212	-4
	Ricky Owaki, Chico State	73-67-72	212	-4
9	Blake Ahlin, Cal State-East Bay	74-68-71	213	-3
	Johnny Antle, Dallas Baptist	71-70-72	213	-3
	Brandon Bingaman, Colorado Mesa	73-70-70	213	-3
	Liam Brace, Grand Canyon	74-71-68	213	-3
	Rob Damschen, CSU-Stanislaus	71-72-70	213	-3
	Dylan Jackson, CSU-Monterey Bay	71-72-70	213	-3
Midwestern State Scorecard
8	Midwestern State	289-289-292-5	870	+6
6t	Santiago Gomez	67-73-72	212	-4
44t	Ian Gallagher	75-74-71	220	+4
44t	Jeremy LeGuen	73-72-75	220	+4
54t	Antonio Herran	74-72-75	221	+5
70t	Derek Oland	78-72-74	224	+8