SAN ANTONIO - The day wasn't as bad as the first round seventh place showing for Midwestern State in the Lone Star Conference Championships played at the Par-72, 7,127-yard Randolph Oaks Golf Course.
 
"We didn't play well, but we're not too far out of third place," MSU coach Jeff Ray said. "Obviously, tomorrow we need to step up and play better."
 
The Mustangs, who carded a team total of 308 (+20), had just about everything go against them despite a strong showing from Trevor Arianna who fired an opening round 74 (+2) from MSU's No. 5 bag.
 
"Usually, you say your No. 5 is going to have a 74 and you're going to have a great score," Ray said.
 
On the other side of that, Sam Smith struggled to his worst round of the season carding an opening round 86 (+14) for a non-counting score form the Mustangs' No. 1 bag.
 
"Sam had a great semester averaging a 74.01 in just awful weather conditions," Ray said. "He just had one of those days that you have in golf every now and then."
 
On top of that, MSU's Brett Perry enjoyed a solid even-Par round through the first 10 holes before taking a double bogey on No. 11 and a 10 on No. 14 to finish the day with a countable 81 (+9).
 
But Midwestern got a pair of solid rounds from Raine Copeland (75/+3) and Jeremy LeGuen (78/+6) to stay in contention with two rounds remaining at the LSC Championships.
 
"It's been a very unusual semester in that everyone on the team has been to at least two tournaments," Ray said. "We don't have the depth that we had, so there's not much room for error."
 
The Mustangs are seven strokes behind Northeastern State and West Texas A&M which are both tied for third with matching first round totals of 301 followed by Texas A&M (302), Cameron (303) and Southwestern Oklahoma State (308).
 
Central Oklahoma tops the team leader board with a 4-under 284 and leads Abilene Christian (296) by 12 strokes.
 
UCO's Colby Shrum tops in the individual leader board by firing a 5-under 67.
 
The tournament continues with a second round beginning Tuesday morning before wrapping up with the final round on Wednesday.
  

LSC Championships
Randolph Oaks Golf Course
San Antonio, Texas
Par-72, 7,172 yards
Team Leaderboard
Place									Team	Round Scores	Total	To Par
1									Central Oklahoma	284	284	-4
2									Abilene Christian (Texas)	296	296	+8
3									Northeastern State (Okla.)	301	301	+13
									West Texas A&M	301	301	+13
5									Texas A&M-Commerce	302	302	+14
6									Cameron (Okla.)	303	303	+15
7									Midwestern State (Texas)	308	308	+20
									Southwestern Oklahoma	308	308	+20
9									East Central (Okla.)	309	309	+21
10									Incarnate Word (Texas)	310	310	+22
11									Southeastern Oklahoma	324	324	+36
Individual Leaderboard
Place									Player, Team	Round Scores	Total	To Par
1									Colby Shrum, Central Oklahoma	67	67	-5
2									Casey Nelson, Northeastern State	68	68	-4
3									Ben Hargis, West Texas A&M	69	69	-3
4									Andrew Green, Central Oklahoma	70	70	-2
5									Alex Carpenter, Abilene Christian	71	71	-1
									Josh Creel, Central Oklahoma	71	71	-1
7									Aaron Cockerill, Texas A&M-Commerce	73	73	+1
									Tyler Sheppard, Abilene Christian	73	73	+1
									John Paul Taylor, Incarnate Word	73	73	+1
10									Trevor Arianna, Midwestern State	74	74	+2
									Logan Leggett, West Texas A&M	74	74	+2
									Matt Loyd, Texas A&M-Commerce	74	74	+2
Midwestern State Scorecard
7t									Midwestern State	308	308	+20
10t									Trevor Arianna	74	74	+2
13t									Raine Copeland	75	75	+3
31t									Jeremy LeGuen	78	78	+6
45t									Brett Perry	81	81	+9
55									Sam Smith	86	86	+14