HOUSTON -- Midwestern State's Emily Brennan did just about everything right in the second round of the NCAA Division II Championships Thursday at Bay Oaks Country Club.
 
But a balky putter and an occasional draw or slice pushed her score to a 6-over 78 as she slipped into a tie for 34th with a two-round total of 152 (+8).
 
"I can't explain how mentally draining it is," Brennan said. "It's so hard not having any putts falling. It happens though, it's golf. You can hit everything just right and you can be just a few centimeters off and it hurts your round."
 
Her stats told the tale as she hit 10 of 14 fairways and reached nine greens in regulation while taking 31 putts.
 
"She is right on the verge of playing really good golf," MSU coach Jeff Ray said. "I think if she would knock in a few putts, then she would get her confidence going. She's the type of player with her talent level that she can finish under par on this course. I think she believes that, too."
 
Brennan posted her lone birdie of the day on the par-4, 280-yard second hole, but four of her six bogeys came on par-4s including a double when her shot found water on the 381-yard 18th hole.
 
"There is water or trees on every hole," Ray said. "You have to be on your game especially off the tee box. This is quite a bit a first shot golf course. It will definitely penalize you for a bad shot."
 
Indianapolis' Kylie Raines tops the individual leader board with a 3-under total of 141 which is good for a one-stroke lead over teammates Katharina Keilich and Paxton DeHaven.
 
The Greyhounds (286-287) combined for a two-round team total of 573 (-3) to lead the race for the team title by 15 strokes over Nova Southeastern (296-292).
 
"I just need to play the shot like I am hitting it and get a few putts to drop," Brennan said.
 
The 72-hole tournament concludes with single rounds on Friday and Saturday.
 

NCAA Division II Championship
Bay Oaks Country Club Houston, Texas Par 72, 6,190 yards
Team Leaderboard
Place	Team	Round Scores	Total	To Par
1	Indianapolis (Ind.)	286-287	573	-3
2	Nova Southeastern (Fla.)	296-292	588	+12
3	Dallas Baptist (Texas)	290-301	591	+15
4	Barry (Fla.)	292-302	594	+18
5	California Baptist	293-304	597	+21
	Missouri-St. Louis	300-297	597	+21
7	Grand Valley State (Mich.)	309-297	606	+30
	Augustana (S.D.)	305-301	606	+30
9	West Texas A&M	303-308	611	+35
10	Rollins (Fla.)	302-312	614	+38
11	Arkansas Tech	305-318	623	+47
12	Lindenwood (Mo.)	324-307	631	+55
Individual Leaderboard
Place	Player, Team	Round Scores	Total	To Par
1	Kylie Raines, Indianapolis	70-71	141	-3
2	Paxton DeHaven, Indianapolis	72-70	142	-2
	Katharina Keilich, Indianapolis	71-71	142	-2
4	Casey Wild, Tarleton State***	69-74	143	-1
5	Sophie Madden, Nova Southeastern	73-71	144	E
6	Evelyn Arguelles, Dallas Baptist	70-75	145	+1
	Yifei Wang, California Baptist	72-73	145	+1
	Seher Atwal, Rollins	72-73	145	+1
	Paloma Vaccaro, West Florida***	71-74	145	+1
10	Sofia Garcia Austt, Nova Southeastern	73-73	146	+2
	Hanna Harrison, Dallas Baptist	71-75	146	+2
	Josefina Foa Torres, Barry	71-75	146	+2
	Olivia Reed, Grand Valley State	74-72	146	+2
	Ann Parmerter, Dallas Baptist	73-73	146	+2
	Tilda Larsson, Barry	70-76	146	+2
	Kiira Riijijarvi, Tampa***	69-77	146	+2
Midwestern State Scorecard
	Midwestern State
34t	Emily Brennan	74-78	152	+8