WICHITA FALLS, Texas -- Midwestern State followed Jake Doggett's lead by finishing strong Monday evening in the MSU Invitational at the Wichita Falls Country Club.

Doggett followed an opening round 65 with a more than solid 68 to take a four-stroke lead into Tuesday's final round with a 9-under total of 133.

The senior from Hutto takes aim at his third individual win beginning at 9:02 a.m. Tuesday off of Hole No. 1. If Doggett holds on to the four-stroke lead, he will be the sixth men's golfer to win the Midwestern State Invitational joining Santiago Gomez (2013), Derek Oland (2014), Trip Hobson (2017), Chance Craig (2018) and Garrett Leek (2019).

Doggett's 9-under total is one shot better than Leek's 8-under 205 set in 2019, while his 6-under 65 is the lowest opening round score in the tournament's 13-year history. It is the third lowest in the total history of the event behind Leek's 63 in 2019. Southern Nazarene's Matthew Wellman fired a 7-under 64 during the second round of the 2014 tournament.

Midwestern State closed strong by going 6-under over the final three holes which were primarily played under a low light setting as the field raced to complete 36 holes on Monday.

Junior Jake Leatherwood finished with three consecutive birdies to close the second round with a 2-under 69 to match his first round tally. Leatherwood tied for third with a 4-under 138.

Leek carded two of his five second-round birdies in the final three holes to also move into tie for third with a 4-under 138. The Brock native logged scores of 71 and 67.

Junior Mason Mikeska (76-74 150/+8) and senior Keiton Hoster (78-75 153/+11) tied for 71st and 82nd, respectively to round out scores for MSU's top competing team.

Meanwhile, sophomore Ethen Wolf shined in his MSU debut logging scores of 68 and 72 for a 2-under 140 to tie for ninth leading the "B" Team to a 12th-place showing.

Sophomore Tyler Kenyon proved solid tying for 34th with scores of 71 and 73 for a 2-over 144, while freshman Ryan Hailey tied for 39th with tallies of 76 and 69.

Sophomore J.T. Boyd (76-76 152/+10) and sophomore Keaton Dickens (80-78 158/+16) tied for 82nd and 103rd, respectively, to close out results for the Mustangs' second team.

Sophomore Ethan Sanchez (77-73 50/+8) and Lane Garcia (77-75 152/+10) tied for 71st and 82nd, respectively, competing as individual medalists only.

In all, six different Midwestern State golfers logged par-or-better scores during the opening two rounds of the Midwestern State Invitational.

                

Midwestern State Invitational

Team Leaderboard

Pos	Team	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Midwestern State	-9	281	278	---	559
2	Hutchinson CC	-7	280	281	---	561
	Colorado Christian	-7	283	278	---	561
4	St. Mary's (Texas)	E	288	280	---	568
5	Texas A&M-Commerce	+1	286	283	---	569
6	Cameron	+3	289	282	---	571
7	Dallas Baptist	+5	291	282	---	571
8	Colorado Mesa	+7	291	284	---	575
9	UT Tyler	+8	289	287	---	576
	Arkansas-Fort Smith	+8	291	285	---	576
11	New Mexico JC	+12	297	283	---	580
12	Midwestern State "B"	+13	291	290	---	581
13	Texas A&M International	+17	293	292	---	585
	Western New Mexico	+17	299	286	---	585
15	West Texas A&M	+18	294	292	---	586
16	Regis (Colo.)	+19	306	281	---	587
	Fort Lewis (Colo.)	+19	293	294	---	587
18	New Mexico JC "B"	+30	298	300	---	598
19	Lubbock Christian	+33	293	308	---	601

  

Individual Leaderboard

Pos	Player	Team	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Jake Doggett	Midwestern State	-9	65	68	--	133
2	Harry Crockett	Hutchinson JC	-5	70	67	--	137
3	Jake Leatherwood	Midwestern State	-4	69	69	--	138
	Garrett Leek	Midwestern State	-4	71	67	--	138
	Sebastian Tannum Donaldson	St. Mary's	-4	71	67	--	138
	Ryan Dixon	St. Mary's	-4	69	69	--	138
7	Timothy Chan	New Mexico JC	-3	73	66	--	139
	Joey Kirk	Cameron	-3	72	67	--	139
9	Ethen Wolf	Midwestern State	-2	68	72	--	140
	Hayden Brogdon	Arkansas-Fort Smith	-2	69	71	--	140
	Ben Partridge	Hutchinson JC	-2	66	74	--	140
	Cameron Rios-Ceballos**	Hutchinson JC	-2	72	68	--	140
	Kittiphong Phaithuncharoensuk	Texas A&M-Commerce	-2	74	66	--	140
	Xavier Bighaus	Colorado Christian	-2	69	71	--	140
	Dylan Arthur	Colorado Christian	-2	73	67	--	140
	Zach Burch	Texas A&M-Commerce	-2	71	69	--	140
	Adam Duncan	Colorado Christian	-2	68	72	--	140

  

Midwestern State Scorecard

1	Midwestern State	-9	281	278	---	559
Place	Player	To Par	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total
1	Jake Doggett (2)	-9	65	68	--	133
T3	Garrett Leek (1)	-4	71	67	--	138
T3	Jake Leatherwood (4)	-4	69	69	--	138
T71	Mason Mikeska (5)	+8	76	74	--	150
T92	Keiton Hoster (3)	+11	78	75	--	153
T71	Ethan Sanchez (Ind)	+8	77	73	--	150
T82	Lane Garcia (Ind)	+10	77	75	--	152

12	Midwestern State "B"	+13	291	290	---	581
Place	Player	To Par	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total
T9	Ethen Wolf (5)	-2	68	72	--	140
T34	Tyler Kenyon (2)	+2	71	73	--	144
T39	Ryan Hailey (1)	+3	76	69	--	145
T82	J.T. Boyd (3)	+10	76	76	--	152
T103	Keaton Dickens (4)	+16	80	78	--	158