DuPONT, Washington -- Midwestern State needed a big push to earn a shot to realize a national team berth Friday in the NCAA Division II West/South Central Region Championship on The Home Course.
 
The Mustangs never grasped the greatly needed momentum and head into Saturday's final round mired in 14th place logging tallies of 301 and 303 to stand 21 strokes behind leading Oklahoma Christian at 28-over par.
 
Instead, Jake Doggett carries MSU's national hopes into the final 18 holes. The junior from Hutto is tied for fourth after carding scores of 72 and 71 for a 1-under total of 13.
 
He is three strokes back of leading Andrew Ni of Colorado State-Pueblo (70-70 140/-4) and a single stroke behind Texas A&M-Commerce's Zach Burch (73-69 142/-2) and Sonoma State's Thomas Jenkins (70-72 142/-2).
 
The top four teams and highest finishing individual not on those squads advance to NCAA Division II Championships from May 17-22 at the PGA National Resort in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
 
Oklahoma Christian surged 10 spots to the top of the team leaderboard after firing a 1-under 287 in the second round. The Eagles' 36-hole tally of 583 (+7) gives them a two-stroke leader over Saint Martin's (585/+9) and Colorado State-Pueblo (585/+9) heading into the final round.
 
Texas A&M-Commerce holds the fourth and final advancing spot with a 10-over, two-round tally of 286 just ahead of Sonoma State (590/+14), Western Washington (592/+16) and Montana State-Billings (592/+16).
 
That means -- assuming no changes in the top four -- Doggett is just one stroke behind Jenkins in the battle for individual advancement.
 
MSU sophomore Garrett Leek fired a 1-over 73 in the second round to move into a tie for 21st place with a two round total of 148 (+4), while Kolton Baber logged a 7-over 79 to tie for 72nd with a 36-hole tally of 156 (+12).
 
Junior Keiton Hoster finished strong with an even-par showing on his final 11 holes to deliver the Mustangs' final countable score with a 8-over 80. He is 84th with a two-round total of 162 (+18).
 
Senior Conrad Rafferty carded a 9-over 81 to move into a tie for 80th with a 36-hole total of 158 (+14).
               

Pos	Team	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Oklahoma Christian	+7	296	287	---	583
2	Colorado State-Pueblo	+9	293	292	---	585
	Saint Martin's	+9	285	300	---	585
4	Texas A&M-Commerce	+10	292	294	---	586
5	Sonoma State	+14	291	299	---	590
6	Western Washington	+16	291	301	---	592
	Montana State-Billings	+16	284	308	---	592
8	St. Mary's	+17	295	298	---	593
9	Western New Mexico	+19	290	305	---	595
	Dallas Baptist	+19	297	298	---	595
	Colorado Mesa	+19	292	303	---	595
12	Academy of Art	+26	293	309	---	602
13	Holy Names	+27	297	306	---	603
14	Midwestern State	+28	301	303	---	604
15	Northwest Nazarene	+29	299	306	---	605
16	Cal State-East Bay	+34	307	303	---	610

  

Pos	Player	Team	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Andrew Ni	Colorado State-Pueblo	-4	70	70	--	140
2	Zach Burch	Texas A&M-Commerce	-2	73	69	--	142
	Thomas Jenkins	Sonoma State	-2	70	72	--	142
4	Jake Doggett	Midwestern State	-1	72	71	--	143
	Trevor Norby	Oklahoma Christian	-1	74	69	--	143
	Mateo Pulcini	Oklahoma Christian	-1	72	71	--	143
	Nathan McCulloch	Texas A&M-Commerce	-1	71	72	--	143
8	Joey Geary	Western New Mexico	E	72	72	--	144
	Garrett Woodin	Montana State-Billings	E	68	76	--	144
	Tyler Fitchett	Saint Martin's	E	69	75	--	144
	Maxwell Turnquist	Saint Martin's	E	71	73	--	144

  

14	Midwestern State	+28	301	303	---	604
Place	Player	To Par	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total
T4	Jake Doggett (2)	-1	72	71	--	143
T21	Garrett Leek (1)	+4	75	73	--	148
T72	Kolton Baber (4)	+12	77	79	--	156
T80	Conrad Rafferty (3)	+14	77	81	--	158
84	Keiton Hoster (5)	+18	82	80	--	162