DALLAS -- Midwestern State's Madison Brown fired a 2-under 70 in the final round of the West Regional Preview guiding the Mustangs to a fifth-place showing at the Golf Club of Dallas.

The junior transfer from Kemp tied for 10th in MSU debut after carding scores of 75 and 73 for a 54-hole, 2-over total of 218.

Brown's efforts helped the Mustangs to a fifth-place showing as MSU improved its team total each round with a 305, 295 and 294 to finish with a 30-over, 54-hole total of 894.

"We were really had a good team effort," MSU coach Jeff Ray said. "We are still young and getting better. This was a really good finish for us. I am really proud of the girls. We had great opportunities this fall with some good regional and national fields. We are talented enough and the best way to learn is to get in there and get after it."

The Mustangs opened the fall with a runner-up finish at The Swan Memorial in Colorado, then was 11th in the nationally competitive field at the DBU Classic.

"We finish fifth, but we really didn't have our best day," Ray said. "We didn't finish particularly great, but we were over a very difficult stretch of holes."

Brown recorded three birdies in a four-hole stretch going back-to-back on a pair of par-4s on Hole Nos. 10 and 11 before getting the par-3, 150-yard 13th hole. She finished the round with a fourth birdie on the par-4, 380-yard Hole No. 4 for her first par-or-better round of the season.

Senior Beatrice Perucchini bounced back from a pair of 80s on opening day to card 1-over 73 in the third round to finish in a tie for 45th with a 17-over total of 233.

Freshman Tristan Gabbard continued her impressive start tying for 16th with scores of 77, 70 and 74 for a 5-over total of 221.

Fellow frosh Kodi Nolen tied for 36th with scores of 77, 76 and 77 for a 14-over total of 230, while sophomore Brecklyn Flanagan tied for 43rd with tallies of 76, 76 and 80 for a 16-over total of 232.

Sophomore Makenna Henry tied for 36th while competing as an individual medalist only. The Sour Lake native fired sored of 77, 79 and 74 for a 14-over total of 230.

Dallas Baptist (858/-6) claimed the team title by 12 strokes over West Texas A&M (870/+6). The Lady Buffs were trailed by Biola (890/+26), Oklahoma Christian (893/+29), and MSU.

Midwestern State closes the fall schedule with the Oklahoma Intercollegiate Monday and Tuesday at the Lawton Country Club.

 

DBU West Regional Preview

Team Leaderboard

Pos	Team	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Dallas Baptist	-6	285	290	283	858
2	West Texas A&M	+6	288	294	288	870
3	Biola (Calif.)	+26	303	295	292	890
4	Oklahoma Christian	+29	300	288	305	893
5	Midwestern State	+30	305	295	294	894
6	California State, East Bay	+34	307	291	300	898
7	UT Tyler	+35	305	302	292	899
8	Colorado Christian	+44	309	297	302	908
9	Texas A&M International	+53	309	305	303	917
10	St. Mary's	+56	309	301	310	920
11	Cameron	+61	311	304	310	925
12	UT Permian Basin	+63	312	311	304	927
13	Angelo State	+65	318	306	305	929
14	Arkansas-Fort Smith	+66	308	306	316	930
15	Academy of Art (Calif.)	+89	318	325	310	953
16	UC Colorado Springs	+101	328	321	316	965

  

Individual Leaderboard

Pos	Player	Team	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Julia Garcia	Dallas Baptist	-6	65	74	71	210
2	Brady Turnquist	Biola	-5	76	70	65	211
3	Eryn Garza	Dallas Baptist	-4	73	69	70	212
4	Alyssa Campbell	West Texas A&M	-3	68	74	71	213
	Lorenza Perini	West Texas A&M	-3	70	71	72	213
6	Julia Kerrigan	UT Tyler	-2	72	72	70	214
7	Jordan Karrh	Dallas Baptist	E	73	73	70	216
	Amanda Granato	Cal State, East Bay	E	74	69	73	216
9	Alex Bennett	Oklahoma Christian	+1	73	71	73	217
10	Madison Brown	Midwestern State	+2	75	73	70	218
	Drishti Karumbaya	Cal State, East Bay	+2	76	71	71	218

  

Midwestern State Scorecard

5	Midwestern State	+30	305	295	294	894
Place	Player	To Par	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total
T10	Madison Brown (2)	+2	75	73	70	218
T16	Tristan Gabbard (1)	+5	77	70	74	221
T36	Kodi Nolen (3)	+14	77	76	77	230
T43	Brecklyn Flanagan (5)	+16	76	76	80	232
T45	Beatrice Perucchini (4)	+17	80	80	73	233
T36	Makenna Henry (Ind)	+14	77	79	74	230