SAN ANTONIO -- Midwestern State rallied to within three strokes of second-place late in the final round of the St. Mary's Rattler Invitational Tuesday afternoon at The Dominion Country Club.

But the Mustangs settled for a fifth-place showing despite firing the second lowest score of the final round with a 14-over 302.

"We came really close to making an incredible comeback," MSU coach Jeff Ray said. "This a very talented group of ladies. This is a team that can take us to nationals in the next few years. The will continue to improve."

MSU combined for eight birdies from Hole No. 3 through Hole No. 7 to get within striking distance of second place with three holes to play, but the Mustangs couldn't get any closer.

West Texas A&M fired the best three scores of the tournament following an opening round 297 with a pair of 295s to finish with a 23-over total of 887.

The Lady Buffs stretched out a 26-stroke advantage of the remainder of the field ahead of St. Mary's (921/+57), Arkansas-Fort Smith (923/+59), Texas A&M International (926/+62), and Midwestern State (928/+64).

Sophomore Brecklyn Flanagan improved by a stroke each round to produced her second collegiate Top 10 finish firing scores of 77, 76, and 75 for a 12-over total of 228. The Murphy native logged a team-high 31 pars and made six birdies.

Flanagan's other Top 10 showing came with a fourth-place finish at the 2021 Oklahoma Intercollegiate at the Lawton Country Club.

Sophomore Makenna Henry carded four birdies in the final round including three in a four-hole stretch on the Front Nine to move to 1-under through 13 holes. She would take what Ray called an 'unfortunate' double bogey on her final to finish with a 1-over 73.

Henry, who also improved in each round, carded scores of 82 and 76 on opening finishing tied for 11th with a 54-hole total of 231 (+15). She finished with a team-high nine birdies, the third most of the field.

Freshman Alli Reily amassed 29 pars and six birdies on her way to scores of 77, 79, and 76 to finish 13th with a 16-over total of 232, while fellow frosh Tristan Gabbard tied for 24th after marking scores of 77, 84, and 78 for a 23-over total of 239.

Kodi Nolen placed 29th with scores of 81, 83, and 80 for a 28-over total of 244.

West Texas A&M sophomore Gam Songprasert fired scores of 72, 72, and 70 for a 2-under total of 214 to win individual medalist honors by 10 strokes over teammate Alyssa Campbell and Libby Kilbride of St. Mary's.

The Mustangs play host to the Midwestern State Invitational on March 13-14 at the Wichita Falls Country Club.

Rattler Invitational

Team Leaderboard

Pos	Team	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	West Texas A&M	+23	297	295	295	887
2	St. Mary's (Texas)	+57	300	315	306	921
3	Arkansas-Fort Smith	+59	310	308	305	923
4	Texas A&M International	+62	311	306	309	926
5	Midwestern State	+64	312	314	302	928
6	Lubbock Christian	+108	321	332	319	972
7	Missouri Southern	+116	329	323	328	980

  

Individual Leaderboard

Pos	Player	Team	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Gam Songprasert	West Texas A&M	-2	72	72	70	214
2	Libby Kilbride	St. Mary's	+8	74	76	74	224
	Alyssa Campbell	West Texas A&M	+8	74	74	76	224
4	Sydney Williams	Arkansas-Fort Smith	+9	77	71	77	225
5	Rylie Cook	West Texas A&M	+10	78	74	74	226
	Lorenza Perini	West Texas A&M	+10	73	78	75	226
7	Yuliana Yapur	Texas A&M International	+11	74	77	76	227
8	Brecklyn Flanagan	Midwestern State	+12	77	76	75	228
9	Orla O'Leary	St. Mary's	+13	75	78	76	229
10	Bailey Anderson	Texas A&M International	+14	78	76	76	230

  

Midwestern State Scorecard

5	Midwestern State	+64	312	314	302	928
Place	Player	To Par	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total
8	Brecklyn Flanagan (4)	+12	77	76	75	228
T11	Makenna Henry (2)	+15	82	76	73	231
13	Alli Reily (3)	+16	77	79	76	232
T24	Tristan Gabbard (1)	+23	77	84	78	239
29	Kodi Nolen (5)	+28	81	83	80	244