THACKERVILLE, Oklahoma -- Midwestern State fell 3-2 to UT Tyler in the semifinal round of the Lone Star Conference Medal Match tournament Wednesday afternoon at the WinStar Golf Club's Scissortail course.
UT Tyler moved on to play Oklahoma Christian in the final round on Wednesday afternoon. The Eagles rolled to a 4-0-1 win over Cameron in the other semifinal.
The winner of medal match play receives the LSC's automatic bid into the NCAA Division II South Central/West Region set for May 11-13 at Foxtail Golf Club in Rohnert Park, California.
The top 10 teams and four individuals not on advancing teams from both the West and South Central regions make up the field with selection by the NCAA Division II Men's Golf Committee set for Friday, April 28 on NCAA.com.
The Mustangs were ranked third in the final regular season South Central Rankings last week.
Seniors
Garrett Leek and
Mason Mikeska both won their medal matches by six strokes.
Leek fired a 4-under 68 to defeat UT Tyler's Jackson Naeger (74/+2), while Mikeska logged a 2-under 70 to win over Carter Lewis (76/+4).
But the Patriots rolled to victories in the first three matches coming off of the course.
Seth Campbell (75/+3) beat MSU's
Seth Bearden (77/+5), while Carson Whitton (67/-5) beat
Jake Leatherwood (74/+2) and Luke Emerson (70/-2) defeated
Keaton Dickens (72/E).
Midwestern State claimed its first team tournament win over the season logging team totals of 285, 284, and 283 for a 12-under total of 852, overcoming a six-stroke deficit in the final round to overtime Oklahoma Christian (281-283-289 853/-11).
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