THACKERVILLE, Oklahoma -- Each of Midwestern State's five golfers logged at least one par-or-better score in the opening two rounds of the Lone Star Conference Championship Monday afternoon on the Scissortail Course at the WinStar Golf Club.

The high-level performances allowed the Mustangs to post par-or-better team scores of 284 and 288 for a 4-under, two-round total of 572. The tally has MSU in second place, just four strokes behind Dallas Baptist, which fired scores of 286 and 282 for an 8-under 568.

More importantly, Midwestern State is in prime position to claim one of four berths into medal match play with Oklahoma Christian (578/+2) and UT Tyler (579/+3) in third and fourth place, respectively. West Texas A&M and Western New Mexico are tied for fifth and eight strokes behind MSU with 4-over totals of 580.

The final round of stroke play begins with a shotgun start Tuesday morning at 8 a.m.
The medal match semifinals follow Wednesday at 8 a.m. with the finals set for the afternoon at 1:30 p.m.

Sophomore Seth Bearden recorded his 12th and 13th par-or-better rounds and ninth score in the 60s this season, logging a 3-under 69 in the opening round before closing the day with even-par 72.< br="">
Bearden's 36-hole total of 141 has him in fourth place and six strokes off of the pace of Oklahoma Christian's Leandro Mihaich, who posted scores of 68 and 67 for a 9-under 165.

Mihaich carries a three-stroke lead over Dallas Baptist's Sam Jenkins (69-69) and Cameron's Rudy Sautron (69-69) into the final round.

Midwestern State junior Trevor Walsh finished opening day tied for eighth with scores of 69 and 74 for a 1-under 143, while senior Robert Garcia (74-71) is tied for 16th with a 1-over 145.

Senior Keaton Dickens chased an opening round 76 with a 1-under 71 in the second loop to tie for 29th with a 3-over 147, while junior Gatlin Goad logged an even-par 72 in the first round on the way to a tie for 47th place with a 7-over 151.

 

Lone Star Conference Championship

Team Leaderboard

Pos	Team	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Dallas Baptist	-8	286	282	---	568
2	Midwestern State	-4	284	288	---	572
3	Oklahoma Christian	+2	292	286	---	578
4	UT Tyler	+3	291	288	---	579
5	West Texas A&M	+4	289	291	---	580
	Western New Mexico	+4	291	289	---	580
7	St. Mary's (Texas)	+7	293	290	---	583
8	Lubbock Christian	+8	290	294	---	584
9	Arkansas-Fort Smith	+12	293	295	---	588
	UT Permian Basin	+12	294	294	---	588
	Cameron	+12	288	300	---	588
12	Texas A&M International	+26	299	303	---	602

  

Individual Leaderboard

Pos	Player	Team	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Leandro Mihaich	Oklahoma Christian	-9	68	67	--	135
2	Sam Jenkins	Dallas Baptist	-6	69	69	--	138
	Rudy Sautron	Cameron	-6	69	69	--	138
4	Seth Bearden	Midwestern State	-3	69	72	--	141
5	Seth Campbell	UT Tyler	-2	72	70	--	142
6	Jackson Naeger	UT Tyler	-1	72	71	--	143
	Trevor Walsh	Midwestern State	-1	69	74	--	143
8	Brannan Cox	Dallas Baptist	E	73	71	--	144
	Brecken Franklin	Dallas Baptist	E	73	71	--	144
	Jeremy Tandoy	Arkansas-Fort Smith	E	72	72	--	144
	Adam Niles	Western New Mexico	E	71	73	--	144
	Wyatt Provence	West Texas A&M	E	71	73	--	144
	Oscar Feschuk	Texas A&M International	E	71	73	--	144
	Luis Palomo	West Texas A&M	E	71	73	--	144
	Richman Houston	Lubbock Christian	E	70	74	--	144

 

Midwestern State Scorecards

2	Midwestern State	-4	284	288	---	572
Place	Player	To Par	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total
4	Seth Bearden (1)	-3	69	72	--	141
T6	Trevor Walsh (5)	-1	69	74	--	143
T16	Robert Garcia (2)	+1	74	71	--	145
T29	Keaton Dickens (3)	+3	76	71	--	147
T47	Gatlin Goad (4)	+7	72	79	--	151