AMARILLO, Texas – Midwestern State enters the final round of the Ryan Palmer Foundation Invite on Tuesday morning tied for second place with Oklahoma Christian — eight strokes behind Hutchinson Community College — at 9-under 559 through the first two rounds at Amarillo Country Club.

The Mustangs have four players under par after the first 36 holes, led by Jaxon Donaldson, who is in a five-way tie for seventh on the player leaderboard at 4-under 138. Donaldson had two birdies and 15 pars in his opening round. In the second round, the junior from Wimberley, Texas, finished with five birdies and shot 3-under 68. Donaldson birdied the 208-yard, par-3 No. 6 hole in both rounds.

Anniston McIlwain is in a four-way tie for 16^th place at 2-under 140 after turning in two rounds of 1-under 70 on Monday. McIlwain closed his opening round with back-to-back birdies and finished the round with five birdies. In the afternoon session, the junior from Bulverde, Texas, had three birdies. McIlwaine birdied the 160-yard, par-3 No. 11 hole in both rounds.

Carter Ray had four birdies in his first round and shot 1-under 70. The junior from Walters, Oklahoma, birdied two par 4s in the second round and shot even-par 71 to finish the day in an eight-way tie for 20^th place at 1-under 141.

Collin Moody is also in the group tied for 20^th place after he opened with an even-par 71. In the second round, the sophomore from Bridgeport, Texas, shot 1-under 70. Moody birdied the 558-yard, par-5 No. 13 hole and the 420-yard, par-4 No. 14 hole in both rounds. He finished the day with seven birdies through 36 holes.

Ryan Griff was 3-over par through his first three holes in the first round but carded two birdies before he bogeyed his last hole to finish the morning session at 2-over 73. Griff was 2-over after the first three holes of his second round, but he birdied the 502-yard, par-5 No. 9 hole for the second time and added two more birdies, including one on his closing hole — the 457-yard, par-4 No. 3 hole. The junior from Bulverde, Texas, is in a three-way tie for 33^rd place at 1-over 143.

Bryce Hoech is playing as an individual and finished the day in a four-way tie for 45^th place at 3-over 145. Hoech had two birdies in the morning session on his way to a 1-over 72, and he shot 2-over 73 in the second round. The junior from Spring Branch, Texas, has three birdies through two rounds.

Midwestern State tied with Texas A&M-Texarkanna for the most pars on Monday with 122 and tied with Western New Mexico for the sixth-most birdies with 33. The Mustangs and Hutchinson have the fewest bogeys with 24, and MSU only had one double-plus bogey, which was the fewest among the 15-team field.

The Stangs posted the best score on the par-3s at 2-under — four strokes better than Dallas Baptist, which is in fourth place, one stroke behind MSU and Oklahoma Christian. Lubbock Christian is in fifth place at even-par.

Braden Stokes of UT Tyler is atop the player leaderboard at 7-under 135, leading David Vega Gerstel of West Texas A&M by one stroke. Ludvig Haglund of Cameron, Sam Dossey of DBU and both Matt Vearncombe and Hugo Duquaine of Hutchinson are tied for third place at 5-under 137. There are 27 players in the 90-player field that made it through the first two rounds in red numbers. Five players are tied for 28^th place at even-par.

The third round is scheduled to begin on Tuesday morning.