SAN ANTONIO – With play suspended due to darkness in the second round at the Rattler Invitational, Midwestern State sits in third place at 21-over 566. The Mustangs have a two-stroke lead over fourth place UT Tyler but trail second place St. Mary's by 16 strokes. No. 4-ranked Dallas Baptist is 2-under par with a seven-stroke lead over the Rattlers.

Teams will close out their second rounds on Tuesday morning before playing the final 18 holes of the 54-hole tournament. Play was delayed on Monday morning due to frost at Dominion Country Club.

Alli Reily and Madison Wert have three holes to complete in the second round, while Mary Kerr and Kodi Nolen completed 16 holes of the second round before darkness halted play on Monday. Emme Darnold and Kaetie Samuels are both playing as individuals and made it through 17 holes of the second round.

Kerr enters play on Tuesday tied for eighth place at 3-over. The sophomore from Friendswood, Texas, is 1-under in her second round with five birdies. She had one birdie in the first round before a five-hole string of bogeys. She opened the tournament with 10 consecutive pars.

Nolen is in 14^th place after shooting 1-over 73 in the opening round with an eagle on the par-5, 456-yard 11^th hole, which she birdied in the second round. In the 34 holes she completed on Monday, the senior from Midlothian, Texas, carded six birdies — with four coming in her second round.

Reily was 4-over after her first three holes on Monday, but she rebounded nicely and is in 18^th place entering the final day at 6-over, shooting 2-over in the second round.

Lacoste, Wert and Darnold are all 9-over par entering play on Tuesday morning and tied for 30^th place.

Lacoste shot 7-over 79 in the first round with one birdie. The junior from France has two birdies in her second round and is 2-over with two holes to play.

Wert was 5-over 77 through 18 holes. The junior from Roanoke, Texas, has two birdies in her second round and is 4-over with three holes remaining.

Darnold is 5-over in her second round after completing 17 holes. The freshman from Andrews, Texas, had three birdies in the first round en route to a 4-over 76.

The Mustangs are 4-under par on the par 5s at Dominion Country Club and have the fourth-most birdies with 22, eight fewer than the leader, Dallas Baptist.

Ella Cheek of DBU, ranked No. 4 in the nation, is the individual leader at 9-under, leading Taylor Wilczek of St. Mary's by five strokes. Both players completed 34 holes on Monday.

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