SAN ANTONIO — The No. 6 St. Mary's University Men's Golf team made a late move on Monday to climb into second place on the leaderboard and is 12 shots off the lead headed into Tuesday's final round.
Midwestern State leads the 16-team field at 8-under-par, while St. Mary's is second (+4), DBU is in third (+7), UT Permian Basin is fourth (+10), and Cameron and UT Tyler round out the top five in a tie at +14.
Ioan Rowe from UT Permian Basin and Nathan Nelson from Midwestern State sit atop the individual leaderboard after carding 140 strokes over the first two rounds.
Sophomore
Zach Seader, competing as an individual, is one of six players under par after 36 holes. The Bulverde, Texas, native, fired a 71 in the morning round and came in even par in the afternoon for a two-round total of 143 (-1).
Senior
Baptiste Touchard (Saint-Agathon, France), the defending Lone Star Conference Golfer of the Week, posted identical rounds of 72 and is in a three-way tie for seventh place (144/E).
Both seniors
Kongpop Kaikaew (Rayong, Thailand) and Philip Hallström (Gävle, Sweden) are one-over-par at 145 strokes. Kaikaew shot a 72 and 73 on Monday, while Hallström shot a 70 and 75, and they are locked in a five-way tie for tenth place.
Junior
Connor Smith (The Hills, Texas) and sophomore
Guillaume Paquette (La Minerve, Quebec) are three-over par after carding identical scores of 75 in the first round and 72 in the second round. Smith is golfing as an individual. Sophomore
Elijah Galvan (Austin, Texas) is tied for 28th place after shooting a two-round total of 149 (75-74/+5).
Midwestern State and St. Mary's are the last two team champions, as the Mustangs won the tournament in 2024, and the host Rattlers won the title in 2025. Cameron, which is currently tied for fifth place, won back-to-back titles in 2022 and 2023.
The Rattlers will be part of the final groups, teeing off on holes one through three with golfers from Midwestern State and DBU. The final round is a shotgun start beginning at 8:15 a.m.
