HUTCHINSON, KAN. - Drake junior Brad Reierson (Chaska, Minn.) shot a four-over-par 74 in the second round to move into a tie for second place in the State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Men's Golf Championship Monday.
Reierson helped propel the Bulldogs into fourth place after 36 holes in the team standings with 333-313=646 score just five strokes behind third-place Illinois State. Drake junior Ben Freeman (Fargo, N.D.) and freshman Jared Gustafson (Omaha, Neb.) were tied for 22nd.
Freeman cut 10 strokes off his first-round score of 87 to post a 77 in the second round for a 164 total. Gustafson enjoyed rounds of 83-81=164.
Wichita State, the pre-meet favorte, posted rounds of 316-308=624 on the par-70, 6,598-yard Prairie Dunes Country Club to enjoye a one-stroke lead over Southern Illinois (314-311=625).
Reierson is tied with Wichtia State's Dustin Garz for second place. Southern Illinois' Patrick Schell has the individual lead with a 76-76=152, one stroke ahead of Reierson and Garz.
STATE FARM MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE GOLF TOURNAMENT
At Hutchinson,Kan.
TEAM SCORING
(Through 36 holes)
1. Wichita State 316-308=624
2. Southern Illinois 314-311=625
3. Illinois State 3250316=641
4. DRAKE 333-313=646
5. Evansville 326-322=648
6. Missouri State 335-315=650
7. Northern Iowa 323-335=658
T8. Bradley 330-330=660
T8. Creighton 330-330=660.
Individual Leader - Patrick Schell, Southern Illinois 76-76=152.
Drake Results -- T2. Brad Reierson 79-74=153; T22. Ben Freeman 87-77=164; T22. Jared Gustafson 83-81=164; T25. Luke Joy 84-81=165; T40. Nick Shimon 89-83=172.
