SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Northeastern State flirted with the top spot on the leaderboard early but slipped to seventh place after two rounds of play at the St. Mary's Rattler Invite Monday.

The RiverHawks carded a 304 in the morning round and improved their score by five in their second go-around on the Dominion Country Club.  Grant Hynes, in his third tournament of the season carded the team's low score with a 148 (75-73) and is tied for 12th place overall. 

Steady rounds by Hynes and Hunter Pennington in the opening 18 pushed NSU to the top of the leaderboard for part of the morning. The team would slip at the end of the round with the RiverHawks carding a five-over in the final three pins. NSU would shoot an 18-over and were tied for fifth on the leaderboard. 

In the afternoon, the RiverHawks stuck around mid-pack tied with Southwestern Oklahoma and 11-shots back of Oklahoma Christian, who leads the field by two.

Pennington shot matching 75s in both rounds and is tied for 21st.  Carlos Gomez landed 28 pars, second-most among players on Monday, and is tied for 27th on a 152 day.  Casey Paul shot a 153, and Ty Shelnutt had a 158. 

The RiverHawks close out play in San Antonio with the final round on Tuesday at 8 a.m.