ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – Arkansas Tech remains in a tie for third-place through two rounds of play at the 2025 NCAA Division II Central/Midwest Region Tournament after they matched their team score from Thursday's first round and shot an eight-over (292) on Friday. Harding moved up from eighth into a tie for fifth. Henderson State improved by 19 strokes.
OFFICIAL RESULTS
Tech is tied with Findlay for third and both are just one stroke back of being in a tie for second with Saginaw Valley State, who shot up eight spots on the team leaderboard on Friday with two-over (286).
Pacing the Wonder Boys in the second round was Landon Lawson as he shot a three-under (68). Starting on hole one, Lawson was two-under through the front-nine as he birdied holes five and eight. He would get to three-under quickly after making the turn with a birdie on No. 10. His lone blemish came two holes later where he bogeyed 12.
Lawson would par the next five holes before ending his round with a birdie on 18. Lawson is currently tied for second at two-under for the tournament.
Behind Lawson on Friday was Tobey Kim. The freshman would shoot one-over in his second round. He would overcome a pair of par-three double bogeys and a pair of par-four bogeys with a team-high five birdies in the round. At four-over for the tournament, Kim is currently tied for 20th.
Roby Cooper and Shaun Jones were the final two Wonder Boys to score on Friday. Cooper would shoot three-over (74) while Jones went seven-over (78). Cooper is currently tied for 37th overall while Jones is tied for 75th.
Harding shot a second-round 289 (+5), following an opening-round 296 (+12). The top four teams will advance to the NCAA Division II National Tournament after Saturday's final round.
In individual play, Dennis Staykov and Jose Manuel Peralta are tied for 20th at 4-over 146, each carding a 2-over 73 in the second round. Finlay Cummings led Harding's second-round performance with a 1-under 70, highlighted by an eagle on the par-5 10th hole. Cummings is 37th individually at 6-over.
Jose Arzu shot 2-over 73, including a pair of birdies on the back nine, and is 48th at 7-over. Christian Lindgreen is 88th at 12-over.
Henderson State shot the third best round of the day for round two. The Reddies find themselves in a tie for twelfth place with three other schools.
Ethan Wilkins led the way for HSU, shooting a 2-under par 69 on the day. The graduate student from Sussex, Wisconsin birdied each of his last two holes and eagled the par 5 eighth hole to overcome two early bogeys and improved his score from round one by seven strokes. Wilkins jumped 42 spots and sits in 16th place heading into the final day.
Philipp Pakosch shot an even par 71 on the day. Like Wilkins, Pakosch birdied each of the final two holes and birdied four total holes on the day to find himself 30th on the individual leaderboard.
Maxime Lam got off to a hot start, with a birdie-birdie start helping lead to a 2-over round of 72. The freshman made four birdies in total, climbing to 53rd place individually.
Jacob Knowlton carded a 3-over par 74 and Alex Hadden shot a 9-over 80 to round out the Henderson State scoring for the day.