HUTCHINSON, Kan. – The Illinois State men's golf team started the 2016 Missouri Valley Conference Championship Monday at the par-70 Prairie Dunes Country Club and completed the first two rounds in a third-place tie with Missouri State. The Redbirds shot a 29-over-par 589 (293-296) and sit seven strokes behind leader Southern Illinois, who shot a 22-over-par 582 (289-293) in the nine-team field.
Freshman Trent Wallace sits all alone in second place on the individual leaderboard after carding a 2-over-par 142 (73-69) thanks to a sizzling 1-under-par 69 in the second round, after shooting a 3-over-par 73 over the first 18 holes.