SAN ANTONIO, Texas. – Southeastern Louisiana senior Paul Obermann shot a 1-over 145 to lead the Lions' golf team through the first two rounds of the UTSA/Lone Star Invitational Monday at the Briggs Ranch Golf Club.

    Obermann opened the tournament with a 2-under 70 before shooting a 3-over 75 in the afternoon round. He is in a 10-way tie for 38^th.

    Southeastern is in 13^th place with a 588 following rounds of 295 and 293. Seventh-ranked Illinois holds an eight-shot lead over UTEP and No. 15 Oklahoma with a 27-under 549. The Illini tied the 2015 Lions' record with a 16-under 272 in the first round.

    The final round begins Tuesday with an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start. Live results, provided by UTSA, will be accessible at the Southeastern golf schedule page at www.LionSports.net.

    Obermann opened his day with nine straight pars before recording a birdie on the par-5 seventh. After a bogey on nine, he birdied both 10 and 11 before bogeying the 13^th. He rallied with a birdie at No. 14 for a 2-under 70. Obermann birdied the second and fourth, then eagled the par-5 fifth to get to 2-under for the second round. He double-bogeyed the 12^th, then recorded a quadruple-bogey on the 13^th before coming back with a birdie at 14.

    Senior James Anstiss finished the first day in a six-way tie for 48^th at 2-over 146. After a double bogey on the 18^th and a bogey at No. 1, Anstiss rebounded with birdies at four, seven, 13 and 14 to shoot a first-round 1-under 71. He birdied 16 and seven while recording a pair of double bogeys and two bogeys before finishing with a birdie at 13 for a 3-over 75 in the afternoon.

    Sophomore William Meyers had the best round of the day for Southeastern, a 3-under 69 in the second round. Meyers birdied 17, 18, four and six to go with a pair of bogeys at 15 and three. He eagled the seventh to get to 4-under before bogeying nine and 10. He came back with a birdie at 11. Meyers was at 2-over in the first round following birdies at 18 and nine but had a bogey at 13 and a quadruple bogey at 14 to finish at 7-over 79, His 4-over 148 has him in an eight-way tie for 57^th.

    Sophomore Joris Etlin joins two others at 65^th following a 5-over 149. Etlin had birdies at seven, 10 and 14 to go with five bogeys in a 2-over 74 second round. He birdied the 16^th, second, fourth and eighth in the first round while recording three bogeys, a double bogey and a triple bogey for a 3-over 75.

    Senior Gustavo Leon, competing his first tournament of the spring, is in 79^th at 22-over 166 following a pair of 83s. He birdied the fifth and 12^th in the first round and the fifth and the eighth in the second.

    Oklahoma's Max McGreevy broke the tournament record of 8-under 64, shared by Southeastern's Anstiss in 2015, with a 9-under 63 second round. McGreevy earlier shot a 3-under 69 and holds a one-shot lead over Illinois' Michael Feagles with a 12-under 132. 
     
UTSA/Lone Star Invitational
Monday
Team Scores
1. Illinois           272-277=549  -27
T2. UTEP        277-280=557  -19
T2. Oklahoma  278-279=557  -19
4. UTSA          279-280=559  -17
5. Mississippi St.          286-276=562  -14
6. McNeese     286-282=568  -8
T7. Louisiana-Lafayette            289-284=573  -3
T7. Little Rock 277-296=573  -3
9. New Mexico            287-287=574  -2
10. Cincinnati   288-287=575  -1
11. Texas St.    290-287=577  +1
12. Bowling Green        287-296=583  +7
13. Rice           293-294=587  +11
14. Southeastern La.  295-293=588   +12
15. New Mexico St.     298-294=592  +16
 
Leaderboard
1. Max McGreevy, Oklahoma  69-63=132      -12
2. Michael Feagles, Illinois        68-67=133      -11
T3. Zander Lozano, UTSA       69-66=135      -9
T3. Taylor Grant, Mississippi St.           69-66=135      -9
T3. Dylan Meyer, Illinois           65-70=135      -9
 
Southeastern Golfers
T38. Paul Obermann    70-75=145      +1
T48. James Anstiss       71-75=146      +2  
T57. William Meyers   79-69=148      +4
T65. Joris Etlin 75-74=149      +5
79. Gustavo Leon         83-83=166      +22