SELLERSBUG, Ind. - The South Dakota State men’s golf team is tied for the lead at the Summit League Championships with 18 holes left to play at Covered Bridge Golf Club. A pair of Jackrabbits are inside the top five on the individual leaderboard.

SDSU carded a 281 (-7) as a team during Monday’s round, bringing their 36-hole tally to 18-under. The Jacks are tied with Oral Roberts at the top of the leaderboard and have a four-shot lead over Kansas City (-14). South Dakota is in fourth at -9.

All five Jackrabbits shot par or better Monday. Ty Kretz tallied an even-par round and is tied for second place at 6-under. He is only one shot behind the leader. Kretz was +1 on the front nine, then steady through the back nine with one birdie to go 1-under.

Tyler Seeling fired a 70 (-2), moving him up three spots into a tie for fourth (139, -5). He had six birdies on the front nine and briefly moved into the lead before a 2-over back nine moved him back to fourth. Luke Honner and Blake Schaper are tied for 13th place with matching 142 (-2) scorecards, up three spots from their Sunday placing.

Bryson Mercier had the best round of the day for SDSU. He was tied for 41st place after Sunday’s round, then went 3-under (69) Monday to move all the way up to 24th place.

As a team SDSU has 50 birdies on the week, the most of all teams. Seeling’s 15 total birdies is the most of all players.

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The final round of the Summit League Championships will be played Tuesday. SDSU will go off with the final group (Kansas City, Oral Roberts) starting at 9:40 a.m. ET.