The ISU men’s golf team found some consistency during its first two rounds Monday at the Diet Pepsi Shocker Invitational in Wichita, Kan.

The only thing the Cyclones weren’t expecting was the wind.

“We struggled a little bit, but everyone struggled out there,” said ISU coach Jay Horton. “It was about a 30 mile-an-hour wind out there.”

After firing a first-round 310 that was good for a three-way tie for seventh, Iowa State held steady, shooting a second 310 during the afternoon. The Cyclones will begin Tuesday’s final round in a tie for seventh with Texas-San Antonio.

“Shotwise, tee to green we hit a lot of good shots, but on the green we didn’t execute so well,” Horton said.

Iowa State, which sits just five strokes back of fourth place, was led by freshman Chris Baker’s 150 (76-74). Baker is in ninth place overall. Rodney Hamblin is second for the Cyclones with a two-round score of 154 (77-77).

“It’s not a real tough course,” said Baker. “The wind was going pretty hard, and that made it tougher, but that’s just something you have to deal with.

“Tomorrow it’s supposed to be even worse, so we’ll see how it goes.”

Paul Huddle carded a 157 (78-79), followed by Drew Dalziel’s 159 (79-80).

A couple ISU seniors also got into the mix in Wichita. Corey Schultz rounded out the ISU team scoring with a 161 (80-81), and Tyler Brady competed as an individual, carding a 169 (82-87).

“This was a tournament we added and I wanted to get Tyler Brady a chance to play in an event,” said Horton. “Corey Schultz has played well enough that I wanted to give him a chance as well.

“The month of March, we were away from campus for about 20 days, so it was a good time to give [Joe Cermak] a break.”

Horton also said that he thought although the wind wrecked some havoc on his team, its play was generally pretty good during the first day.

“We played decent, but there’s still things we can do better,” said Horton. “We’d play about 14 holes well and then have a lapse and that hurt us.

“We need to eliminate those slips and play well for all 18 holes.”

Iowa State enters the final round in a precarious tie for seventh place. Although the Cyclones sit only five strokes back of fourth, six strokes the other direction would knock them down to 10th in the 12-team tournament.

Stephen F. Austin State leads the tournament by six strokes over Oklahoma Christian heading into the final round, which begins Tuesday morning.