Meet Summary

WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University men's golf team learned first-hand just how difficult it is to turn in back-to-back recording-setting performances.

The Cardinals, fresh off a school record score of 298 in last Sunday's dual-meet win over Macalester, could not come up with a repeat performance Saturday against Winona State, as SMU managed just a 323 total in the dual-meet loss.

"It's tough to be overly disappointed, because even a score of 323 isn't all that bad," said SMU coach Tom Farren. "It's just when you start the way we did (against Macalester), your expectations are to put up numbers like that every time.

"The (Winona) Country Club is a tough course, especially when you don't play it that much," continued Farren. "Obviously, I would have liked to have seen our scores a bit lower, but it's still early in the year."

Jesse Polk (Hastings, Minn.) led the way for the Cardinals, carding a 79, while Bill Ryan (Western Springs, Ill.) was a shot back at 80. Scott Savage (Mahtomedi, Minn.) added an 81, with Kyle Roark (Waterloo, Iowa) and Curtis Nosal (Omaha, Neb.) each adding 83.

"It's nice to have the depth that we do," said Farren, noting that SMU extras Justin Magill (Lake Elmo, Minn.) and Josh Wendel (Rosemount, Minn.) carded rounds of 79 and 81, respectively. "We've got at least eight players who are capable of putting together rounds in the 70s, which means there's going to be a lot of competition for those fourth and fifth spots."