FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota women's golf team kicks off the spring portion of its schedule this weekend, traveling to the University of Minnesota's Les Bolstad Golf Course to take part in the 36-hole Augsburg Spring Invitational
 
The Augsburg Spring Invitational Field:
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Cardinals' Last Action:
• Oct. 4-5, 2015 * Coon Rapids, Minn.: The Cardinals have been off since early October, when Kaitlin Kling (LeRoy, Minn.) turned in a team-best 261 54-hole total at the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championships at Bunker Hills in Coon Rapids, Minn. The sophomore opened the event with an 88, followed that up with an 85, and added a final-round 88 to lead the Cardinals to a 10^th-place team finish | Recap
 
Cardinals at the Augsburg Spring Invitational—The Last Appearance:
• This weekend marks the Cardinals' first-ever appearance in the Augsburg Spring Invitational
 
Up Next:
• The Cardinals are right back in action next weekend, heading to the Prairie Links Golf Course in Waverly, Iowa, to participate in the Wartburg Spring Invitational.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
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• Kaitlin Kling (LeRoy, Minn.) and Madison Gately (Glenview, Ill.) led the way for the Cardinals at the season-ending MIAC Championships. Kling carded a team-best 261 (88-85-88), while Gately was close behind at 264 (85-85-94). … With her 88-85-88 showing at the MIAC Championships, Kling shot 88 or better in 10 of her 11 competitive rounds this season—including a career-best 83 at the Wartburg Invitational on Sept. 9. … Kling's 83 was two shots better than her previous career-low round of 85—shot during both rounds of the Saint Benedict Invitational on Sept. 5-6, as well as during the 2014 D3 Classic. … Kling closed out her sophomore year as the team's scoring leader with an 86.73 scoring average, while Gately was second at 89.50. … The back-to-back 85s in the first two rounds of the MIAC Championships were career-lows for Gately. … Haley Jung (Monticello, Minn.) recorded career-best rounds of 83 and 81 to lead the Cardinals to a second-place showing at the Luther Invitational on Sept. 25-26. … Jung's second-round 81 was the Cardinals' lowest round of the season, and the best performance since Gia Puch fired a seven-over 79 during the opening round of the 2009 MIAC Championships. … Paula Avila (Weslaco, Texas ) recorded a career-best 93 during the first round of the MIAC Championships on Oct. 2. Avila also put together four consecutive rounds of 95 this season. … As a team, the Cardinals finished with a 367.5 scoring average, which ranks No. 2 all-time in program history. … Saint Mary's recorded a 348 team score during the second round of the Luther Invitational on Sept. 10—it was just two shots off the school-record 346 posted at the 2006 Wartburg Invitational. … The Cardinals' 701 (353-348) at the Luther Invitational was a two-round school record, eclipsing the old mark by seven strokes.