DECORAH, Iowa — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota women's golf team is back on the links on Friday and Saturday, heading to Oneota Golf Course to take part in the 36-hole Luther Invitational.
 
The Luther Invitational Field:
• Luther, Saint Mary's, Loras, University of Dubuque, St. Scholastica
 
Saint Mary's Last Action:
• September 16-17, 2017 * Lake City, Minn.: Grace Gillis (New Ulm, Minn.) recorded career rounds of 94-90—184 to lead the Cardinals to a 15^th-place finish at the D3 Classic at The Jewell | Day 1 Recap * Day 2 Recap
 
Saint Mary's at Luther Invitational—Their Last Appearance:
• September 25-26, 2015 * Decorah, Iowa: For the second day in a row, Haley Jung (Monticello, Minn.) carded a career-best round during the second day of the Luther Invitational, as the junior posted a career-low 81 to help the Cardinals to a second-0place finish in the five-team event, held at the Oneota Golf Course | Day 1 Recap * Day 2 Recap
 
Saint Mary's Up Next:
• The Cardinals are now off until Oct. 7-8-9, when they travel to Ridges at Sand Creek in Jordan Minn., to take part in the 54-hole Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championships.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2017 Roster | 2017 Schedule | 2017 Statistics
• Grace Gillis (New Ulm, Minn.) enjoyed a career weekend at the D3 Classic. The sophomore posted a then-career-best 94 during the opening round of the 36-hole tournament last Saturday, before shaving four strokes off that mark en route to a career-low 90 the following day. … Michaela Heuckendorf (Plymouth, Minn.) chipped in a 210 (102-108) at last weekend's D3 Classic, followed by Sarah Munns (White Bear Lake, Minn. / 104-118—222), Annika Blesener (North St. Paul, Minn. / 118-105—223), and Tiarra Thompson (Jonesboro, Ga. / 118-111—229). … With her opening-round 82 at the Wartburg Invitational on Sept. 10, Kaitlin Kling (LeRoy, Minn.) has shot 82 or better in three of her four competitive rounds this season. … Kling's season-best 79 during the second round of the season-opening Saint Benedict Invitational was two shots shy of her collegiate best. … Kling's 161 total (82-79) at the season-opening Saint Benedict Invitational was just two shots shy of her 36-hole school record. Kling carded an 80-79—159 at the D3 Classic a year ago. … Kling owns four collegiate rounds of 79 or better—the senior has posted three 79s and a career-best 77 during her four years as a Cardinal. … Kling's career-best 77 was just three shots shy of the school record 74 shot by Andrea Hanke at the Luther Invitational during the 2004 season. … Kling heads into this weekend's D3 Classic owning a team-best 82.2 scoring average. … Paula Avila (Weslaco, Texas) shot a career-best 93 during the opening round of last weekend's Wartburg Invitational, and then whittled four strokes off that mark in the second round, finishing with a new career-low 89. … Heuckendorf also posted a career-best round at the Wartburg Invitational, shooting an opening-round 89 on Sept. 9. … Saint Mary's posted its top two team totals of the season at the Wartburg Invitational on Sept. 9-10, shooting 368 in the opening round at 380 in the second.