WEST DUNDEE, Ill. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota men's golf team hits the links Friday and Saturday, heading to Randall Oaks Country Club for the 36-hole Tim Kopka Memorial Tournament, hosted by Carthage College.
 
The Tim Kopka Memorial Tournament Field:
• Central-Iowa, Calvin, MSOE, Saint Mary's, Benedictine, Lake Forest, Concordia (Wis.), Augustana, Judson, Elmhurst, Simpson, U. of Dubuque, Aurora, Millikin, Wisconsin Lutheran, Marian, Iowa Wesleyan, Carthage
 
Saint Mary's—Their Last Action:
• September 2-3, 2017 * Ham Lake, Minn.: Juan Sanchez (Bogota, Colombia) carded rounds of 79-78—157 to lead the Cardinals to a 16^th-place finish at the Augsburg Invitational at Majestic Oaks Golf Course | Day 1 Recap * Day 2 Recap
 
Saint Mary's at Tim Kopka Memorial Tournament—A Year Ago:
• September 9-10, 2016 * West Dundee, Ill.: The Cardinals, coming off a sub-par performance at the Augsburg Invitational last weekend, put together by far their best showing of the young season, tying the school record by carding a 297 team total during the second round of the Carthage Tim Kopka Memorial Invitational. Fueled by their record-tying showing, the Cardinals jumped from 23rd to 15th in the overall standings | Day 1 Recap * Day 2 Recap
 
Saint Mary's Up Next:
• The Cardinals head to Eagle Ridge Resort in Galena, Ill., next Friday and Saturday to take part in the 36-hole Midwest Region Classic, hosted by Benedictine (Ill.) University.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2017 Roster | 2017 Schedule | 2017 Statistics
• The Cardinals kicked off  the season with a victory over Macalester in the annual MacMary Dual, held at the Bridges Golf Course in Winona, Minn. The Cardinals have now beaten the Scots in each of the last two MacMary Duals. Saint Mary's snapped an eight-year Scots' winning streak with a victory a year ago. … Bryce Galewski (Winona, Minn.), Hunter Rau (Plainview, Minn.), and Tyler Dove (Hudson, Wis.) fired the top three rounds for the Cardinals at the MacMary Dual last Friday. Galewski carded a three-over 74, while Rau and Dove each finished with 78s. … Juan Sanchez (Bogota, Colombia) was the Cardinals top individual finisher at the Augsburg Invitational last weekend, shooting rounds of seven-over 79 and six-over 78 for a 157 total. … Galewski, competing as an individual at the Augsburg Invitational, fired a second-round two-over 74. It was the second time in three rounds this season the Cardinal sophomore has notched a career-best two-over 74. … Galewski enters this weekend's 36-hole Tim Kopka Memorial Tournament owning a team-best 77.0 scoring average, while Dove is second at 79.0. … The Cardinals, who finished with 39 rounds of 79 or better a year ago, have already posted nine rounds under 80 this season. … The Cardinals' second-day 297 at last season's Tim Kopka Memorial Tournament tied the single-day school record. …