By DONNY NADEAU
Saint Mary's Sports Information Director
 
LAKE CITY, Minn. — For the second day in a row, Kyle Brodt (Roseville, Minn.) and Joe Abdo (Edina, Minn.) were a lethal 1-2 punch for the Saint Mary's University of Minnesota men's golf team.
 
Brodt followed up his team-best opening-day score of four-over-par 75 with a five-over 76 on Sunday, while Abdo shaved five strokes off his Day 1 79 with a team-best three-over 74 in leading the Cardinals to a third-place finish at the 10-team Saint Mary's Invitational.
 
Brodt's nine-over 151 36-hole total earned the Cardinal senior a tie for second place individually, four shots back of tournament medalist Adrian Edralin of St. Olaf, who posted rounds of 75-72 for a 147 total.
 
Bryce Galewski (Winona, Minn.) and Juan Sanchez (Bogota, Colombia) finished tied for third for the Cardinals, shooting 162 — Galewski going 80-82, while Sanchez flipped those totals with an 82-80 — while Tyler Dove (Hudson, Wis.) rounded out the lineup with an 84-84—168.
 
St. Olaf took home the team title with a 304-305—609, 10 shots in front of runner-up Wartburg (308-311—619), with Saint Mary's third at 628 (316-312).
 
The Cardinals are back in action for one final MIAC Championships preview next weekend, taking part in the Saint John's Invitational. The opening round of the 36-hole event will be played at Greystone Golf Course, in Sauk Centre, Minn., on Saturday, with the final round taking place at Blackberry Ridge GC in Sartell, Minn., the following day.