By DONNY NADEAU
Saint Mary's Sports Information Director
 
WEST DUNDEE, Ill. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota men's golf team is back in action on Friday and Saturday, heading to Randall Oaks Golf Course to take part in the Tim Kopka Memorial Tournament, hosted by Carthage.
 
The Tim Kopka Memorial Tournament Field:
• University of Northwestern, Judson, North Central, North Park, Lake Forest, Milikin, Aurora, University of Dubuque, Carroll, Benedictine, MSOE, Knox, Concordia, Wisconsin Lutheran, Augustana, Iowa Wesleyan, Saint Mary's, Elmhurst, Carthage           
 
Saint Mary's Last Action:
• Sept. 1-2, 2018 * Ham Lake, Minn.: Joe Abdo (Edina, Minn.) shot rounds of 71-78—149 to lead the Cardinals to a tie for 14^th place 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 8-9, 2017 * Randall Oaks Golf Course, West Dundee, Ill.: Tyler Dove (Hudson, WIs.) continued his solid start to his collegiate career, as the freshman carded a second-day eight-over-par 79 to go with his opening-round 76 to lead the Cardinals to a 14^th-place finish at the 20-team Carthage Tim Kopka Memorial Tournament | Day 1 Recap * Day 2 Recap
 
Saint Mary's Up Next:
• The Cardinals are back in action next weekend, traveling to Eagle Ridge Resort in Galena, Ill., to compete in the 36-hole Midwest Region Classic, hosted by Benedictine.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2018 Roster | 2018 Schedule | 2018 Statistics
• With their 12-shot win over Macalester in the season-opening Mac/Mary Dual, the Cardinals have now beaten the Scots in each of the last three duals. … Juan Sanchez carded a four-over-par 76 to lead the way for the Cardinals against Macalester in the Mac/Mary Dual on Aug. 31, while Joe Abdo (Edina, Minn.) delivered an opening-round 71 and Sanchez tallied a second-round 77 to pace the Cardinals at the Augsburg Invitational. … Abdo's one-under-par 71 is the Cardinals' low round to date, and the first sub-par round since Tyler Dove (Hudson, Wis.) carded a three-under-par 69 during the third round of the 2017 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championships. … Dove's third-round three-under 69 was the Cardinals' low round of the season a year ago and just one shot off the single-round school record. … 
The Cardinals have already recorded 10 rounds of 79 or better this season. Saint Mary's posted 40 sub-80 rounds a year ago. … Abdo enters this weekend's Tim Kopka Memorial Tournament owning a team-best 76.67 scoring average,, with Sanchez close behind at 77.33. Dove—who shot a season-best four-over 76 at the Mac/Mary Dual—is third on the team at 79.00. … Alex Kern (), playing as an individual, posted a career-best five-over 77 during the second round of the Augsburg Invitational last Sunday. … The Cardinals' 313.5 scoring average last season was a single-season school record, four shots better than the previous mark, set in 1995. … Saint Mary's seventh-place finish at the 2017 MIAC Championships was its best showing since placing fifth during the 2008 season.