By DONNY NADEAU
Saint Mary's Sports Information Director
 
JORDAN, Minn. — After rain washed out the original start on Saturday, the Saint Mary's University men's golf team will try again Sunday, taking part in the 54-hole Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championships at Ridges at Sand Creek. Golfers will play 18 holes on Sunday, with the final 36 holes played on Monday.
 
The MIAC Championships Field:
• Saint John's, St. Olaf, St. Thomas, Concordia, Gustavus, Bethel, Carleton, Augsburg, Macalester, Saint Mary's
 
MIAC Championships Live On The Web
• Live Stats | Championships Homepage | MIAC Championships Preview
 
The MIAC Championships Course:
• Course Website | Directions
 
Saint Mary's At 2018 MIAC Championships:
• October 6-7, 2018 * Ridges at Sand Creek Golf Course * Jordan, Minn.: With Mother Nature doing her best to make life miserable — and a forecast that called for virtually unplayable conditions the following — the MIAC Championships were shortened to two days, meaning teams would play 36 holes in a single day. The weather and the extra 18 holes did not seem to bother the Cardinals, however, as Saint Mary's — behind a second-round 72 from Kyle Brodt (Roseville, Minn.) and a final-round 73 from Joe Abdo (Edina, Minn.) — placed eighth in the 54-hole event | Day 1 Recap * Day 2 Recap
 
2018 MIAC Championships Recap:
• Through numerous lead changes throughout the day, St. Thomas prevailed to secure its second consecutive men's golf conference title. Behind UST's title-clinching 882 54-hole total, Gustavus and Augsburg tied for second-place with cumulative totals of 886. Saint John's placed fourth with 897, followed by St. Olaf (903), Bethel (910), Concordia (915), Saint Mary's (935), Carleton (940), and Macalester (1017). Jacob Pedersen of Gustavus earned medalist honors with a three-round total of 210 — the second-lowest 54-hole mark in MIAC Championship history| Day 1 Recap * Day 2 Recap
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
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• The Cardinals enter the 54-hole MIAC Championships on the heels of a 13^th-place showing at the Milwaukee School of Engineering Invitational. … Alex Allen (Monticello, Minn.) led the way for the Cardinals at the MSOE Invitational last weekend, carding rounds of 79-74—153. … Allen's second-round 74 was a career-best and tied for the sixth-lowest round by a Cardinal this season. … With his 153 36-hole total, Allen became the fourth different Cardinal to lead the team this season. Bryce Galewski (Winona, Minn.) was the team-leader at both the Twin Ports Collegiate and UW-Eau Claire Wigglesworth Invitational, while Cooper Craiger (Des Moines, Iowa) led the team at the Midwest Region Classic and Joe Abdo (Edina, Minn.) was the low man at the Wisconsin Lutheran Invitational. … Blair Sanders (Kansas City, Mo.) posted his best round of the season with a second-day 75 at the MSOE Invitational last Monday. The three-over effort was one shot off his career-best. … Abdo posted a one-over-par 73 to finish tied for second at the rain-shortened Wisconsin Lutheran Invitational on Sept. 21. … Abdo has now recorded rounds of one-over-par twice this year — shooting a one-over 72 during the second round of the Twin Ports Collegiate on Aug. 31. … Craiger posted a seven-over 151 (74-77) to finish two shots in front of Galewski (77-76—153) at the Midwest Region Classic on Sept. 13-14. … Galewski posted the Cardinals' low round of the tournament at the UW-Eau Claire Wrigglesworth Invitational on Sept. 8-9, shooting an opening-round, even-par 72 en route to a team-best 156 total. … Galewski took home medalist honors at the Twin Ports Collegiate on Aug. 30-31, shooting an opening-round 74, before following that up with a school-record six-under-par 65 for a 36-hole, program record 139. … Galewski wasn't the only Cardinal living below the par line during the second round of the Twin Ports Collegiate on Aug. 31, as Craiger chipped in a career-best two-under 69 in just his second competitive collegiate round. … Saint Mary's boasted one round under par in 2018, when Abdo posted a career-low one-under 71 during the opening round of the Augsburg Invitational on Sept. 1. … Galewski — who has now posted 24 rounds of 79 or lower during his four-year collegiate career — heads into this weekend's MIAC Championships with a team-best 76.22 stroke average, followed by Abdo (77.57), Craiger (77.78), Allen (80.00), and Sanders (81.89). … Saint Mary's recorded six rounds of 79 or better at last weekend's MSOE Invitational, with the other two rounds being 81. … The Cardinals have now recorded 25 rounds of 79 or better this season. … The Cardinals fired a single-day school-record 280 during the second day of the Twin Ports Collegiate on Aug. 31. The 280 bettered the previous school mark by 17 strokes.