The nationally-ranked Saint John's University golf team hosts St. Thomas for the annual Johnnie-Tommie Cup today at the Pebble Creek G.C. in Becker.

A LOOK AT THE JOHNNIES: Saint John's won its spring invitational with a three-day total of 854 (-2) on April 25 at the Monticello C.C. Concordia-Moorhead finished second with an 882 (+26), 28 strokes behind SJU. Sophomore Tony Krogen (Marshall, Minn.) earned medalist honors for the second time this season with a 211 (-3), followed by freshman Mark Giorgi (Red Wing, Minn.) and senior Ben Vangsness (Alexandria, Minn.) in second (212, -2) and third (216, +2) overall, respectively. Junior Ben Cahill (Grand Rapids, Minn.) tied for seventh with a 219 (+5) and sophomore Alex Klehr (Mankato, Minn./West) tied for 11th with a 221 (+7). Freshman Dennis Granath (Bandhagen, Sweden/Farsta Gymnasium) competed as an individual and tied for ninth (220, +6) in his first spring competition. Freshman Andy Stahlman (Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata) led SJU Blue, which finished ninth as a team (915, +59), with a 225 (+11). The Johnnies have won seven of the last eight SJU Spring Invitationals (SJU tied for third at the 2005 meet). 

SETTING RECORDS: Saint John's set a new school record for a three-round (or larger) tournament at the Gustavus Adolphus Invitational April 18-19. The record did not last long, however, as the Johnnies shattered it last weekend at their own spring invite. SJU fired an eye-opening two-under par 854 on April 25, which bested the seven-over 871 recorded at the Gusties' meet the week before. The previous school record, set before the 2010 spring season began, was a 10-over par 874 recorded at the 2008 Twin Cities Classic.

MIAC GOLFER OF THE WEEK: Krogen was named the MIAC Men's Golf Athlete of the Week on April 26 for his medalist performance last weekend. Krogen, who became the became the eighth Johnnie in school history to earn medalist honors at the MIAC Championship last fall, currently leads the MIAC with a 73.2 stroke average in 18 rounds of play this season. 

A LOOK AT THE TOMMIES: St. Thomas took fourth out of 16 teams at the SJU Spring Invitational last weekend. Sean Barrett had Sunday rounds of 69 and 75 to tie for seventh (219, +5). Grant Shafranski shot 73-72 on Sunday and finish tied for 16th (222, +8), while Brandon Engebos tied for 18th (223, +9). Shafranski and Barrett are currently 13th (76.3 avg.) and 15th (76.5 avg.), respectively, in the MIAC.

THE LAST MEETING: Then-No. 6 Saint John's cruised to a 290-313 win over St. Thomas at the Pebble Creek G.C. in Becker last April. Saint John's Blue finished second out of the four teams with a 306 (+18) and St. Thomas II ended the day with a 318 (+30). Vangsness led the Johnnies with an even-par 72, while Krogen finished sixth out of the 27 golfers with a four-over par 76.