No. 13 Saint John's golf faces Gustavus Adolphus for an 8 a.m. dual meet on Thursday, April 27, at Pioneer Creek G.C. (par 72) in Maple Plain.

A LOOK AT THE JOHNNIES: Saint John's finished second, by one shot, out of 19 teams at last weekend's (April 22-23) Gustavus Adolphus' Bobby Krig Invitational. Wisconsin-Eau Claire won the two-round tournament with a 593 (+29), followed by SJU (+30, 594), St. Olaf (+39, 603), the host Gusties (+41, 605) and Bethel (+45, 609). SJU Blue and SJU White finished 10th (+61, 625) and 11th (+62, 626), respectively.

The Johnnies led the tournament on par-3 (+11) and par-5 (-4) holes, but lost 13 shots (+21 to +34) to the Blugolds on the par-4's.

Junior Sam Berger (Waconia, Minn.) tied for second out of 119 golfers with a two-day total of 144 (+3) to lead the 15 Johnnies in the tournament. He birdied Sunday's first hole and continued with 15 pars and two bogeys to finish with a 71 (+1).

Three teammates – senior Thomas Gutzmer (Jordan, Minn.), junior Nate Loxtercamp (Richmond, Minn./Melrose Area) and sophomore Andrew Boemer (Eagan, Minn./St. Thomas Academy) – tied for eighth with a 150 (+9) each. Gutzmer eagled the par-5 No. 16 (471 yards) to finish with a 76 (+6), while Loxtercamp and Boemer matched yesterday's 75. Loxtercamp triple-bogeyed his first hole and went +2 the rest of the way, while Boemer played even-par over his last 11 holes. Boemer led the tournament with 27 pars.

Junior Blake Schuler (Waconia, Minn.) finished two shots behind the trio to tie for 20th with a 152 (+11).

Junior Mark Longhenry (Bloomington, Minn./Holy Angels) matched Berger's 1-over par 71 on Sunday to finish in a tie for fourth – the first top-five finish of his collegiate career – with a 148 (+7) to lead SJU White.

Freshman Will Gruidl (Edina, Minn./Minnehaha Academy), like Gutzmer, eagled No. 16 and led SJU Blue with a 153 (+12) to tie for 22nd.

THE LINEUPS: SJU is scheduled to have 15 student-athletes competing against the Gusties on Thursday.

SJU Red
1. Berger
2. Loxtercamp
3. Gutzmer
4. Schuler
5. Boemer

SJU Blue
1. Freshman Gus Briguet (Woodbury, Minn./East Ridge)
2. Longhenry
3. Gruidl
4. Sophomore Cole Proctor (Brainerd, Minn.)
5. Junior Thomas Ellis (Sartell, Minn./Sartell-St. Stephen)

SJU White
1. Junior Mason Sunder (Cold Spring, Minn./St. Cloud Tech)
2. Junior Nate Bauer (Andover, Minn.) 
3. Junior Parker Bartels (Oxbow, N.D./Kindred)
4. Freshman Ethan Kress (Woodbury, Minn.)
5. Freshman Tim Fultz (Stillwater, Minn./Stillwater Area)

SJU'S COURSE RECORDS: The Johnnies have had a number of below-par rounds over the past two seasons, including Schuler (-4) and Loxtercamp (-3) over seven months ago.

Pioneer Creek G.C. (par 72)
‐5 - Thomas Gutzmer, Minnesota Golf Classic (Sept. 12, 2021; round 2) 
-4 - Blake Schuler, Minnesota Golf Classic (Sept. 11, 2022; round 2)
‐3 - Nate Loxtercamp, Minnesota Golf Classic (Sept. 11, 2022; round 1)
‐3 - Andrew Boemer, Minnesota Golf Classic (Sept. 12, 2021; round 2) 
‐3 - Glavine Schugel, Minnesota Golf Classic (Sept. 12, 2021; round 2) 
‐3 - Preston Kopel, Pioneer Creek Invitational (Sept. 7, 2019; round 1) 
‐3 - Charlie Stuck, Pioneer Creek Invitational (Sept. 7, 2019; round 1) 
‐2 - Thomas Gutzmer, Minnesota Golf Classic (Sept. 12, 2021; round 1) 
‐2 - Glavine Schugel, Minnesota Golf Classic (Sept. 11, 2021) 
‐1 - Charlie Stuck, Pioneer Creek Invitational (Sept. 8, 2019; round 2) 
‐1 - Esten Stensrud, Pioneer Creek Invitational (Sept. 9, 2018; round 2) 
‐1 - Jon Koenig, Pioneer Creek Invitational (Sept. 8, 2018) 
‐1 - David Schneider, Minnesota Individual (Sept. 10, 2017)