Men's Golf | 3/19/2026 10:39:00 AM

Smithsville, Mo. -- Minnesota Crookston men's golf will tee off on their spring season on Monday and Tuesday at the NSIC Preview in Smithsville, Mo.

Minnesota Crookston was supposed to open the spring season last Monday and Tuesday in Topeka, Kan., at the Washburn Invite, but that tournament was cancelled.

Minnesota Crookston had an unbelievable fall, putting themselves into a good position heading into the spring. The Golden Eagles currently rank 11th in the Central Region.

The Golden Eagles finished their fall season with three straight finishes in the top-two, including a pair of wins at the Newman Fall Invite and the Missouri Western State Holiday Inn Express Invite. The Golden Eagles finished second to close out their fall season with a second place finish at the USF Invite.

Marc Bofarull Balleste (Jr., Barcelona, Spain) currently ranks 30th in the region, having three straight top-10 finishes in the fall, including a win at the Newman Invite out of 44 golfers.

The Golden Eagles also have three golfers ranked in the top 70, not including Bofarull Balleste. Gannon Walsh (Sr., Belgrade, Minn.), Andrew Wilhelm (Jr., Fargo, N.D.) and Connor Czirjak (Jr., Calgary, Alberta) rank 58th, 63rd and 68th, respectively, in the region.

The Golden Eagles will tee off against 11 other schools at the NSIC Preview. Upper Iowa, Southwestern Community College and Rockhurst University are the non-NSIC schools that will be at the preview. Winona State, Concordia-St. Paul, Bemidji State, Minot State, Bemidji State, UMary, Minnesota State, Sioux Falls and Augustana join the Golden Eagles as the NSIC schools in the tournament.

Live Scoring -- https://scoreboard.clippd.com/tournaments/238885/scoring/participants