Monkey Island, Okla. -  The Winona State University men's golf team opens play at the Showdown at Shangri La hosted by Rogers State University on Monday, April 1, and Tuesday, April 2. 

The Winona State men's golf team has won a pair of recent spring season tournaments, claiming top team honors at the Saddlebrook Spring Kickoff in Wesley Chapel, Florida on March 9, and the NSIC Conference Preview in Blue Spring, Mo. on March 26. WSU is ranked in the Top-50 nationally among NCAA Division II golf programs. In the Central Region, WSU comes in sixth overall and is the top NSIC squad.

Individually, Alessandro Trenta is fourth overall in the Central Region and 34th in the country at the NCAA Division II level. Trenta records a 70.5 scoring average. 

In Oklahoma, WSU will compete against NSIC rivals Augustana University, Bemidji State, Minnesota State - Mankato, and Concordia University, St. Paul. The 18-team field is competing at the Shangri-La Country Club Golf Course in Monkey Island, Okla. Shangri-La is a  is a par 71, 6955-yard course. 

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