WASECA, Minn. — It's been their Achilles heel all season — and this weekend was no different for the Saint Mary's University women's golf team.

Second-round letdowns — individually and as a team — had plagued SMU in its first two tournaments, and this past weekend at the Small College Invitational, it happened again.

The Cardinals opened with a respectable opening-round score of 375 — including an 82 from Andrea Hanke (Janesville, Wis.) that left the sophomore among the tournament's top five.

On Day 2, however, the Cardinals ballooned to a 388 to place sixth in the eight-team field.

And, while only two teams bettered their scores on the second day, only Simpson (which went from a 329 to a 361) and Macalester (which placed last with a 419-443) exceeded SMU's 13-stroke differential.

And on an individual basis, Hanke slipped form a fifth-place 82 to a second-day 89 that left her tied for ninth overall. Caty Beel (Tucson, Ariz) finished second for the Cardinals with a 191 (92-99), followed by Emily Nordstrom (Mendota Heights, Minn. / 99-96—195) and Dani Lynch (Williston, N.D. / 102-104—206)