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"I really believe we are a top five team," Moskalewicz said. "When I look at some of the teams ranked over us, we’ve beaten some of them.

"I think there are about eight teams that could win it, and we’re one of them. If we have a good week we could win.

"When we went last year it was the same site," Moskalewicz said, " so I know what to expect as far as the golf course. It’s very exciting. The kids are getting pumped up."

The Apaches earned the national bid by winning the Region IV championship at the end of the fall season in October, and they’ve been honing their skills with a six-week spring season.

In two tournaments against NCAA teams this spring, the men placed third out of 16 teams. The first was at Bradley April 5 – 7 and the second at Western Illinois University April 12 – 14.

"Placing third is pretty good," Moskalewicz said. "We’re playing a level of competition that is quite a bit higher than our at NCAA Division I."

In four conference matches this spring, the Apaches have finished first out of five each time.

"We are dominating the conference," the coach said. "We have such a strong group of players. Traveling when you are winning is a lot of fun, and we’ve been doing really well. There’s good team chemistry."

Moskalewicz said he expects his team to take home the conference trophy after the final conference match at 1 p.m. May 8 at Oak Ridge Golf Course, LaSalle.

After that match, the men can concentrate on their return trip to nationals.

Next season also looks good, according to the coach. Returning players will include Tim Puetz, Timothy Eckberg, Jesse Cavanaugh, Tony Andreoni and Jeremy DeBernardi.