The ISU men’s golf team is coming off of a solid performance at the LSU National Invitational by placing fourth out of 12 schools.

The team had its plus sides to the tournament, said coach Andrew Tank, but wanting the team as a whole to perform at its best, the coach is somewhere in between happy and disappointed with how his golfers performed.

“I wouldn’t say I am disappointed,” Tank said. “I feel like we still have a lot of room for improvement and I feel like everyone is headed in the right direction.”

Though the team is happy with the finish overall, the Cyclones still know there’s room to grow and reach the level they believe they should be at.

Tank said players are continually improving in practice, and with the talent they have, he is excited that everyone is heading in the right direction with their play.

“Borja [Virto] and Duncan [Croudis], even though they did not play well this past week, they have really showed signs of improving and really trending in the right direction,” Tank said.

Scott Fernandez has showed the aforementioned improvement recently and has had two straight weeks finishing in the top 10. Tank believes this level of play for Fernandez will continue and will continue to get even better.

“With having two solid performances out of Scott, [what] I find really impressive is that he was disappointed with his play,” Tank said. “With his solid play, he still see’s a lot of room for improvement.”

With always wanting to be able to continue improving on its game, the team goes into every tournament with the same mindset.

“Every week we go there trying to win,” said senior Nate McCoy. “That is always where our mind is at when going into any tournament.”

Placing in fourth place in the last tournament, the team has put its focus on figuring out what it needs to do to be able to continually get better.

“We are just going out there and maintaining our swings,” McCoy said. “The greens at this next tournament are really big, so our short game is going to be really important.”

Iowa State will continue its play at the Missouri Tiger Intercollegiate on Monday in Columbia, Mo.