OKLAHOMA CITY – Third-ranked Oklahoma City continues the men's golf season Monday and Tuesday at The Battle, hosted by Wayland Baptist University in Bullhead City, Ariz.
 
The 54-hole tournament launches from the Laughlin Ranch Golf Club on Monday morning.
 
OCU Notebook
Previously: Oklahoma City trimmed 17 strokes off its first-round score on Tuesday to win the Kyle Blaser Invitational while Cameron Bozyk knock 10 strokes off his score to claim the individual title. After a cold Monday saw the Stars shoot 16 over par, OCU rebounded for a team one-under par on Tuesday and the fourth-ranked hosts beat No. 17 USAO by six strokes and No. 10 MidAmerica Nazarene by 29. Bozyk and Jack Newton both eagled the 18^th hole on Tuesday and Newton placed third overall. Bozyk shot 76 on Monday and 66 on Tuesday for a two-under 142. He had eight birdies in the tournament with four each round. Newton had matching rounds of 73 for two over and finished with three birdies for the tournament. Christian Yanovitch and Simon Jansson finished in a tie for 13^th at 10 over. Yanovitch had rounds of 81 and 73 with eight birdies. Jansson had four birdies in his 79-75 tournament. Lorenzo Santinelli placed 23^rd with rounds of 76 and 85 for 17 over par, He had a birdie in each of the two rounds. Individuals Philipp Perzl and Carter Ray tied for 10^th. Perzl had rounds of 77 and 76 while Ray went 74-79. They were nine over par. Perzl had four birdies for the tournament and Ray had two. Luke Woods had rounds of 76 and 86 to finish 16^th at 12 over. He had five birdies for the tournament.
 
OCU's Squad: Cameron Bozyk, Jack Newton, Carter Ray, Philipp Perzl and Christian Yanovitch will make up OCU's team in Arizona. Yanovitch leads that group with a 71.1 stroke average, followed by Ray at 71.5, Newton at 71.7, Perzl at 72.2 and Bozyk at 73.4.
 
The Field: The 20-team field includes OCU and host WBU along with Texas Wesleyan, Friends, Marian, MidAmerica Nazarene, Indiana Wesleyan, Bellevue, Keiser, The Master's, Rocky Mountain, Hastings, Our Lady of the Lake, Arizona Christian, Ottawa-Arizona, Texas A&M-Victoria, Grand View, Mesa-Beneditcine, Victoria and Doane.
 
Rankings: OCU moved up to third in the NAIA poll released on Friday afternoon. They'll immediately get a chance to test that ranking in Arizona. Top-ranked Keiser, fifth-ranked Friends, No. 7 Marian, No. 13 Texas Wesleyan, No. 15 MidAmerica Nazarene, No. 16 Wayland Baptist, No. 17 Indiana Wesleyan, No. 20 Victoria and No. 21 Rocky Mountain are all on the course with OCU in Arizona.