This weekend the NIU men’s golf team host a 54-hole NIU/Ellwood Greens Invitational at the Ellwood Greens Country Club in Genoa, Ill.

While Ellwood Greens is not a true home course, the players have some familiarity with it.

Eleven other teams will participate in the tournament, including the defending champion, University of Iowa, Indiana, Northwestern, Minnesota, Illinois State, Northern Iowa, Cleveland State, Western Illinois, Southwest Missouri State, Toledo and Marquette.

Coach Pheanis said Indiana could pose a threat as a top team in the Midwest, with two potential All-Americans on the squad.

Chad Behrends hopes to improve on his seventh place finish (219) at last weekend’s Badger Fall Invitational, and Rick Stewart also would like to better his fifth place tie (222) at last year’s eight-team NIU Invitational.

The Huskies play 36 holes Friday with tee-off time at 7:30 a.m.