Coming off a historic outing just one short week ago, Fordham Golf stayed in Kensington, Conn., playing at the Shuttle Meadow Country Club for the Ryan Lee Memorial. The Rams finished 13th of 17 programs competing in the two-day outing. The rest of the field ahead of Fordham saw Atlantic 10 rival College of the Holy Cross in a tie for ninth with Sacred Heart University. The best representative from the conference was La Salle University, with the Explorers shooting a collective one-under team score and alone in fifth place of the field.
The Rams saw solid consistency from their five competing golfers, all of whom shot scores of 77 or better at the conclusion of day one play. It was junior Bryan Ruland who led the charge for the Rams on the green in the opening round, notching three birdies en route to a three-over finish of 74 on the scorecard and good for a share of 35th in standing. After a historic performance last week, junior Jake Mrva was the next Ram on the leaderboard at 44th, finishing his first round with a four-over score of 75. The Fordham underclassmen remained consistent in their second outings with freshmen AJ DePaolo and Felix Luetke Meyring posting identical 18’s with a five-over 76. Sophomore Chris Konefal rounded out day one standing for the Rams with a 77 score and in a tie for 57th.
Day two action concluded with three Rams in a tie for 47th as Konefal posted an even par on Tuesday, finishing as the top Fordham player in a share of 42nd. Meyring jumped one spot in individual standing as Mrva and Ruland dropped three and twelve spots respectively, leaving the three Rams in a three-way share of the 47th spot.
DePaolo saw a dip in his individual standing on Tuesday. At six-over 77, and one stroke off his day one 76 score, the freshman finished his two-round outing in 66th.
The Rams will move right along and into their third outing of the fall season this weekend (Sept. 23-24) with one more two-round in Connecticut at the MacDonald Cup, hosted by Yale University.
