The Fordham golf team competed in their fourth outing of the fall season, this time in Lake Placid, N.Y. for the Columbia Autumn Invitational. It was highlighted by yet another dominant showing from junior Jake Mrva. Mrva had an impressive four-round weekend, finishing in the top four in individual standing. The junior remained amongst the top of the Fordham roster through each round tallying a cumulative score of 141 over Saturday’s rounds. Sitting just seven strokes behind Saturday’s leader Marcus Lim of Sacred Heart University, Mrva finished his first two rounds in a tie for fifth by day’s end. Fordham slotted into the sixth spot of the 10-team field and, once again, benefited greatly from their freshmen. Tucker Silva remained consistent from the weekend prior and more after reaching the top 10 of the individual leaderboard after action on Saturday. Silva opened play with a 73 in his first 18, topping the two-over with a one-under 70 in his second round to give the freshman a share of ninth. Two Rams were tied for 35th in junior Chris Konefal and freshman Felix Luetke Meyring, both of which had two-round scores of 74-76 and 73-77 respectively.
Sunday saw great consistency from this Ram’s squad, finishing sixth in overall standing as a team. Mrva continued to add to his decorated feats of the season after recording his third consecutive round of par or better. In his lone Sunday round, the junior navigated a two-under on the back-nine holes en route to even-par 71 score. Mrva finished in fourth for individual standing, giving him his second top-five finish of the fall season. It remained Lim of Sacred Heart who had an excellent weekend leading the field from the initial tee-off and recording a three-round tally of 63-71-71. Silva saw a slight dip in standing from Saturday, although collecting his second-best finish of his collegiate career thus far in a tie for thirteenth. The freshman carded a 75 in his final round and posted a four-over score of 218 over
the course of his three rounds played. Fellow freshman Felix Luetke Meyring saw a slight jump from the opening rounds, supporting a final-round score of 74 and in a tie for 32nd. The key for this Fordham Golf season was to have the juniors of this roster to take over leadership duties with no returning seniors and the coaching staff has gotten just that with an excellent supporting cast of freshmen. The Rams will return to action in two weeks when they will enter their fifth or six outings in this fall season over in Milford, Conn. for the Sacred Heart Classic at Great River Golf Club on Oct. 15-17.
