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This article originally appeared in The Fordham Ram in January 2018.

The Fordham Men’s Golf team looks to pick up where it left off in the fall when it starts its spring slate at the Lafayette Invite on April 1-2.

The team had a strong fall showing, highlighted by an opening-weekend win at the Ryan T. Lee Invitational and third-place finishes at the Bucknell Fall Invitational and the Lehigh Invitational. The team was spearheaded this spring by seniors Joseph Trim, James Mongey and Matthew Schiller, all of whom averaged under 75 per round in the fall. Mongey also earned two Atlantic 10 Player of the Week nods and won the Lee Invitational with a four-under 140, three strokes ahead of the second-place finisher. That tournament was the only team victory of the season for the Rams.

In terms of his approach as the spring season approaches, Mongey had this to say: “I think my sense of urgency, knowing it’s my last semester of golf, will help me keep my performance up. I know myself and the rest of our team, especially the seniors, have some pretty high goals for the season and A10s, and we are looking to finish strong.”

However, the fall season wasn’t all positive for Fordham. The team fell into a cold spell at the end of September and finished 11th and 12th, respectively, at the Quechee Invite and the Yale Invitational to close out the month. “I feel like we can improve on everything honestly. I can’t remember a time where myself, Joe and Matt all played our best during the same week,” Mongey said. “We have a lot of good young players and Tommy Hayes’ return will help. We are all very competitive amongst each other so that will bring out the best in us.” The team corrected itself, though, towards the end of the season and picked up back-to-back third place finishes at the Bucknell Invitational and the Lafayette Invite in October.

Of course, while the trio of Mongey, Schiller and Trim are skilled and accomplished, the Rams will also need contributions from other players if they want to ascend to new heights this spring. This was perhaps best evidenced at the Lee Invitational. While the senior troika was a combined two-under par, they were not the only ones to turn in solid performances for Fordham. Sophomore and Miami native Tomas Nieves as well as junior Josh Madarang both fired a 36-hole score of four-over, and freshman Mithran Denbow finished at just five-over. With the three seniors playing as well as they did, the Rams were dangerous. With the entire team clicking, the Rams were deadly.

That being said, it will be interesting to see how fresh the Rams are when they begin play at the Lafayette Invite. While having over five months off can help a team get healthy and rested, there is something to be said for not having played a tournament in that long of a period. The break likely served Fordham well, but it remains to be seen how they will start the season once April comes around.

The Rams’ spring season begins on April 1-2, when they take part in the Lafayette Invite in Hellertown, PA.

If the Rams’ stellar seniors play up to par, the team will be competitive. If those seniors get help from some of their rising underclassmen, the squad may very well be unstoppable.

Now, the team looks to pick up where it left off in the spring.

This article originally appeared in The Fordham Ram in January 2018.

The Fordham Men’s Squash team won three matches in the Bronx this weekend in their first competitive action of the 2018 calendar year.

The team notched their three victories against Bard University, Colgate University and New York University. The first two matches against Bard and Colgate took place on Saturday while the final match of the weekend against NYU occurred on Sunday.

On Saturday morning, the Rams easily dispatched Bard without so much as losing a match. Six of the nine Fordham players won their matches in straight sets, as did junior Justin Esposito in his exhibition match. The highlights of that one for the Rams were five-set victories by senior Peter Yuen and freshman Griffin Fitzgerald.

With one win already under their belt on the day, Fordham looked to continue their success in their afternoon matchup with Colgate. It is safe to say they did just that.

Even when it did not look like the Rams could be more dominant, they were, as they finished off Colgate without even losing a set. In fact, two Rams, Will Beatrez and Esposito, won their matches by default, as Colgate did not field a player for either of the final two matches of the afternoon. The two wins were indicative of the team’s larger success this season, as they pushed the Rams to 12-2 on the year and extended their winning streak to seven matches. They would look to make that eight straight victories on Sunday against NYU. However, unlike the matches against Bard and Colgate, this would prove to be no easy task.

The two teams went back and forth over the first six individual matches on Sunday, and a three-set victory for NYU’s Shane Fries over Fordham’s Tommy White tied the match at three points apiece. On this day, Fordham would need to win two of its final three matches to earn their eighth straight victory. The team needed some of its best players to step up in the clutch. They did.

Fifth-year senior Joseph Hughes defeated New York’s Michael Kumar in straight sets to give the lead back to Fordham; with the victory, Hughes went to 13-2 on the season having won his last eight matches. Next up for Fordham was freshman Justin Deckoff. He played with poise and defeated Paul Yoon in straight sets to clinch another win for the Rams. Despite junior Will Beatrez’s loss in the final match of the day, Fordham won the contest and moved to 13-2 on the season.

The Rams’ next matches are also at home, as they face off against Bryant and Bucknell this Saturday. After that, Fordham has two weeks off before the Northeastern Round Robin, which will take place February 9-11. This tournament will feature Northeastern University, Brandeis University, Boston College, Minnesota University and Boston University. After that, the team will look to qualify for the College Squash Association national championship, a tournament that features 64 teams. Fordham is currently ranked 36th in the CSA rankings and should make the cut if they continue to play the way they have to this point in the season.

This article originally appeared in The Fordham Ram in January 2018.

Joe Conlin was introduced as Fordham Football head coach at a Thursday “meet-and-greet” in advance of the 2018 season.

Among the dignitaries on hand to introduce Fordham’s newest head coach were Athletic Director David Roach and Fr. Joseph M. McShane, S.J., president of the university.

In a speech given at the event, Conlin noted that he wants to build Fordham to be the best program in the Patriot League and a consistently successful football school. He also said he wants to make sure the team is less outcome-oriented and more focused on a “defined process” of becoming successful and being a better team.

Conlin and the Rams hope to improve off of last year’s 4-7 showing. After last season, head coach Andrew Breiner resigned and joined former Fordham head coach and university alumnus Joe Moorhead on his staff at Mississippi State. This is Conlin’s first college head coaching job, as he has spent the last four seasons as the offensive coordinator at Yale.

When asked whether or not he would call plays offensively, Conlin replied that he was unsure but he also said that the offense would have “(his) stamp on it” and that he would be “involved”. Conlin led Yale’s offense to 12th in FCS (Football Championship Subdivision) in total yards per game last season, one that culminated in Yale winning its first outright Ivy League title since 1980.

Conlin also said that his work is starting immediately, as a team meeting is scheduled on either Monday night or Tuesday morning to meet the team and hit the ground running in preparation for next season. At Thursday’s press conference, Roach praised Conlin’s “X-factor” for being a successful coach, and McShane said that Conlin was “the right man for Fordham”.

This article originally appeared in The Fordham Ram in December 2017.

The Fordham squash team pummeled Duke University by a score of 9-0 at the Lombardi squash courts on the Fordham University campus last Saturday afternoon. Then, the Rams followed that with a 9-0 victory against Penn State University and an 8-1 triumph over New York University on Sunday. All matches took place at Fordham University.

The team came into the weekend with a 7-2 record after strong showings at its first two tournaments of the season. Coming into this group of matches, head coach Sahel Anwar decided to keep the same lineup he used for most of the beginning of the season. That decision paid off in a big way.

Senior Peter Yuen started Saturday with a straight-sets victory over David Laub which included a thrilling 13-11 triumph in the second set. Next up for the Rams was fellow senior and Broomall, Pennsylvania native John Lennon, who, after dropping the first set 12-10, won three in a row to defeat the Blue Devils’ Samir Agadi. Lennon’s first-game loss to Agadi would be the only game the Rams would drop all day.

In the cleanup role, Madison, New Jersey’s Bruce Czachor conceded just 16 points in his three-set victory, and freshman Griffin Fitzgerald allowed just ten points in a win of his own. Tommy White, in the sixth spot in the lineup, swept Duke’s Shivaan Tandon in straight sets, graduate student Joseph Hughes, freshman Justin Deckoff and junior Will Beatrez all were able to do the same. At the end of the day, Fordham had lost just one set and won all nine of its individual matches en route to a 9-0 victory.

On Sunday, the Rams picked up right where they left off with another clean sweep victory over Penn State. The most thrilling victory of that matchup once again belonged to Lennon, who came back from two games down to defeat Penn State’s Tomoki Takasawa in five games. Every other player for the Rams completed his match in three games. In the final matchup of the weekend against NYU, the Rams were slightly less dominant but were still able to cruise to an 8-1 victory. Beatrez won his match against the Violets’ Giles Perkins in five sets in an otherwise relaxed and business-like affair for a Rams squad that now finds itself at 10-2.

Fordham Squash does not have any events scheduled for the remainder of 2017; the next matches scheduled for the team will take place on Jan. 20 and 21, against Bard University, Colgate University and New York University.

Fordham Men’s Squash finished with a record of 3-2 at last weekend’s Navy Round Robin in Annapolis, Maryland.

The team started it’s weekend with a 9-0 loss to Navy, the tournament’s host.  The team’s fortunes turned slightly on Saturday, though, with an 8-1 triumph over Georgetown Universit followed by a 7-2 loss at the hands of Haverford University.  But the Rams had their best day of the weekend on Sunday, with a 9-0 win over Johns Hopkins University and an 8-1 victory over Navy’s “B” Team.

Freshman Griffin Fitzgerald lost just one of his matches in the four recorded contests; individual stats were not kept for Sunday’s match against the Navy “B” team.  The New Jersey native credits his high school experience with helping him adjust to college life: “I went to a boarding school, Blair Academy, for my four high school years, so the adjustment to college life has been easy. My teammates also made the transition wonderful, as they reached out to me right when I got to school. Allison Levine from the student-athlete department has helped me transition academically by helping me organize my time with practices and matches.” Fitzgerald, fifth in Fordham’s lineup, is 6-1.

Also starring for Fordham in the first two tournaments was Whitestone, New York native Will Pantle, who won seven of his first eight matches in the third spot. Pantle won three of his four matches this weekend, including three in a row after a loss to Navy’s Jack Herold last Friday night.

In the leadoff spot, senior Peter Yuen split his four matches and now sits at 5-3 on the season; sophomore Bruce Czachor also split his four matches and now finds himself at 6-2.  In the second slot, senior John Lennon went only 2-2 for the weekend but won a thrilling five-set match over Georgetown’s Michael Ficca on Saturday (6-11, 11-4, 11-6, 7-11, 11-3) as part of the Rams’ 8-1 victory.  Continuing this theme, freshman Tommy White split his four matches, as did graduate student Joseph Hughes.  Finally, junior and Ohio native Will Beatrez lost his only match of the weekend, and junior Justin Esposito lost his first and only match of the season to Navy’s Greg Hyer on Friday.

And as for the group’s success up to this point in the year, Fitzgerald credits his coaching staff for its encouragement, as well as the team’s structure at practices. “I can’t explain how influential these words and my teammates support was to my success,” Fitzgerald said.  “Practices are run by both (head coach) Sahel (Anwar) and our assistant coach Scott (Young) and they have run practices in an organized way that has enabled me to work on each aspect of my game, and they have pushed us physically to get into D1 shape.”

Fordham’s squash team will return home for its next matches against Duke University and Penn State University the weekend of Dec 2-3.

This article originally appeared in The Fordham Ram in January 2018.

The Fordham Squash team started its season by going undefeated at the Hudson Valley Team Tournament hosted by Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York.

The team started its weekend with wins on Saturday over Vassar College and Swarthmore College.  In the first matchup against Vassar, the team only dropped one game en route to a 9-0 victory.  After losing the first match of the second contest, Fordham won the final eight matches to beat the Garnet by a score of 8-1.

Perhaps more impressively, the Rams were forced to play at 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. on Sunday morning against Lafayette University and Boston University, respectively.  This quick turnaround had no effect on the team, as it pulled a repeat performance of Saturday with wins of 9-0 and 8-1 against the Leopards and the Terriers.  These matches, like the ones the day before, were held at Vassar College, which is just a 70-mile trip from Fordham’s Rose Hill campus.

The success of the team this weekend was a collective team effort.  Senior Peter Yuen won three of his four matches at the number one position, and senior John Lennon matched that effort in the number two spot; Lennon defeated Vassar’s Mathieu Rizk in five sets on Saturday and came back from a 2-1 deficit in the process.  Junior and Whitestone, New York native Will Pantle won all four of his matches without dropping a set, while Madison, New Jersey sophomore Bruce Czachor also went undefeated and finished off his run with a five-set victory over Boston University’s Joel Lavoie on Sunday (1-11, 4-11, 11-9, 14-12, 11-4).

Freshman newcomer Griffin Fitzgerald won all 12 of his sets en route to a 4-0 start to his season, and fellow first-year Ram Tommy White did the same in the sixth slot.  Senior Joseph Hughes also went 4-0 without dropping a set, as did freshman and Red Hook, New York native Justin Deckoff. Instead of speaking about himself, Hughes chose to praise his teammates: “We have excellent senior leaders who were able to coach some of the younger guys in their first collegiate matches which led to a team victory.”  Last but not least, Will Beatrez, occupier of the ninth spot in the Fordham lineup, went 3-0 over the weekend but did not get a chance to improve that record because Lafayette had only eight players in its contest.  The Rams rolled out the same lineup in all of their games over the weekend as first-year head coach Sahel Anwar did not want to mess with a winning formula.

Next up for the Rams is a trip to the Navy Round Robin this weekend in Annapolis, Maryland.  The team will compete against the United States Naval Academy, Georgetown University, Haverford University and Johns Hopkins University.  “We have Navy coming up and they are an extremely fit team and so we are going to have to play smart and be prepared to fight through some long matches,” Hughes says.  The team will look to build off a weekend that saw it go 4-0 and earn victories in 34 of a possible 36 individual matches. In the same tournament last year, the Rams dropped all four of their matches in Annapolis against Navy, the University of Washington, Johns Hopkins and Georgetown.

This article originally appeared in The Fordham Ram in October 2017.

Fordham Men’s Golf is wrapping up its fall slate of tournaments this weekend in Pennsylvania. Its early-season success has been spearheaded by senior James Mongey, who is coming off a record-setting performance at the Bucknell Invitational on Columbus Day weekend. Mongey was named the Atlantic 10 Conference’s Golfer of the Week for the week of Oct. 3, and his exploits previously helped the Rams to a team victory at the Ryan Lee Invitational in September. In light of these accomplishments, The Fordham Ram sat down with Mongey to find out a little bit more about him.

TFR: How did you get into golf?

JM: I played baseball until I was 12 or 13. Honestly, I kind of just got tired of it and switched over to golf. My dad introduced me to it, and from there, I kind of fell in love with it, and I’ve been playing it ever since.

TFR: What made you decide to come to Fordham?

JM: I always wanted to go to college near a big city. All the colleges I was looking at were near Boston, Washington D.C., or New York, and I wanted to go to business school too.

TFR: When did you come to realize that you could play golf at a college level or beyond?
JM: As I moved through high school and I got a little better, I started playing in some metropolitan tournaments and state events. I just kind of knew that if I kept working at it, I would be able to play at the college level.

TFR: How was the team able to return to form after the middle of the fall season?

JM: With golf, there is a lot of ebb and flow; some weeks you play well, other weeks you don’t play well, and you can’t really put your finger on it. Joseph Trim has been playing really well, he’s had probably even a better fall than I’ve had. He probably hasn’t gotten that recognition, but he’s been playing great. Matt Schiller’s been steady. So some of the senior guys have been steadying the ship, and we did play well last week, which is nice.

TFR: What has been the main reason, if any, for your success this year?

JM: I would say that I am just that much more mature. This is the second or third time I’ve seen all of these courses, so I’m pretty comfortable on all of them. I’ve been putting pretty well, and that’s what it comes down to, and that’s why I’ve been playing well, I would say.

TFR: How have you adjusted to having a leadership role on the team?

JM: As you get older, you have more perspective on what is to be expected at Fordham Golf. You kind of know how it works every year. You also try to be a role model for the younger guys and do the right thing.

TFR: How will you stay prepared to play golf during the winter break?

JM: I always think it’s nice to have a winter break and take a few months off to kind of relax and get your mind off golf. I’ll do some other things; I’ll probably play a lot of basketball, and then I’ll try to be as fresh as possible for the spring.

TFR: You had talked earlier about Fordham’s business school being a big factor in your decision to come here. What do you plan on doing after you leave Fordham?

JM: I am a finance major. It’s been a busy fall because I’ve been trying to look for a job. I think golf works great with business and I’m hoping to use that skill to find a job where I can play some golf or something like that.

TFR: What is your most memorable moment at Fordham, golf or otherwise?

JM: I would say so far, my most memorable moment was going to the Atlantic 10 Tournament in my sophomore year. It was by far the best college competition I had ever seen. Flying down to the tournament and staying there for almost a week was cool, and it was a new experience in which I didn’t know what to expect. Although I didn’t play as well as I was hoping to, I think I came away from it a better player and I learned from it.

TFR: Do you have a favorite golfer that you model your game after?

JM: I like watching Jordan Spieth a lot. He seems to have a mental edge over anyone. He doesn’t really do anything that wows you, but at the end of the day, he always seems to have one of the lowest scores at every tournament on tour. He’s gritty, and he’s able to get it done; whether it be making putts or having that mental edge, it is very impressive to watch.

TFR: What have you taken away from your entire experience here at Fordham?

JM: It’s crazy to reflect on all of this already. Overall, there have certainly been ups and downs. You miss out on stuff here when you’re away, but having the highs of winning tournaments is a lot of fun. I think it’s been a very positive experience. I think it’s taught me how to balance a schedule so that when I’m out in the business world, I feel like I’ll be able to manage my time. I think the other thing would be that you always feel accountable for your teammates and you try to be the best person you can be.

This story originally appeared in The Fordham Ram in October 2017.

The Fordham men’s golf team completed the fall portion of their season by finishing third at the Lehigh Invitational this past Friday and Saturday in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The Rams finished near the top of the leaderboard in a tournament that also included Bucknell University, Colgate University, Fairfield University, Hofstra University, Iona College, Lafayette University, Lehigh University, Monmouth University, Rider University, Siena College and St. John’s University.

Leading the way for the Rams were seniors Matt Schiller and Joseph Trim, who shot 144 and 145, respectively, over both rounds of the tournament. Schiller’s rounds were 73 and 71 while Trim responded to an opening-round 76 with a three-under 69 in Saturday’s final round.
“The first round was a little disappointing because I expected more from myself, but as a whole, I was happy with how I bounced back. I hit the ball extremely solid and made a decent amount of putts,” Trim said. The Tampa, Florida native’s second round was tied for the lowest round at the Saucon Valley course on Saturday. Regarding the course, Trim added, “I absolutely love Saucon Valley. It is my favorite course that we play all season and I have good memories from winning the individual tournament last season.”

Besides Schiller and Trim, Pennsylvania native Josh Madarang completed play with rounds of 79 and 75 to finish at ten-over after 36 holes. Sophomore Tomas Nieves competed individually and shot an 83 on Friday but shot a 76 upon entering the team competition on Saturday. Senior James Mongey shot two rounds of 80, with the second one coming as an individual.

Fordham found itself in eighth place on the 12-team leaderboard after the completion of play on Saturday. Instead of sliding even further down the leaderboard, however, the Rams responded with the second-best team round on Saturday. The team finished a combined three-over-par, which allowed them to bypass Hofstra, Rider, St. John’s, Iona, Monmouth and Siena on the leaderboard in just 18 holes. Lehigh defended their home turf and finished in first by 16 strokes over Bucknell University.

This is the final tournament on the Rams’ fall schedule, as the team’s season will resume in March after a five-month respite. The aforementioned Trim believes the break can be beneficial to the team.

“The next couple months will be mostly rest while we stay in the gym and get ready for next semester,” Trim said. “We will look back on the fall season, assess what we did well and what we struggled with so we can perform at our highest abilities in the spring.” Trim also believes that the winter recess is coming at just the right time for a Rams team that has played virtually non-stop since the beginning of September: “Playing six tournaments over the last seven weeks, it is easy to get a little burned out. I think we were successful in keeping the fire alive though, ending the fall campaign with two top-three finishes.”

The Rams will look to pick up right where they left off when the spring rolls around. f they can replicate their performance from this past weekend in March, they should be in good shape.

This story originally appeared in The Fordham Ram in October 2017.

For the second week in a row, Fordham men’s golf finished near the bottom of the leaderboard in a team tournament.

The team finished 12th out of 14 teams this past weekend at the MacDonald Cup, which was hosted by Yale University and took place at the school’s nearly 100-year-old golf course.  Officially, round one of the tournament was 36 holes while Sunday’s final round was just 18.  The hosts of the tournament, the Yale Bulldogs, finished in first place at +12.  Fordham finished play at +57, ahead of only St. John’s University and Fairfield University.  Also competing in the tournament were Brown University, Bucknell University, Central Connecticut State University, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, St. Edward’s University and Stirling University, a school located in the Central Belt of Scotland.  Additionally, Yale fielded a second team in the MacDonald Cup known as it’s “B-Team.” This squad finished at 44-over, good for  sole possession of fourth place.

For the Rams, senior Joseph Trim led the charge and finished tied for ninth on the individual leaderboard with a six-over 216 over three rounds; his fine effort culminated in a one-under 69 in Sunday’s final round.  For the senior from Tampa, Florida, a major key was his putting ability against The Course at Yale’s treacherous greens.

“The Course at Yale’s greens are tricky and have a lot of subtle breaks to them,” said Trim. “Having played it as many times as I’ve had over the last three years, I found myself very comfortable with what I was reading and felt confident on the greens. I saw a couple mid-range putts go in over the first nine holes on Saturday and it jumpstarted me for the rest of the tournament.”

Indeed, Trim sat at one-under-par after the first nine holes of the tournament, setting the stage for his outstanding performance the rest of the weekend.  Trim’s six-over finish is especially impressive when you consider that only three players, all representing Stirling University, finished at par or lower.

Trim was the top finisher for Fordham, but he wasn’t the only individual to fare well. Senior Matt Schiller finished at nine-over to tie for 17th among all individual competitors.  Senior James Mongey and sophomore Tomas Nieves both completed play at 23-over while junior Josh Madarang finished at 24-over. Representing Fordham but competing as an individual was junior Kyle Morris; he struggled to find his footing over the weekend, finishing at 44-over and last among qualifiers on the individual leaderboard.

The 12th-place finish was the second straight disappointing showing for the Rams.

“We had early success in the beginning of the season and I think our expectations might have been a little lofty over the last couple events,” said Trim. “I think we need to stay patient and stick to the game plans that worked very well for us at CCSU [Central Connecticut State University] and Hartford.”

There is hope, however, for the Rams. The team finished with a 14-over 294 on Sunday, which was third among all teams in the final round behind Yale and Stirling, who finished first and second, respectively, in the tournament.

The Rams have two tournaments remaining on their fall schedule: the Bucknell Invitational this weekend, and the Lehigh Invitational the weekend of Oct. 20.  The team would assuredly like to right the ship before heading into its approximately five-month winter break.

This article originally appeared in a September 2017 issue of The Fordham Ram.

The Fordham men’s golf team struggled to replicate its early-season form this past weekend, finishing 11th in the Quechee Invitational, which was held in Quechee, Vermont and hosted by Dartmouth University.

The team finished near the bottom of the leaderboard in the 14-team tournament that included Brown University, Bucknell University, Central Connecticut State University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Drexel University, University of Hartford, Harvard University, College of the Holy Cross, Princeton University, Rhode Island University, Siena College and Temple University.

Senior Matt Schiller paced the Rams with an even-par 72 on Sunday to go along with his three-over round of 75 on Saturday. Fellow senior and Sept. 13 Male Athlete of the Week James Mongey finished at eight over par with rounds of 74 and 78. Sophomore Tomas Nieves was impressive on Saturday, posting a two-over 74; he followed that up with a 79 in the tournament’s final round. Josh Madarang, a junior from Chester Springs, Pennsylvania, shot a 76 and a 78 to finish his weekend at 10-over, while senior Joseph Trim finished at 17-over with rounds of 78 and 83. Also representing the Rams on an individual basis was freshman Anthony Wells, who fired rounds of 91 and 82 on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.

Fordham finished ahead of only Siena, Brown and Holy Cross. The team was 14 strokes off the lead after Saturday’s first round, one in which it combined to shoot an 11-over 299. While other teams made up ground and moved up the leaderboard on Sunday, Fordham fell further off the pace with a 19-over 307; Schiller was the only Ram to finish with a round at or below par. The senior finished in a tie with eight other players for 15th on the tournament’s individual leaderboard with a three-over finish over 36 holes.

Drexel ultimately came out on top of the tournament on Sunday, besting Princeton by just one stroke in large part due to a 12-under team score in the final round. Drexel’s Aaron Fricke and Princeton’s Evan Quinn tied for first on the individual leaderboard, while eight other players finished at even or one-under. Fordham finished eighth in the team standings on Saturday before slipping to 11th at the tournament’s conclusion. This is Fordham’s worst tournament finish of the season, following a victory at the Ryan T. Lee Invitational and an eighth-place finish at the Hartford Hawks Invitational.

Next up for the Fordham is the MacDonald Invitational at Yale University the weekend of Sept. 30-Oct. 1. After that, the team will go to Pennsylvania to participate in the Bucknell Fall Invitational before completing the fall portion of its season on Oct. 20-21 at the Lehigh Invitational.