Tournament: USF/Howard Intercollegiate
Location: Potomac, Md. (TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm)
Course info: Par 70, 6,911 Yard
VCU finish: 4^th of 9 (+53)
Top Ram: Ugo Malcor, 10^th (+9)
 
The short story: Freshman Ugo Malcor recorded his second straight top-15 performance to lead VCU at TPC Potomac this week.
 
FIRST TEE

• Malcor, playing in just his second collegiate tournament, shot 74-71-74 on the way to a 10^th-place finish
• VCU, which saw three players register top-15 finishes, placed fourth overall with a three-round total of 893. Co-host San Francisco came back to earth following a blistering pair of rounds on Monday, but the Dons (+26) were able to hold on for an 11-stroke win over fellow co-host Howard (+37). George Washington (+40) took third
• VCU sophomore Charlie Kennedy placed 11^th in the field (74-73-75), while junior Mattias Varjun (76-69-79) was a stroke back in 14th
• Junior Jayce Hargrove (76-74-79) also took 22^nd for the Black and Gold

VCU SCORES
4-VCU  299-287-307=893
10-Ugo Malcor  74-71-74=219
11-Charlie Kennedy  74-73-75=222
T14-Mattias Varjun  76-69-79=224
T22-Jayce Hargrove   76-74-79=229
T40-George Sanders   75-83-83=241
 
INSIDE THE SCORECARD

• VCU led the field in par 3 scoring (3.07), while the Rams' 37 birdies ranked second in the tournament
• Malcor (2.92) led the field in par 3 scoring, while and Varjun and Kennedy (3.00) tied for second. Malcor's 11 birdies were second among the 54 golfers in the field 

NEXT UP
VCU will return to action Oct. 10-11 at the Purdue Fall Invitational in West Lafayette, Ind.