Seeking to improve on its last-place finish at the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) Championship last season, the Loyola men’s golf team started fresh this season with just one senior on the roster.
With two first-year additions, the squad seeks to take a step forward after Loyola failed to place higher than third to last in tournaments last season.
The team is without former Ramblers P.J. Riner and Ben Holm. Riner graduated and Holm decided to leave the team, and left the program with stroke averages of 76.5 and 79.9, respectively. Head coach Eric Hoops said he hopes first-year golfers Nick Bonema and Justin LeFrance, both Detroit-area natives, will help to create a solid foundation for the team.