ITHACA, N.Y.—Led by superb Sunday performances from Arjuna Anday and Mert Selamet, the Columbia men’s golf team improved from seventh place to conclude the Cornell Invitational with a fifth place finish Sunday at Robert Trent Jones Golf Course.

Columbia shot a final three-round score of 890 (plus-38) and moved up two positions with a combined team 287 score on Sunday.

Anday finished the 54-hole invitational in a tie for fifth place with a combined 217 (plus-4). He moved up four spots after shooting a 70 on Sunday. Selamet posted a 69 to tie for Sunday’s course low and finished the three round invitational in 12^th place with a 221 (plus-8). Joshua Suh finished in 20^th place with a 224. Sunny Yan and Jeremy Perna both tied for 47^th place with a 232.

In each round, Columbia shaved strokes off its previous round’s score. The Lions shot a 305 in Saturday’s first round, trimmed it to 298 in the second round and posted a 287 on Sunday.

Host Cornell came from behind to win the team title with a combined 879 strokes (plus-27), Colgate (883) ranked second at 883, while Yale and Siena finished in a tie for third (884). Siena led the field through 36 holes.

The Cornell Invitational is the first of four fall tournaments that the Lions will compete in. Columbia will compete in the Dartmouth Invitational (Sept. 24-25) at Quechee Club, Vt., the Nick Watney Invitational (Oct. 3-4) in Rancho San Joaquin Golf Course in Irvine, Calif. and the Dayton Invitational (Oct. 17-18) at NCR Country Club in Kettering, Ohio.

CORNELL INVITATIONAL SATURDAY RESULTS

Team Results

Columbia Individual Results