Men's Golf | 10/25/2026 6:46:00 PM
SAINT HELENA, SC – The North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University men's golf team finished fourth after two golfers placed in the top 10 at the three-day, three-round Fripp Island Intercollegiate hosted by USC Upstate at the par-71, 6,617-yard Fripp Island Resort, Oct. 23-25.
Junior
Pedro Pereira finished tied for eighth after shooting 2-over 73-71-71 – 215. Junior teammate
Javier Morgado finished in a three-way tie for 10
th, shooting 3-over 70-72-74 – 216. Their performances led A&T to a fourth-place finish after the Aggies ended the second round in second place. A&T shot 21-over 294-292-299–885 to finish 13 strokes behind tournament champion Presbyterian College. The Blue Hose won with an 8-over 872. Gardner-Webb finished second at 12-over 876, followed by Lafayette College (881). Florida A&M and Charleston Southern tied for fifth place (887).
Pereira shot even par each of the final two rounds. He started Saturday's round on the 461-yard par-4 10
th. He made a par putt on the 10
th before bogeying two of his next three holes. He then went birdie, birdie, starting with a three on the 400-yard, par-4 14
th. He then birdied the 166-yard par-3 15
th. Pereira finished the back nine with two pars and a bogey before making the turn. Pereira had a clean front nine, making eight pars and a birdie on the 382-yard par-4 second. He started his third round on the par-5 first.
After three straight par putts, Pereira added a birdie putt on the 294-yard par-4 fourth. Pereira scored another birdie on the 185-yard par-3 sixth. He finished the front nine with two pars and a bogey. After three straight par putts to open the back nine, he double bogeyed the par-4 14
th. He recovered with two straight pars before posting a birdie on the par-5 16th, a 547-yard hole. Pereira finished with two consecutive pars.
Morgado had a great start to his tournament. He opened on the par-5 first on Friday, making six consecutive par putts. He then went bogey, bogey before posting a four on the 524-yard par-5 ninth. Morgado had an excellent back nine, posting seven pars and two birdies. His first birdie on the back nine came on the 391-yard par-4 11
th. He also birdied the par-4 14
th. Morgado made five birdies in the second round and added four more in the third round on Sunday.
Junior Maurico Alvarado played as an independent and finished in a four-way tie for 13
th. He shot 4-over 71-74-72 – 217. Alvarado finished the tournament making eight birdies. Sophomore
Emilio Hernandez finished 31
st with an 8-over 74-72-75 – 221. Sophomore
John Thompson and junior
Ignacio Zapata finished 33
rd at 9-over. Thompson shot 74-73-75 – 222 and Zapata shot 73-74-75 – 222. The Fripp ends the fall semester competition for A&T.
The Aggies' next tournament is Feb. 12-14 at the UNCG Palmas del Mar Collegiate, hosted by UNC Greensboro in Humacao, Puerto Rico, at the Palmas del Mar-Flamboyan Golf Course.
