Women's Golf | 10/25/2026 7:34:00 PM
SAINT HELENA, SC – The North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University women's golf team continued its run of top-5 finishes, tying for third at the Fripp Island Intercollegiate, hosted by USC Upstate, at the par-72, 6,032-yard Fripp Island Resort, Oct. 23-25.
The Aggies also had another golfer finish in the top 5. A week after freshman
Janiya Brown finished second at the SAS HBCU Invitational, another A&T freshman,
Macy Garth, tied for fifth at Fripp after shooting 10-over 73-77-76—226 over three rounds. The Aggies tied for third with Presbyterian College after shooting 77-over 316-310-315—941, 42 strokes behind tournament winner Charleston Southern, which shot 35-over 899. North Carolina Central University (NCCU) finished second at 920.
The Eagles also had the tournament's medalist, Tylah James, who shot 4-over 220 to finish three strokes ahead of three players, including Charleston's Majken Valmar, Felicity Lamkin, and Presbyterian's Sloane Spessard, all of whom shot 7-over 223. Freshman
Sophia Bullard had the second-lowest score for the Aggies, shooting 23-over 80-79-80—239 to tie for 17
th. Junior
Mia Truong tied for 23
rd after shooting 26-over 87-76-79—242. Brown placed 25
th with a 27-over 85-78-80—243. Senior
Sofia Fernando shot 29-over 78-87-80—245 to tie for 27
th. Senior
Meeya Marquez played as an independent, shooting 36-over 84-83-85—252.
Garth's best round came Friday in the first round. She started on the 455-yard, par-5 10
th, made five straight pars, and then bogeyed the par-3 15
th. She finished the back nine with two pars and a triple bogey, then opened the front nine with two more pars before her first birdie. Garth carded a two on the par-3, 144-yard third and followed with another birdie on the 290-yard, par-4 fourth.
After a par on the par-4 fifth, Garth added another birdie streak. She drained a birdie putt on the 151-yard par-3 sixth before carding a three on the 382-yard par-4 seventh. Garth ended the front nine and first round with a bogey and par, then added three more birdies over the final two rounds to finish the tournament. Bullard's best round came on Saturday.
She posted three birdies, starting on the par-3 third. She also birdied No. 4 by carding a three, then followed with a bogey on the par-4 fifth and a triple bogey on the par-3 sixth. She recorded her final birdie of the round with a two on the par-3, 171-yard eighth. She closed out the front nine with a par before shooting a 42 on the back nine with five bogeys and four pars.
The Fripp marked the Aggies' final tournament of the semester. The Aggies will take a 3 ½-month break from competition before returning to action Feb. 7-9 at the Treasure Coast Invitational, hosted by UNC Greensboro in Vero Beach, Fla., at the Sandridge Gold Club Dunes golf course.
