ST. HELENA ISLAND, S.C. – Florida A&M Men's Golf rallied from a slow start to finish tied for fifth at the Fripp Island Intercollegiate on Sunday evening, posting a 54-hole team total of 875, or 23-over par, at Ocean Creek Golf Course at Fripp Island Resort in St. Helena Island, South Carolina.
 
The Rattlers matched Charleston Southern's 875 in the 11-team, 71-player field.
 
The three-day tournament was hosted by USC Upstate and played on the par-71, 6,617-yard layout on Saint Helena Island.
 
FAMU finished 15 strokes behind champion Presbyterian and just two behind fourth-place North Carolina A&T.
 
Skyler Woods paced the Orange and Green with a 1-over 214 (71-73-70), tying for fifth place individually with Gardner-Webb's Jude Carper and Charleston Southern's Henry Crowe, respectfully. Woods closed with a 1-under 70 in the final round and finished six strokes behind individual champion Liam Brandt of Lafayette College.
 
FAMU opened Friday with a team score of 299, which left it eighth among the 11 teams after the first round. The Rattlers answered Saturday with a 287, a 12-stroke improvement and a mark matched only by Gardner-Webb and North Carolina Central as the second-best team round of the day. Florida A&M followed with a 289 in Sunday's final round to secure its share of fifth place.
 
Taylor Bell tied for 13th at 4-over 217 (74-73-70), also shooting a 1-under 70 in the final round.
 
Vicente Rodriguez tied for 17th at 5-over 218 (76-68-74). His 3-under 68 in the second round was tied for the third-lowest single round of the tournament, behind only a 66 and a 67.
 
Miguel Silveira tied for 37th at 10-over 223 (74-78-71), closing with an even-par 71. Emilio Garcia tied for 43rd at 13-over 226 (78-73-75), and Mikail Darmawan tied for 63rd at 24-over 237 (79-78-80).
 
Three FAMU golfers finished in the top 20 of the 71-player field: Woods, Bell and Rodriguez.
 
The Rattlers finished one stroke ahead of Mount St. Mary's (876) and three ahead of North Carolina Central (878). They also beat USC Upstate (883) by eight strokes, and Coppin State and USC Upstate's second squad (both 916) by 41.
 
Charleston Southern, which tied FAMU, shot the low team round of Sunday with a 284. That was 14 strokes better than its opening-round 298.
 
Presbyterian won the team title with a 54-hole total of 860, 8-over par. The Blue Hose were never worse than 293 in any round and posted the tournament's lowest team round, a 280 on Saturday. They finished four strokes ahead of runner-up Gardner-Webb (864, +12). Richard Anaclerio led Presbyterian, tying for second individually at 2-under 211 (75-67-69). Gage Gaskins tied for 13th at 217, Spence Hagood and Jeep Patrick tied for 17th at 218, and James Rhodes tied for 33rd at 222.
 
Lafayette College's Liam Brandt won medalist honors at 5-under 208 (69-68-71), three strokes clear of the field. He did not shoot over par in any of his three rounds. Anaclerio and Gardner-Webb's Sam Terry (69-71-71) tied for second at 211, and North Carolina Central's Jamal Hutchison was fourth at 1-under 212. Those four players were the only ones in the field to finish under par.
 
Hutchison's teammate, Iszac Bertagnole, fired the low round of the tournament, a 5-under 66 on Saturday. He tied for 10th at 3-over 216 after opening with a 77.
 
The Rattlers close the fall portion of the 2026-27 schedule November 9-10, at the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Fall Tournament in Birmingham, Alabama.
 
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Final Team Standings
1. Presbyterian 860 (+8)
2. Gardner-Webb 864 (+12)
3. Lafayette College 869 (+17)
4. North Carolina A&T 873 (+21)
T5. Charleston Southern 875 (+23)
T5. Florida A&M 875 (+23)
7. Mount St. Mary's 876 (+24)
8. North Carolina Central 878 (+26)
9. USC Upstate 883 (+31)
T10. Coppin State 916 (+64)
T10. USC Upstate (B) 916 (+64)