Fayetteville State is tied with Bluefield State for the lead after Round 1 of the CIAA Golf Championship, with both teams finishing with scores of 301, which is +13 to par. Livingstone and Virginia Union are tied for third place, each posting scores of 309 and finishing at +21 to par. Virginia State rounds out the top five with a score of 310, finishing at +22 to par.
 
Further down the leaderboard, Johnson C. Smith is at +30 with a score of 318, followed by Winston-Salem State at +36 with a score of 324. Elizabeth City State is in eighth place, finishing with a score of 373 (+85).
 
The competition continues today with Round 2 and the final round tomorrow morning.
 
At the conclusion of the first round of the CIAA Golf Championship at Magnolia-Camellia, Sutton Dreier is atop the leaderboard, finishing at 2-under-par 70. Dreier's round included a front nine score of 36 and a back nine score of 34. He had several standout holes during his opening round, starting strong on the back nine with a birdie, scoring 3 on a par-4 hole. He then made another birdie on the par-3 13th hole, followed by birdies on the 15th par-4 and the 16th par-3 holes, both scoring 3.
 
Allan Terrazas followed with a solid round of 2-over-par 74, scoring 36 on the front nine and 38 on the back nine. Patricio Ramirez contributed with a score of 6-over-par 78, scoring 39 on both the front and back nines. Jack McCarthy finished with a 7-over-par 79, with scores of 38 on the front nine and 41 on the back nine.
 
Although Juan Lopez's score of 16-over-par 88 was not included in the team scoring, his efforts were commendable, finishing with scores of 40 on the front nine and 48 on the back nine.
 
Fayetteville State is facing strong competition from several teams and players. Key performers from Bluefield State include Josh Moss, who finished with a score of 73 (+1), and Eman Lim, who scored 75 (+3).
 
Livingstone and Virginia Union are also in close contention, both tied for third place with scores of 309 (+21). Notable players from these teams include Michael Alunga and Chris Baguma from Livingstone, both scoring 76 (+4), and Zaccheus Spann and Brady Wood from Virginia Union, also scoring 76 (+4).
 
Johnson C. Smith's D'yanni Rhyne is another standout, finishing the first round with an even-par 72, placing him second individually.
 
Virginia State is just behind with a team score of 310 (+22). Their top players include David Chavez and Juan Ruiz Patino, both scoring 77 (+5).
 
These players are all challenging Fayetteville State's top golfers, Sutton Dreier and Allan Terrazas, who finished with scores of 70 (-2) and 74 (+2), respectively. The competition remains tight, and the upcoming rounds will be crucial in determining the championship outcome.