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Men's Golf

UTSA to travel to North Carolina for Qubein Cup

SAN ANTONIO — UTSA will travel to North Carolina for the Qubein Cup, which will be hosted by High Point on Monday-Tuesday, Oct. 19-20, at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro.

The Roadrunners will bring a lineup consisting of Francisco Solorza, Bryce Womack, Cole Pregler, Gabriel Derbez and Brayden Bare, while Saad Malik will play as an individual.

UTSA will compete against Appalachian State, Chattanooga, Gardner-Webb, High Point, James Madison, Liberty, Longwood, Loyola Chicago, Loyola University Maryland, Texas State, Troy and UNC Wilmington.

The field will play 36 holes Monday, and the final round is slated for Tuesday. Live scoring will be provided at scoreboard.clippd.com. Live coverage of No. 18 during the final round will air on ESPN+.

This will mark UTSA’s first appearance in the Qubein Cup and their fourth trip in as many events to the Eastern time zone this fall season.

The Roadrunners are coming off an 11th-place finish at the West Bay Collegiate Invitational on Oct. 5-6 in Estero, Florida. Individually, Womack tied for fifth with a 9-under-par 207 while playing outside the lineup. The Alamo Heights High School graduate carded rounds of 70, 68 and 69 to sew up his best showing in his first year with the Roadrunners.

Womack owns a 71.83 stroke average across six rounds with three sub-70 scorecards. He has fired a 4-under 68 twice, including in his debut round with UTSA at the Myrtle Beach Golf Trips Intercollegiate on Sept. 6.

Pregler made his UTSA debut at the West Bay Collegiate Invitational, posting a 5-under 67 in his first round as a Roadrunner en route to a 3-under 213 to tie for 27th.

Solorza owns a 72.38 scoring average in eight rounds with four par-or-better scorecards so far this season. A native of Guadalajara, Mexico, he has registered a 2-under 214 twice, tying for 19th at the Myrtle Beach Golf Trips Intercollegiate and sharing 32nd at the West Bay Collegiate Invitational.

Derbez carries a 73.0 stroke average over eight rounds. The Monterrey, Mexico, native has logged five par-or-better scores highlighted by a 3-under 69 to close out a 1-over 217 for 49th at the West Bay Collegiate Invitational.

Bare has played in all three tournaments and boasts a 73.38 average for eight rounds. The Waco native recorded his best score with a 2-under 70 in the season opener and matched that in the second round of the West Bay Collegiate Invitational in his last outing.

Malik will be making his UTSA debut this week in the Tarheel State. A native of Islamabad, Pakistan, he is the 2025 Pakistan National Amateur Golf Champion and a three-time Pakistan National Junior Amateur Golf Champion (2023, ’24, ’25).

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