DURHAM — The Person golf team ended up with its second fifth-place finish of the season in the second Piedmont Athletic Conference match held Monday at Falls Village Golf Course.

The Rockets completed the day with 176 points, 17 behind third-place Riverside and Chapel Hill, who totaled 159.

Northern Durham placed first with a team score of 147 while East Chapel Hill finished a distant second at 158. Host team Southern Durham ended up in last with 234. Jordan was sixth (182) and Hillside was seventh (211).

Joe Weinberger was Person’s top scorer, shooting a 42 for nine holes. James Weinberger carded a 44, while Brice Mitchell and Adam Bunn came in with scores of 45.

Rocket coach Mark Lunsford said the team struggled with its short game, just as it had done in the PAC-6 opener at Chapel Hill last week.

“It’s costing us a lot strokes right now,” said Lunsford of his squad’s struggles around the greens. “If we expect to hang around in the conference, we’ll need to improve in that area.”

One of Person’s preseason goals was to earn a team 4A regional berth, but the Rockets will need to finish higher than fifth in the PAC-6 in order to achieve that.

Person hosts Oxford Webb in a duals match at the Roxboro Country Club on Thursday (2 p.m. start), and will also host the third conference match next Monday, March 17.