DURHAM — Brice Mitchell shot a 39 to lead the Person Rockets to a fourth-place finish in the season’s sixth Piedmont Athletic Conference nine-hole match Thursday at the Hope Valley Golf Course.

The Rockets had a team score of 163, four strokes better than fifth-place East Chapel Hill, which ended the day with a 167.

Riverside won the match with a 152, followed by 155s from Northern Durham and Chapel Hill.

Mitchell was the only Rocket to break 40. James Weinberger and Matt Hepler finished with 41s, and Brett Perkins carded a 42.

Rocket coach Mark Lunsford said his fifth-place team, which is six points behind fourth-place Chapel Hill in the conference standings, will need to take a first and a third in the final two PAC-6 matches to earn a spot in the Division 4A team regional competition.

“We also have to hope that Chapel Hill finishes fourth in both matches,” he said.

That aside, Lunsford was happy with Person’s overall performance Thursday.

“You have to be pleased when you have sophomores and a freshman in the top four,” he said. “It was also nice to finish ahead of East Chapel Hill [which is battling for the conference title]. It was a good day for us.”

Jordan was the host team of Thursday’s match and finished sixth with a 179. Hillside was seventh with a 212, and Southern Durham eighth with a 232.

On Tuesday, Person lost a duals match to Oxford Webb by a 185-177 score. Perkins was the top Rocket player with a 42 while Trevor Kendrick shot a 44 in the loss.

According to Lunsford, three Person players — Joe Weinberger, James Weinberger, and Mitchell — have qualified for regional individual competition. Perkins is close to qualifying.