Durham's Rob Stover has qualified for the inaugural N.C. Amateur Match Play Championship to be played Aug. 4-8 at the Country Club of Salisbury.

In sectional qualifying conducted Wednesday by the Carolinas Golf Association, Stover shot a 3-over-par 74 at Pine Island Country Club in Charlotte to share 18th place.

Thirty-nine golfers made the cut, which fell at 5-over 76. (Complete results are below.)

Will Almand of Cary tied for first place with Greensboro's Jordan Utley on Tuesday in leading the Triangle's contingent of qualifiers for the inaugural N.C. Amateur Match Play Championship, which will be played Aug. 4-8 at the Country Club of Salisbury.

Almand and Utley each shot a 4-under-par 68 in the sectional qualifying event conducted by the Carolinas Golf Association at the Forest Oaks Country Club in Greensboro. (Complete results below.)