Sunday, November 20
Fairbanks, Alaska
1 P.M.
NC State
4674
at
4647
#10 Alaska-Fairbanks
Photo by: Jed Gammon
No. 12 Rifle Defeated by 10th-ranked Alaska
11/20/2016 10:51:00 PM | Rifle
Wolfpack fires second best air rifle score of 2016
FAIRBANKS, Alaska – The 12th-ranked NC State rifle team fired its second-highest air rifle team score this season, but it was not enough as No. 10 Alaska earned the win, 4674-4647, Sunday afternoon inside the E.F. Horton Rifle Range.
The Wolfpack falls to 6-4 on the year, while the Nanooks move to 5-1.
Air Rifle Notes
- NC State fired its second-highest team score of the season in the air rifle competition with a tally of 2361 to Alaska's 2354 in the event.
- Olympian Lucas Kozeniesky charted the top mark in the discipline with a 597, highlighted by perfect 100s on his second, fifth and sixth series.
- Junior Caitlyn Ford took fourth place in air rifle, totaling a season-high score of 591 with 100s on her first and fourth series.
- Graduate student Lauren Phillips tallied a 590, including a 100 on the second series.
- Derya Pekari and William Marciniak rounded out the lineup for NC State with scores of 583 and 582, respectively.
- Additionally, freshman Claire Zanti competed in the event as a non-counting shooter, recording a mark of 587 with 100s on her second and third series.
Smallbore Notes
- Kozeniesky logged the Wolfpack's best score in the smallbore event with a 582 clip, headlined by a 99 in each of his series in prone.
- Marciniak earned a total of 573 as NC State's next result, while Phillips notched a 567.
- Ford charted a 564 and Pekari registered a 560, as the final members of the Pack's counting shooters.
- Also competing in the competition was Zanti with a mark of 567.
- As a team, NC State recorded a team score of 2286 in smallbore and Alaska fired a very strong score with a 2320 clip.
Aggregate Notes
- Kozeniesky turned in the second-best aggregate score of the contest with an 1179, matching his second-highest mark of the year.
Up Next
The Wolfpack has concluded the fall portion of its schedule, as the squad will return to action Jan. 14, 2017, when it travels to West Point, N.Y., to face Army and Nebraska.
The Wolfpack falls to 6-4 on the year, while the Nanooks move to 5-1.
Air Rifle Notes
- NC State fired its second-highest team score of the season in the air rifle competition with a tally of 2361 to Alaska's 2354 in the event.
- Olympian Lucas Kozeniesky charted the top mark in the discipline with a 597, highlighted by perfect 100s on his second, fifth and sixth series.
- Junior Caitlyn Ford took fourth place in air rifle, totaling a season-high score of 591 with 100s on her first and fourth series.
- Graduate student Lauren Phillips tallied a 590, including a 100 on the second series.
- Derya Pekari and William Marciniak rounded out the lineup for NC State with scores of 583 and 582, respectively.
- Additionally, freshman Claire Zanti competed in the event as a non-counting shooter, recording a mark of 587 with 100s on her second and third series.
Smallbore Notes
- Kozeniesky logged the Wolfpack's best score in the smallbore event with a 582 clip, headlined by a 99 in each of his series in prone.
- Marciniak earned a total of 573 as NC State's next result, while Phillips notched a 567.
- Ford charted a 564 and Pekari registered a 560, as the final members of the Pack's counting shooters.
- Also competing in the competition was Zanti with a mark of 567.
- As a team, NC State recorded a team score of 2286 in smallbore and Alaska fired a very strong score with a 2320 clip.
Aggregate Notes
- Kozeniesky turned in the second-best aggregate score of the contest with an 1179, matching his second-highest mark of the year.
Up Next
The Wolfpack has concluded the fall portion of its schedule, as the squad will return to action Jan. 14, 2017, when it travels to West Point, N.Y., to face Army and Nebraska.
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