10th-ranked NC State Rifle Concludes Action at The Citadel

Saturday, October 31

The Citadel - Charleston, S.C.

All Day

NC State

4636

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10th-ranked NC State Rifle Concludes Action at The Citadel

11/1/2015 7:02:00 PM | Rifle

Wolfpack fires program record in air rifle on Saturday

CHARLESTON, S.C. – The 10^th-ranked NC State rifle team completed action at The Citadel Sunday afternoon with a win against the host Bulldogs. On Saturday, the Wolfpack suffered its first loss of the season to No. 7 Nebraska, but finished first in the third South Eastern Air Rifle Conference (SEARC) match of the season.

Sunday the Pack defeated The Citadel to wrap up competition at the Inouye Marksmanship Center.

NC State improves to 15-1 and 14-0 in SEARC action, while the Wolfpack moves to 1-1 in Great America Rifle Conference (GARC) events.

Highlights from Saturday
- The Wolfpack finished with a total team score of 4636, the second highest in program history. NC State fired a program best 2352 in the air rifle competition and a score of 2284 in smallbore.
- Junior Lucas Kozeniesky headlined the Pack's performance in air rifle with a school record score of 595 to claim first place.
- Caitlyn Ford, a sophomore from Fairfax Station, Va., posted the Wolfpack's second-best score with a personal best 589 to finish fourth.
- Seniors Daniel Cliff and Alex Martin each fired a score of 584, along with sophomore Derya Pekari to tie for eighth place. The score matched Martin's personal best and was Pekari's highest score ever fired in the event.

- In smallbore, Kozeniesky and Martin led the way for the Wolfpack as each charted a score of 578, which tied for third place.
- Pekari and freshman William Marciniak tallied a score of 564 to share eighth place. Ford rounded out the lineup for NC State and recorded a total of 553.
- Nebraska claimed first place at the event with a total team score of 4666 (2357 air rifle, 2309 smallbore). NCSU was second, while North Georgia took third (4513) and Georgia Southern was fourth (4451).

Highlights from Sunday
- NC State registered a team score of 4624 to defeat The Citadel, who tallied a 4389 clip.
- Wolfpack shooters swept the top-five spots in air rifle and smallbore.
- Kozeniesky finished first in air rifle and smallbore with scores of 590 and 584, respectively. The smallbore tally matched the junior's career best.
- Cliff charted a 585 and Ford earned a score of 584. Rounding out the lineup was Martin with a 580 and Marciniak with a 566 clip.

- Finishing second in the smallbore competition behind Kozeniesky was Marciniak was a personal-best score of 574. Martin was third (566) and Ford was fourth (561).
- Freshman Tyler Lefebvre was the Pack's final counting shooter with a 548 clip.
- The Wolfpack fired a team score of 2339 in air rifle and 2285 in smallbore to compile the total score of 4624. The Citadel tallied a score of 4389, powered by a 2244 in air rifle and a 2145 in smallbore.

Up Next
NC State will next be in action when it travels to Akron, Ohio, this weekend. The Wolfpack takes on Ohio State Saturday and Ole Miss and the host Akron Zips Sunday.