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Akron, Ohio
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No. 9 NC State Rifle Finishes Fourth at GARC Championships
2/25/2017 10:00:00 PM | Rifle
Graduate student Lauren Phillips advances to air rifle finals
AKRON, Ohio – The ninth-ranked NC State rifle team concluded competition in the 2017 Great America Rifle Conference (GARC) Championships with a fourth-place finish Saturday afternoon inside the Louis and Freda Stile Athletics Field House.
After firing a team score of 2304 in the smallbore event on Friday, the Wolfpack logged a team score of 2356 in air rifle Saturday to conclude the championships with an aggregate team total of 4660.
Second-ranked West Virginia won the championship with a score of 4725, while Nebraska was second with a 4679 and Kentucky claimed third with a 4667 clip. Army took fifth with a 4649, Akron was sixth with a 4630, Memphis earned a 4629, Ole Miss tallied a 4624 and Navy rounded out the scores with a score of 4621.
Lauren Phillips led the way for NC State in air rifle on Saturday with a score of 594 in the preliminaries to advance to the finals session where she earned a third-place finish. Lucas Kozeniesky turned in a score of 591 to finish in a tie for 12th place.
Claire Zanti tallied a score of 586, as NC State's third-best score and Derya Pekari finished right behind her with a mark of 585. Caitlyn Ford was the final member of the Pack's counting lineup and recorded a 581 in air rifle.
Zach Eisenberg also enjoyed a strong performance equaling Pekari's score with a 585 clip and William Marciniak fired a 581.
The Wolfpack garners a fourth-place finish in the GARC regular season and claims fourth in the conference championships.
GARC Postseason Awards
Co-Team Sportsmanship Award (Shared with Army)
Lucas Kozeniesky
Conference Senior of the Year
First Team - Combined All Conference
First Team - Air Rifle All Conference
Second Team - Smallbore All Conference
Lauren Phillips
Individual Smallbore Champion
Second Team - Combined All Conference
Second Team - Air Rifle All Conference
Honorable Mention - Smallbore All Conference
Claire Spina
Scholar-Athlete of the year from NC State
NC State narrowly missed earning a bid to the NCAA Championships, as the squad finished ninth and the top-eight teams qualify for the championships. Fortunately, Ford and Kozeniesky earned individual bids to compete at the NCAA championships for the second consecutive year on March 10-11 at The Ohio State University.
#STATEMENT
After firing a team score of 2304 in the smallbore event on Friday, the Wolfpack logged a team score of 2356 in air rifle Saturday to conclude the championships with an aggregate team total of 4660.
Second-ranked West Virginia won the championship with a score of 4725, while Nebraska was second with a 4679 and Kentucky claimed third with a 4667 clip. Army took fifth with a 4649, Akron was sixth with a 4630, Memphis earned a 4629, Ole Miss tallied a 4624 and Navy rounded out the scores with a score of 4621.
Lauren Phillips led the way for NC State in air rifle on Saturday with a score of 594 in the preliminaries to advance to the finals session where she earned a third-place finish. Lucas Kozeniesky turned in a score of 591 to finish in a tie for 12th place.
Claire Zanti tallied a score of 586, as NC State's third-best score and Derya Pekari finished right behind her with a mark of 585. Caitlyn Ford was the final member of the Pack's counting lineup and recorded a 581 in air rifle.
Zach Eisenberg also enjoyed a strong performance equaling Pekari's score with a 585 clip and William Marciniak fired a 581.
The Wolfpack garners a fourth-place finish in the GARC regular season and claims fourth in the conference championships.
GARC Postseason Awards
Co-Team Sportsmanship Award (Shared with Army)
Lucas Kozeniesky
Conference Senior of the Year
First Team - Combined All Conference
First Team - Air Rifle All Conference
Second Team - Smallbore All Conference
Lauren Phillips
Individual Smallbore Champion
Second Team - Combined All Conference
Second Team - Air Rifle All Conference
Honorable Mention - Smallbore All Conference
Claire Spina
Scholar-Athlete of the year from NC State
NC State narrowly missed earning a bid to the NCAA Championships, as the squad finished ninth and the top-eight teams qualify for the championships. Fortunately, Ford and Kozeniesky earned individual bids to compete at the NCAA championships for the second consecutive year on March 10-11 at The Ohio State University.
#STATEMENT
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