Wolfpack Rifle Starts Season with Strong Score at The Citadel

Saturday, October 6

Charleston, SC

NC State

4658

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The Citadel

Photo by: Ken Martin

Wolfpack Rifle Starts Season with Strong Score at The Citadel

10/6/2018 3:07:00 PM | Rifle

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NC State with strong debut under first-year head coach Emily Holsopple

CHARLESTON, S.C. – The NC State rifle team turned in a strong start to the Emily Holsopple era, as the Wolfpack compiled a team score of 4658 Saturday afternoon inside the Inuoye Marksmanship Center on The Citadel's campus.

The Pack recorded a team score of 2312 in the smallbore competition and a 2346 in air rifle to log its aggregate score of 4658, the second-highest score in a season opener in program history and highest score in a season opener on the road.

NC State's best score in a season opener was 2016-17 when the Wolfpack started the year at home with a match inside Reynolds Coliseum, tallying a score of 4671.

Smallbore Notes
- Junior Kendra Jacobs led the Wolfpack in the smallbore discipline with a score of 583, highlighted by perfect scores on both series in the kneeling position.
- Claire Spina charted a career-best score of 579 as NC State's second highest, thanks to a perfect first series in the prone position.
- Will Marciniak tallied a perfect second series in prone to record a score of 577, while Claire Zanti charted a score of 573.
- Freshman Emily Fisher made her collegiate debut and logged a score of 563, and Zach Eisenberg rounded out the lineup with a 549.
- The Wolfpack tallied a team score of 2312 in smallbore.

Air Rifle Notes
- Spina also had a career showing in the air rifle competition with a score of 589 and registered the Wolfpack's lone perfect series.
- Zanti turned in a score of 587 and Fisher finished one point behind her with a 586 in her collegiate debut.
- Jacobs charted a 586 and Marciniak earned a score of 575.
- Eisenberg also saw action in air rifle, achieving a score of 570.
- NC State finished with a team score of 2346 in air rifle.

Aggregate Notes
- With career highs in both smallbore and air rifle, Spina tallied a career-best 1168 in the aggregate to lead all scorers.
- Jacobs ended right behind her with a score of 1167 and Zanti notched an 1160.

Up Next
NC State returns to action next weekend when the Wolfpack travels to Annapolis, Md., for a neutral site matchup with Akron. The contest will be the Great America Rifle Conference (GARC) opener.