No. 15 Rifle Concludes Fall Slate at Top-Ranked West Virginia

MORGANTOWN, W. Va. – The 15^th-ranked NC State rifle team concluded the fall portion of its dual match slate with a score of 4638 against the top-ranked West Virginia Mountaineers Saturday afternoon inside the WVU Shell Building.

The Mountaineers fired a team score of 4690 thanks to a 2328 in smallbore and a 2362 in air rifle. The Wolfpack charted a 2295 in smallbore and a 2343 in air rifle to log its aggregate score of 4638.

NC State moves to 3-4 on the year and 2-4 in Great America Rifle Conference (GARC) matches, while West Virginia remains unbeaten with a 10-0 overall record and a 5-0 ledger in conference action.

Smallbore Notes
- Will Marciniak led the Wolfpack in the smallbore event with a score of 576 to finish sixth among the individual standings.
- Claire Spina finished right behind him with a 575 and Kendra Jacobs notched a score of 574.
- Claire Zanti fired a 570 with a 99 on her first series in prone, while freshman Emily Fisher tallied NC State's lone perfect series in smallbore with a flawless first prone series.
- Aron Tinter logged a mark of 551 and Zach Eisenberg, Tyler Lefbvre each registered a 544.

Air Rifle Notes
- Fisher and Jacobs each achieved a score of 587 with Fisher tallying two series of 99 and Jacobs putting together three.
- Headlined by a perfect second series, Spina fired a score of 585.
- Zanti earned a 584 and Tinter rounded out the Wolfpack's counting shooters with a 582.
- Marciniak and Lefebvre also saw action in air rifle, logging scores of 578 and 573, respectively.
- Eisenberg notched a score of 567.

Aggregate Notes
- Jacobs led the Pack in the aggregate with an 1161 and Spina was closely behind with an 1160.

Up Next
NC State has concluded the dual portion of the fall slate and will return to action at the Winter Airgun Championships held December 1-2 in Colorado Springs. The Wolfpack's next dual match is against Navy in Lincoln, Neb., on January 19.

No. 15 Rifle Concludes Fall Slate at Top-Ranked West Virginia

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Players Mentioned

Zach Eisenberg

Emily Fisher

Kendra Jacobs

Will Marciniak

Claire Spina

Aron Tinter

Claire Zanti