No. 11 Wolfpack Rifle Concludes Action at NCAA Qualifier Match

Saturday, February 17

Morgantown, W. Va. (West Virginia)

All Day

NC State

4632

NCAA Qualifier / NRA Sectional

Photo by: Greg Mintel

No. 11 Wolfpack Rifle Concludes Action at NCAA Qualifier Match

2/17/2018 6:50:00 PM | Rifle

Results

NC State to await the NCAA Selection Show on Wednesday

MORGANTOWN, W. Va. – The 11^th-ranked NC State rifle team turned in an aggregate score of 4632 at the NCAA Qualifier Match Saturday afternoon inside the Bill McKenzie Rifle Range on the West Virginia University campus.

The Wolfpack will now await the NCAA Selection Show on Wednesday, Feb. 21 at 5 p.m. to learn if it has been selected to the eight-team NCAA Championship field. The show will be streamed live on the NCAA.com.

NC State's score will be added to the Pack's ranking average, which is based on the team's top-three scores fired at three different venues, to determine the team's NCAA qualifying mark.

Smallbore Notes
- The Wolfpack had a tough day in the smallbore competition, as NC State tallied a team score of 2293.
- Graduate student Lauren Phillips led the way with a score of 584, headlined by a 99 on her second series in prone.
- Claire Zanti tallied the second-best score for the Wolfpack with a 575, also highlighted by a score of 99 on her second prone series.
- Will Marciniak fired a 569 and Kendra Jacobs turned in a mark of 565.
- Zach Eisenberg rounded out the counting lineup with a score of 559. He charted a perfect first series in prone.
- Claire Spina notched the Pack's lone perfect series with a 100 on her second series in prone en route to a score of 561.
- Tyler Lefebvre was NC State's final competitor in the event and logged a mark of 545.

Air Rifle Notes
- Jacobs led the way for NC State in the air rifle competition with a score of 586 thanks to a perfect third series.
- Phillips was second with a 586, while Spina and Zanti each tallied a 584.
- Eisenberg was the final member of the Pack's counting lineup and earned a score of 582.
- Lefebvre and Marciniak also competed in the event and fired scores of 573 and 571, respectively.
- The Wolfpack logged a team score of 2339 in air rifle.

Aggregate Notes
- Phillips compiled an aggregate score of 1169 to pace the Wolfpack and Zanti was second with an 1159.
- Jacobs rounded out the top three with a score of 1151.

Up Next
NC State returns to action next weekend when it makes a return trip to West Virginia for the Great America Rifle Conference (GARC) Championships.