No. 10 Wolfpack Rifle Fires Solid Score at NCAA Qualifier

CHARLESTON, S.C. – The 10^th-ranked NC State rifle team fired a solid team score of 4654 at the NCAA Qualifier match held at The Citadel's rifle range. The event also served as the South Eastern Air Rifle Conference's (SEARC) eighth match, with the Wolfpack remaining unbeaten in that league.

NC State moves to 30-4 overall on the season and 25-0 in SEARC competition.

The Wolfpack's team score of 4654 (2353 AR, 2301 SB) will be 50 percent of the squad's ranking score, as the remaining half will be determined by NC State's top-three score average to decide final rankings for the NCAA Championships.

NC State will await the 2016 NCAA Rifle Selection Show on Thursday, Feb. 25 to learn if it has qualified for the championships as a team or individually. The show will be streamed live on NCAA.com at 5 p.m.

Air Rifle Notes
- Wolfpack shooters claimed the top four spots in the air rifle competition.
- Lucas Kozeniesky headlined the group with a score of 593, while teammate Caitlyn Ford turned in a score of 591.
- Senior Daniel Cliff fired a 586 and sophomore Derya Pekari charted a 583. Alex Martin was the squad's final counting shooter and recorded a total of 575.

Smallbore Notes
- Ford shot the best score in the smallbore discipline with a 583 and freshman William Marciniak registered the next best score for the Wolfpack at 577.
- Martin tallied a 571, while Kozeniesky was closely behind with a 570 clip.
- Rounding out the lineup for NC State was Pekari with a score of 568.

Match Scores

	Smallbore	Air Rifle	Aggregate Total
Caitlyn Ford	583	591	1174
Lucas Kozeniesky	570	593	1163
Derya Pekari	568	583	1151
Daniel Cliff	562	586	1148
Alex Martin	572	575	1146
William Marciniak	577	561	1138
Tyler Lefebvre	555	571	1126
Cullen Wargo	555	566	1121
Claire Spina	553	558	1111
George Williams	544	559	1103
Team Totals	2301	2353	4654

Up Next
NC State returns to action this weekend when it travels to Oxford, Miss., for the Great America Rifle Conference (GARC) Championships. Competition is slated to get underway Friday and conclude Sunday at Ole Miss' Rifle Range.

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No. 10 Wolfpack Rifle Fires Solid Score at NCAA Qualifier

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Players Mentioned

Daniel Cliff

Caitlyn Ford

Lucas Kozeniesky

Tyler Lefebvre

Will Marciniak

Alex Martin

Derya Pekari

Claire Spina

Cullen Wargo

George Williams