SoCon Week-2 Notes

CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Citadel rifle team will be back in action this weekend after taking last week off from competition. The Bulldogs will travel to Dahlonega, Ga., to take on North Georgia and Georgia Southern at North Georgia's COL. Raymond C. Hamilton Rifle Range.

"It was good to have a weekend off, but the team is ready to get back to work at improving," said head coach William Smith. "We had another solid week in practice and I hope to see those scores carry over into this weekend's competition against two very good programs."

17^th-ranked North Georgia has competed in five different competitions so far this season, including opening the season at the NCAA Test Match hosted inside McAlister Field House by The Citadel on Saturday, Sept. 23. The Nighthawks also went up against Georgia Southern on Saturday, Oct. 14.

The Eagles of Georgia Southern have participated in four competitions to date, including three on the road at Murray State, UT-Martin and VMI.

Two weeks ago, The Citadel co-ed and women's rifle teams hosted two strong, nationally-ranked programs at the Inouye Marksmanship Center on Saturday, Oct. 7. The Bulldogs went up against No. 2 TCU and No. 15 Jacksonville State and performed well, posting aggregate scores of 4509 by the co-ed squad and 3830 for the women's team.

For the co-ed team, freshman Max Brabston continued the strong start to his campaign with an 1146, including finishing 12^th in smallbore with a 572 and 16^th in air rifle with a 574. Sophomore Alexander McAlear was close behind with an 1131 (569 smallbore, 562 air rifle). Also competing for the co-ed squad was Allison Auten with an 1125 (555 smallbore, 570 air rifle) and Leah Fenwrick-Wallace with an 1107 (540 smallbore, 567 air rifle).

Tommy Simrill, Maxwell Smalls and Krishawn Royal all competed for the first time this season. Smirill finished with an aggregate score of 1000 (456 smallbore, 544 air rifle), Smalls shot an 846 (394 smallbore, 452 air rifle) and Royal ended the weekend with a 791 (389 smallbore, 402 air rifle).

For the women's team, Lauren Pringle led the charge with a 1047 made up a 496 smallbore and a 551 in air rifle. Shay Littlejohn was second on the team with a 1024 (496 smallbore, 528 air rifle) while Tierra Price finished with a 967 (476 smallbore, 491 air rifle). Maia Farina competed for the first time this season and ended the match with a 792 (338 smallbore, 454 air rifle).

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