CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Citadel rifle team returns to action this weekend with a road match at Georgia Southern on Saturday, Jan. 20. The Bulldogs and Eagles will also compete against Wofford at Georgia Southern's Shooting Sports Education Center.

"We are looking forward to competing against Georgia Southern and Wofford this weekend," said head coach William Smith. "We have had several good matches with them already this season and we know that we will have to perform at our best."

Saturday will mark the fourth time this season that The Citadel and Georgia Southern have faced each other in competition with the Bulldogs claiming two of the three previous meetings. Saturday will also be the second time this season the Bulldogs and Terriers will have faced each other with The Citadel defeating Wofford last semester.

Most recently, the Bulldogs took on fifth-ranked Alaska Fairbanks at home on Wednesday, Jan. 10. The Citadel was led by junior Allison Auten's 1153 aggregate score, a mark that matched her season-best and placed her seventh overall in the match. Auten shot her best smallbore round of the season, registering a 570 to go along with a solid 583 in air rifle. Her air rifle mark was good enough for seventh while her smallbore score placed ninth in the discipline.

Three points behind Auten was freshman Max Brabston and sophomore Alexander McAlear with matching aggregate scores of 1150. Brabston shot a 572 in smallbore while McAlear posted a 566 in the discipline before bouncing back with a 584. Both McAlear's aggregate score and air rifle score were season highs. Brabston shot a 578 in air rifle.

Senior Colton Poole rounded out the scoring for the Bulldogs with an 1141, his best aggregate score of the season by seven points. Poole shot 571 in smallbore and remained consistent with a 570 in air rifle.

The Citadel women's team posted a solid 4168 to finish third in the match led by Carli Cline's 1087, including a 534 smallbore score and 553 in air rifle. Lauren Pringle was second on the team with a 1046, made up of a 499 in smallbore and 547 in air rifle while Shay Littlejohn finished third on the women's team with a 1030 made up of a 479 in smallbore and a 551 in air rifle. Tierra Price rounded out the scoring for the women's team with a 1005 aggregate score made up of a 486 smallbore round and a 519 air rifle showing.

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The Citadel will return home for a tri-match against VMI and eighth-ranked Air Force on Saturday, Jan. 27.

The Citadel will host the 2018 SoCon Rifle Championships March 3-4, 2018 inside the Inouye Marksmanship Center as well as the 2018 NCAA Rifle Championships March 8-10, 2018 inside McAlister Field House. The NCAA rifle championships will mark the third national championship competition hosted at The Citadel and first since Johnson Hagood Stadium was the site of the 1983 and 1984 Division I-AA football national championship games.

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