RESULTS

STATESBORO, Ga. – The 23^rd-ranked Citadel mixed rifle team and the women's team dropped Saturday's match at 22^nd-ranked Georgia Southern as the Eagles posted an aggregate score of 4556. The Bulldogs' mixed rifle team finished the day with a 4513 while the women's team posted a 4133.

Georgia Southern's Rosemary Kramer and Courtney Weekley finished 1-2 with an 1167 and an 1150. The duo finished 1-2 in three-position smallbore, with Weekley taking top honors off a 573, while Kramer wrapped up the discipline with a 569. Kramer took top honors in air rifle with a 598.

The Bulldogs were led by Max Brabston's 1140 aggregate score, finishing third. Brabston was the top Bulldogs finisher in both guns with a 560 in smallbore and a 580 in air.

Allison Auten, Alexander McAlear and Izzie Blystone were the next three highest scorers for the mixed rifle team, finishing fifth, sixth and seventh in aggregate scores, respectively. Auten fired off an 1126 (548 smallbore, 578 air rifle). McAlear was just one point ahead of Blystone with an 1124 and an 1123. McAlear ended his day with a 555 in smallbore and a 569 in air, while Blystone shot a 552 in smallbore and rebounded with a 571 in air.

Tommy Simrill rounded out the scoring five for the Bulldogs with a 1073 (522 smallbore, 551 air rifle).

The women's team was led by Lauren Pringle's 1087, the ninth-best aggregate score of the day. Pringle shot a ninth-best 529 smallbore score and followed that up with a 10^th-place in air rifle with a 558.

Shay Littlejohn finished second on the team with a 1065 (515 smallbore, 550 air). Tierra Price was third on the team with a 1029 (493 smallbore, 536 air rifle) and Abby Koger ended up fourth on the squad with a 952 (469 smallbore, 483 air rifle).

UP NEXT
The Bulldogs will close out the fall portion of the year with a match at No. 19 North Georgia in two weeks, on Saturday, Nov. 10.

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