RESULTS

CHARLESTON, S.C. – The 21^st-ranked Citadel rifle team picked up a pair of wins Saturday, Feb. 17 over No. 22 Georgia Southern and 27^th-ranked Wofford as the three teams competed in an NCAA qualifier at the Inouye Marksmanship Center.

The Bulldogs took the match with an aggregate score of 4562 to take top honors with the Eagles posting a 4524 aggregate score. The Terriers ended the day with an aggregate score of 4443.

"Considering the long day we had, it was a very good day and we had several good scores," said head coach William Smith. "Allison Auten and Max Brabston each had good days, Lauren Pringle lettered and Leah Wallace posted her second personal best in a row."

The Citadel had six shooters end the day in the top 10 for the match led by junior Allison Auten. The SoCon Air Rifle Shooter of the Month for January, Auten claimed top honors for the day with an aggregate score of 1154, the fourth-best aggregate score of the season for a Bulldog. Auten also had the day's best smallbore score of 568 and wrapped up the day by finishing second in air rifle with a 586.

Freshman Max Brabston put together a solid day with the fourth-best aggregate score of 1147. Brabston finished smallbore fourth with a 562 and was third in air rifle with a 585.

Senior Colton Poole finished sixth in aggregate score with an 1127 with Alexander McAlear finishing eighth with an 1121. Leah Wallace posted an 1119 to finish ninth and senior Morgan Long ended his day 10^th with an 1108. Wallace's aggregate score included a personal-best 547 in smallbore, marking the second match in a row that she has posted a career-best in the discipline.

For The Citadel women's team, Lauren Pringle earned her varsity letter for the year, shooting a 1076 aggregate score made up of a 515 in smallbore and a 561 in air rifle.

Senior Carli Cline led the way with a 1080 (526 in smallbore, 554 in air rifle) while Shay Littlejohn finished second on the women's team with a 1071, including a 519 in smallbore and 552 in air rifle. Tierra Price rounded things out for the women's team with a 1026 (511 smallbore, 515 air rifle).

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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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