JACKSONVILLE, Ala. – Three days after setting a season-best aggregate score of 4559 against sixth-ranked Alaska Fairbanks, the 24
th-ranked Citadel mixed rifle team was at it again, improving their score by 10 points against No. 10 Jacksonville State.
Despite the strong showing by the Bulldogs, the Gamecocks managed to take the match 4666-4569, including sweeping the top five overall individual spots.
Mekenna Richardson paced the field with an 1177, including claiming top honors in both three-position smallbore (584) and air rifle (593).
Senior
Allison Auten put together her best performance of the season, including an aggregate score of 1152, to finish sixth overall. Auten set season bests in both guns, finishing seventh in smallbore (572) and sixth in air rifle (580).
Freshman
Izzie Blystone ended her day ninth overall with an 1144 and sophomore
Max Brabston earned a 10
th-place finish with an 1142. Blystone finished smallbore 10
th with a season-best 570, while Brabston wrapped up smallbore in 11
th with a 562. Brabston bounced back in air rifle with a seventh-best 580, while Blystone fired a 574 to end up 11
th.
In smallbore, junior
Alexander McAlear and freshman
Emily Perkins wrapped up the scoring for the Bulldogs with a 558 and 529. McAlear, who's 558 in smallbore was his best of the season, ended his day with an 1131 aggregate, his second-best showing of the season, after firing off a 12
th-best 573 in air.
Senior
Leah Wallace shot a 548 in air rifle to round out the Bulldogs' scoring five in that gun.
Four members of the women's team traveled and competed in the air rifle portion of the match led by freshman
Chelsea Sitarik's 543. Junior
Tierra Price shot a 527, freshman
Alisha Rabaca fired a 522 and freshman
Megan Waters shot a 499.
UP NEXT
The Bulldogs will next travel to Spartanburg for a tri-match with Wofford and Georgia Southern on Saturday, Jan. 19. Action is slated to get underway at a.m.
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