Army Hosts MIT in NCAA Qualifier

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point rifle team hosts MIT at Tronsrue Marksmanship center in a NCAA qualification match on Sunday.

This will be the second time this year the Cadets have competed against the Engineers. In their first match up this year, the Black Knights pulled out a win, beating MIT 4665-4295.

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Coach's Quotes:

"This weekend we have the NCAA Qualifier, and we are hosting this against MIT," said head coach Web Wright. "Every school to be eligible for NCAA Championships, besides from the regular season, has to shoot this qualification match. It's held only this weekend at a variety of ranges across the country. This score is added to the average of your top three scores throughout the season, and then the highest eight totals will go on to the NCAA Championships. There will also be spaces available for individuals to qualify to fill out the 48 total firing spots."

"We are looking to qualify the team. We are a touch behind some of the other teams, but with a really good score I think we can bump that up and end up in the top eight. I'm reasonably sure we are going to place some individuals. They just need to come through and put it all together. Another score like we shot at Navy could do it, and some of those individual performances should get recognized for invitations."

ARMY (6-8)

The Black Knights are No. 14 in the latest Collegiate Rifle Coaches Association (CRCA) poll.
Army comes to this match after a win over Navy, 4671-4653.
This marked the ninth consecutive win over the Mids in the annual Star Series match.
Payne Nunn lead overall as an individual with an aggregate score of 1173.

Nunn also shot a score of 593 in air rifle, setting a new season best for the team, beating the previous score of 591.

THE COMPETITION:
MIT (2-7)

MIT comes to this competition after dropping the decision to John Jay, 4430-4323.
MIT senior William Caruso was the top Engineer in third at 538, followed closely by sophomore Jesus Herrera with a total of 537
Caruso was the top shooter for MIT in air rifle at 559.
Earlier this season, the Engineers traveled to West Point for a tri-match where they finished third with a score of 4295, falling behind Army's second place score of 4665 and Nevada-Reno's score of 4677.

UP NEXT:
Army heads to the Great America Rifle Conference Championships held in Morgantown, W.V., on Feb. 23-24.

For more information on Army West Point rifle, visit GoArmyWestPoint.com and follow @ArmyWP_Rifle on Twitter.

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