CHARLESTON, S.C. - Kimberlee Nettles was the top shooter for the second event in a row as the No. 20 University of North Georgia rifle team downed The Citadel, 4612-4559. UNG also defeated The Citadel's women's team as they scored just 3783 points.
North Georgia's 2335 in air rifle tied the program record for the discipline, set back on October 8, 2016. Nettles (588),
Kevin Vaughn (584),
Jaden-Ann Fraser (582) and
Morgan Frank (581) made up the counting scores for UNG.
Nettles fired a 575 in smallbore that included two 99 strings in the prone position before turning around a 588 in air rifle with the lowest string at 96. Her 1163 aggregate score was six points better than Frank in the aggregate scoring. Frank was the top smallbore shooter in the event, finishing a single point better than Nettles in the discipline.
Vaughn finished in fifth place overall with the only Nighthawk perfect 100 string in smallbore in his second prone string. Fraser finished with the only perfect 100 string in air rifle for UNG in the second of the six strings.
The Nighthawks will be back in action tomorrow in Statesboro, Georgia, as they battle Georgia Southern and Georgia Military for the Georgia State Championships.