FAIRBANKS, Alaska – The Jacksonville State rifle team made its final case to the NCAA Selection Committee on Saturday at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks.  JSU posted a final mark of 4645, turning in the second-best score of the three teams competing in the event.

On Thursday, Jax State posted an aggregate score of 4648 in the pre NCAA qualifying meet on Saturday.  The Gamecock shooters finished smallbore with a 2304 and an identical mark from Thursday in air rifle, 2341.

Sophomore Sam Muegge and senior Andrea Dardas matched each other in air rifle with a score of 586.  Monica Fyfe turned in a 585, while Cole Tucker tallied a 584.  Dan McCall rounded out the air rifle total with a 576.

Dardas followed her air rifle mark with the squad's top smallbore score with a 584.  Muegge recorded a 576, followed by Tucker's 585.  Fyfe and McCall finished the relay with a 569 each.

The Ohio Valley Conference Champions will find out their NCAA fate on Wednesday, Feb. 22 as the team qualifiers will be announced.