COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Alaska Nanooks rifle team is in Colorado Springs, Colo. at the Air Force Academy taking on the #8-ranked Falcons.
 
Saturday, Jan. 21
Air Force | Live Targets
7:00 a.m. AKT | Air Force Rifle Range | Colorado Springs, Colo. 
 
Sunday, Jan. 22
Air Force | Live Targets
6:00 a.m. AKT | Air Force Rifle Range | Colorado Springs, Colo. 
 
Last Time Out
The Nanooks rifle team is fresh off of two wins at home last weekend. On Jan. 13, the 'Nooks defeated #5 West Virginia with a 4744-4736 final score. On day two, the Nanooks hosted Georgia Southern, Kentucky and West Virginia and took first with a high-score of 4752. WVU followed in second with an aggregate score of 4751, Kentucky shot a 4726 for third and GSU took fourth with an aggregate of 4658.
 
#NookNotes

• The Nanooks currently hold the top-aggregate average in NCAA rifle with a 4743.778. TCU follows in second with a season average of 4740.222.
• They are the only two teams averaging 4740+.
• Peter Fiori currently leads the 'Nooks with an aggregate average of 1186.778. He is currently shooting a smallbore average of 592.556, the individual high in NCAA rifle. He is adding an average of 594.222 in air rifle. 
• His season average is fifth in the nation.
• Rylan Kissell follows in sixth and second on the team with an average of 1186.375. He is shooting an average of 587.875 in smallbore and a nation-high 598.5 average in air rifle. 
• Kellen McAferty (seventh) and Sára Karasová round out the Nanooks in the nation's top-10 for individual aggregate. 
• McAferty is averaging an 1185.250 aggregate with a smallbore average of  590.125 and an air rifle average of 595.125. 
• Karasová is ninth in the nation with an aggregate of 1183.667. Her smallbore average is 589.556 and air rifle is 594.111.

History Against
The Nanooks have taken the last four head-to-head matchups against the Air Force Academy. In all four of those matches, the Nanooks shot a 4700+ with all four wins coming at home. This is their first trip to the Air Force Academy for a head-to-head matchup since Nov. 24, 2019, a match they dropped to the Falcons 4679-4644.
 
CRCA Top-20

1. TCU
2. Alaska
3. West Virginia
4. Kentucky
5. Ole Miss
6. Nebraska
7. Murray State
8. Air Force
9. Navy
10. Akron
11. Ohio State
12. NC State
13. Memphis
14. Morehead State
15. Jacksonville State
16. Georgia Southern
17. Army
18. North Georgia
19. UT Martin
20. UTEP

What's to Come
The Nanooks will have a week off before coming home to host the 2023 Patriot Rifle Conference Championships on Feb. 4-5. Following the conference championships, the Nanooks travel to El Paso, Texas for their 2023 NCAA Qualifier at UTEP before the NCAA Championships in Akron, Ohio on March 10-11, 2023. 
 
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