CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – On Sunday at the DuPont Rifle Range, the MIT rifle team generated an aggregate score of 4,506 to finish ahead of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy (4,195) and Schreiner University (3,845). In the victories, the Engineers produced seven personal-best performances.
 
THE BASICS:

• Overall Scores: MIT 4,506; Coast Guard 4,195; Schreiner 3,845
• MIT Overall Record: 5-0

MIT INDIVIDUAL AGGREGATE FINISHES:

• Eleanor Yang – First Place (1,150 – tied personal best)
• Pauline Xu – Second Place (1,134 – personal best)
• William Knowlton – Fourth Place (1,118)
• Hongjia Meng – Sixth Place (1,095)
• Avaneesh Pal – Ninth Place (1,067 – personal best)
• Christine Baek – 10^th Place (1,046)

HOW IT HAPPENED - SMALLBORE:

• MIT captured the victory with a score of 2,207, followed by Coast Guard (2,063), and Schreiner (1,925).
• Yang took top honors with 569 points while Xu shot a personal-best score of 558 to rank third.
• Meng and Knowlton both produced a mark of 540, however, Meng recorded two more centers to finish fifth.
• Pal placed 11^th with a total of 517, followed by Baek in 12^th (506), and Jayden Lin in 13^th (469).

HOW IT HAPPENED – AIR RIFLE:

• The Engineers led the way with a score of 2,299, followed by Coast Guard (2,132) and Schreiner (1,920).
• Yang won the event with 581 points while Knowlton was next in second place with a personal-best tally of 578.
• MIT claimed fourth through sixth place as Xu had a personal-best score of 576, Sunny Chen shot a 576, and Jialin Xu had a total of 559.
• Meng ranked ninth with 555 points, one spot ahead of Pal who shot a personal-best 550.
• Baek was 12^th with a score of 540 while Perry Han took the next slot with a personal-best total of 522.

UP NEXT:

• MIT will host Ohio State on Sunday, November 8 at 10:00 AM.

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