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WVU Wins 4th Straight NCAA Rifle Championship

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West Virginia University has won its fourth straight NCAA rifle championship.

The Mountaineers won the title on Saturday in Akron, Ohio, with a final team score of 4,703. TCU finished second and Murray State took third.

West Virginia won its 18th national rifle title overall and the fifth under coach Jon Hammond. Mountaineer freshman Ginny Thrasher won both the smallbore and air rifle titles.