WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Navy rifle team (4-6) shot a school-record performance, 5856, to finish second against its service academy counterparts on Saturday at the President's Trophy Match that was held at the Tronsrue Marksmanship Center in West Point, N.Y. Additionally, the Midshipmen shot an NCAA four-count score of 4697 points.

"We had a decent day at West Point today against Air Force, Army, and Coast Guard," head coach Mike Anti said. "Our team score was just a couple of points under our average but had a couple of good individual performances which helped us beat Army. Army had a program record score so we needed a few standouts to beat them. Isabella Baldwin led the team in both events and won the competition smallbore event. Marleigh Duncan also had a very solid performance in smallbore shooting a 585, second highest on the team and tied for third in the match. Our other freshman, Ryan Wee had a great day with personal best in both smallbore and air rifle.
 
"Overall, I am pleased with the team's performance especially in the sling positions (prone and kneeling)," Anti added. "We still have some work to do in standing and air but they are all capable of improving in that area."
 
Scoring for the overall President's Trophy Match features eight starters at most for each team in smallbore and air rifle with the top five scores counting toward each team's final score. The NCAA scoring of starting five shooters in each event with the top four scores counting will still be used for NCAA qualification purposes.
 
Air Force (4-2) won its 10th-straight President's Trophy Match after posting a collective score of 5892 points, finishing ahead of Navy (5856). Match-host Army (5-2) was third with 5853, while Coast Guard rounded out the team scores with 5118.
 
Navy tallied 4697 points according to the NCAA scoring, while Air Force finished with 4716. Army was third with 4692 and Coast Guard closed out the scoring with 4277 points.
 
Freshman Isabella Baldwin led the way for the Midshipmen, finishing with an aggregate score of 1183. Her total was one point shy of her season best, 1184, that she set at Ole Miss. The rookie notched a 589 in smallbore, while registering a career-high 594 in air rifle. Baldwin tied for first in aggregate scoring, while leading all shooters in smallbore.
 
Fellow freshman Ryan Wee joined Baldwin atop the Navy standings. Wee was second among the Midshipmen recording a season-best performance in his first President's Trophy Match. He shot a season-high 583 in smallbore, besting his previous high of 581 set at Ole Miss and matched at Memphis. In air rifle, Wee bested his previous high by three points, registering a 590 on the day. Wee's scores combined for a 1173, giving the freshman a new aggregate high score.
 
Junior Marleigh Duncan was one point back of Wee, carding an aggregate tally of 1172. She shot a 585 in smallbore, while adding a 587 in air rifle to register the third-best Navy score on the day.
 
Finishing fourth among the Midshipmen was senior Clarissa Layland. She carded a collective score of 1164 on the day. Layland posted a smallbore score of 573, while finishing in the top 10 in air rifle with a score of 591.
 
Junior Joshua Potts and Stephanie Milvain were fifth and sixth for Navy. Potts recorded an aggregate score of 1159, while Milvain was three points back with an 1156. Potts registered a 575 in smallbore and 584 in air rifle with Milvain was steady with a 578 score in both disciplines.
 
Sophomore Catherine Dely, sophomore Grace Shepard, and senior Mark Dely rounded out the Midshipmen's scoring. C. Dely finished with scores of 565 (smallbore) and 576 (air rifle) for an aggregate count of 1141. Shepard notched her second-best aggregate score of the year with an 1137, posting her second-best performances of the season in smallbore (557) and air rifle (580). M. Dely registered a season-best score of 572 in smallbore to go along with a 554 in air rifle for a combined score of 1126.
 
Navy has a break before resuming competition in January as the Midshipmen host defending National Champions Alaska Fairbanks at the Bancroft Hall Rifle Range on Saturday, Jan. 20.