Shotgun sports swept all six team titles it shot including Super Sporting, Doubles Trap, Doubles Skeet, Sporting Clays, American Skeet, and American Trap at the ACUI/SCTP Spring Central Midwest Conference Championships February 28 through March 1 at the World Shooting and Recreational Complex in Sparta, Illinois. Lindenwood also claimed the High Overall Team title with 2135/2250. That was 83 targets ahead of Hillsdale College in second place.
Konnor Vohs (45),
Ryan Pena (44), Lucas Corselli (44),
Thomas Gjelsvik (44), and Matthew Lorio (43) shot a collective 220/250 for the Super Sporting crown. The Lions topped second place Wiliam Penn by 10 targets. Individually, Vohs finished second in men's competition with Pena third.
Grace Corselli won the Ladies title while
Vanessa Donato took third place.
Wyatt Williams (49),
Ben Warwick (49),
Jordan Ziercher (48), Lucas Corselli (48), and
Landon Sievers (47) combined for a score of 241/250 to win the Doubles Trap event, finishing 11 targets ahead of Hillsdale College. Lindenwood swept the top three spots individually with Williams the Men's champion, followed by Warwick in second, and Ziercher in third. Anna Rawe was the top Lion in Ladies competition in second place with a score of 45/50.
In Doubles Skeet,
Konnor Vohs (50), Matthew Dombrowski (49),
Vaughn Klosowski (49), Steven Margherio (49), and
Tristan Stubbs (49) totaled 246/250 for the team title over Hillsdale College by just three targets. Vohs took second place individually in the event, followed by Dombrowski in third. In the Ladies category, Corselli finished third with 47/50.
Rocky Romo (100),
Ben Warwick (99),
Ryan Kraemer (99),
Vaughn Klosowski (98), and Lucas Corselli (98) shot a collective 494/500 to win the American Skeet team title over William Penn. Romo earned Men's Champion with a perfect 100 straight.
Vanessa Donato (100),
Wyatt Baine (99), Steven Margherio (99), Dakota Sliger (99), and Matthew Lorio (99) shot a 496/500 to take the American Trap team championship over the Hawkeye Redtails. Donato claimed the Women's Championship with a perfect 100 with Anna Rawe in second and
Sage McKeough in third. Baine ultimately finished third in Men's individual after a lengthy shoot-off.
Konnor Vohs (91),
Grace Corselli (88), Matthew Lorio (88),
Landon Sievers (87), and Steven Margherio (84) combined for a score of 438/500 to win the team Sporting Clays title ahead of Hillsdale College in second. Vohs won the Men's Championship, followed by Lorio in second and Sievers in third. Corselli won the Ladies Championship with Donato finishing third.
In individual High Overall competition,
Konnor Vohs won Men's HOA with 424/450, followed by Lucas Corselli in second with 418 and Matthew Lorio in third with 414.
Grace Corselli claimed the Ladies HOA Championship with 407/450, followed by
Vanessa Donato in second with 393.
In addition to winning team championships in every event shot by the Lions, 25 out of the 42 individual medals up for grabs at the shoot were won by Lindenwood.
After a weekend off, shotgun sports hopes to carry momentum from the conference championships into the 2025 ACUI/SCTP Collegiate National Championships March 16-22 at the National Shooting Complex in San Antonio, Texas. The Lions will be defending their national title from 2024 at the event.
