The Husker Rifle team has risen to No. 4 in the nation after the team's record-setting match against Akron on Saturday. This marks the second time this season the Huskers have been ranked in the top five and the first time the team has been in the top four. The team's ranking in the new NCAA standings comes after the Huskers tied the second-highest score in program history over the weekend, with a combined team score of 4,687.
 
"This is a huge victory for us," senior captain Maddie Korthas said. "Rising to fourth place shows how much hard work and dedication has gone into practice and performance over the past few months."
 
Fellow senior captain Kayla Gadeken agreed. "Rising to fourth is an amazing feeling for everyone on the team. We are all working very hard this season and it is really starting to show in our scores."
 
The current NCAA standings see Kentucky overtake the top spot from TCU, who are now in second. TCU is followed by West Virginia at No. 3 and NU at No. 4.
 
"Everyone is happy with where we are but we know that there is more work to put in before NCAAs," Korthas said. "We know what we are capable of and we know how to put our skills into action."
 
The team's score of 4,687 against Akron is second in program history, behind only the team's score of 4,690 at the NCAA Qualifier from February 22, 2015. This season, the Huskers have shot two scores in the top five all-time program scores—the other was 4,686 against TCU on January 25. The team also shot 4,685 on February 2 against North Carolina State, which which was good enough for a tie for fourth on the all-time list until the Huskers topped it a week later. The full top five highest team scores in school history after Saturday's match is now as follows:
 
1. 4,690 (2/22/15)
T2. 4,687 (2/8/20)
T2. 4,687 (10/23/05)
T4. 4,686 (1/25/20)
T4. 4,686 (10/22/05)
 
On Saturday the Huskers also entered the all-time records with a combined smallbore score of 2,329, which is now third on the all-time list. The full top five all-time combined smallbore scores in program history is now as follows:
 
1. 2,339 (10/23/05)
2. 2,336 (10/22/05)
T3. 2,329 (2/2/20)
T3. 2,329 (12/4/04)
5. 2,327 (11/19/05)

"These past couple weeks have shown the amount of excellence in the team," Gadeken said. "I believe in these next few weeks of matches we will continue to demonstrate the determination to succeed and be the best."