Shotgun sports took 10 team members to compete at the National Sporting Clays Association (NSCA) Championship October 22-25 at the National Shooting Complex in San Antonio, Texas.

Freshman Reece Sparks led the Lions in the Main Event with a score of 273/300, which placed him sixth in the Junior event.  Following three targets behind was sophomore Sam Korbs, who took 10th overall in the Junior event. Senior Michael Blazek finished with a score of 256/300, and freshman Matthew Blankenship posted 252/300.  
 
In the International division of the Main Event, freshman Tristan Stubbs hit 266/300 targets to finish second overall out of 38 competitors.   
 
The Lions also competed in the K-Kup event where Sparks led Lindenwood with a score of 95/100. Korbs was right behind with 94/100, good enough to place 18th in the Junior event. Freshman Harley Brasher poste 92/100 to win the B Class competition.   
 
The final event of the weekend for the Lions was the Beretta Challenge Super Sporting Event. Korbs led the way with 93/100 to place seventh in the Junior event. Sparks and Stubbs followed with scores of 92/100 and 91/100 respectfully, placing Sparks in 11th and Stubbs in 13th for the Junior event.   
 
Shotgun sports wraps up the fall campaign at the World Fitasc event November 12-15 at the Providence Hill Farm Shooting and Equestrian Complex in Jackson, Mississippi.