Mount Aloysius College is launching a co-ed NCAA rifle team, adding to the College's list of 17 varsity athletics programs for the 2024-25 academic year. The Mount will have the only NCAA team in Pennsylvania.

Under the NCAA structure for rifle conferences, the Mount, an NCAA DIII school, will compete against DI institutions such as Ohio State, West Virginia University, and the University of Kentucky, as well as DIII member MIT.

Siarra Crum, a Portage, PA, native, will coach the team. A 2019 graduate of Morehead State University in Kentucky, Crum was named to the Collegiate Rifle Coaches' Association's Scholastic All-American Team for her freshman and sophomore years, and as a senior, she qualified for the 2019 NCAA National Air Rifle Championship.

The Mount Aloysius College Rifle Team will call the Portage Revolver & Pistol Club its home range. The team will travel across the country to compete at the NCAA level.

For more information about the new rifle team at the Mount, visit MountieAthletics.com. For more information about Mount Aloysius College, visit mtaloy.edu.