Match Overview
The Murray State rifle team used a season-high smallbore score of 2341 to propel itself to an overall score of 4706 and a win in the 2017 Gamecock Open in Jacksonville, Alabama Sunday. The Racers posted the highest score in a five-team field that included Ole Miss, Memphis, Jacksonville State and UAB.
Smallbore
MacKenzie Martin once again paced the Racers in smallbore with a 589, while Barbara Schläpfer followed at 587. Ivan Roe turned in a season-best 584 in the match, while Alathea Sellars fired a 581. Shelby Huber and Dana Buesseler rounded the even for Murray State at 575 and 573, respectively.
Air Rifle
Roe carried over his momentum from smallbore to sir rifle where he led MSU on the day with a 594. Huber followed Roe by shooting a career-best 593, while Schläpfer shot a 591. Both Martin and Sellars shot a 590, while Buesseler finished just outside of the 590 threshold at 589.
Aggregate
For the fourth consecutive week, Martin led Murray State in aggregate scoring, this time with a total of 1179. However, Roe and Schläpfer finished hot on her trail at 1178.
Coach Lollar On The Match
“I was real happy with way performed on the road today,” said head coach Alan Lollar. “This is a good place to shoot with a well-run match and we like shooting down here. We had a bit of a different travel team this week, due to Bobby dealing with some things relating to post-college job opportunities and Ben being sick. That being said, our younger members that don’t usually travel, like Shelby and Dana, were very good for us and really helped us shot our match without missing beat despite being down two of our seniors.”
“Kenzie and Barbara really stepped up in smallbore, as did Alathea, who was great today. Ivan much better today and all that combined led to our best smallbore of the year. Our air rifle was consistent with five shooters at 590 or better. I was pretty happy with that team score, although it was down a bit, but overall it was nice consistency nice match to end semester on. We will have shooters at both Winter Airgun and Junior Olympic trails and we wish them the best.”
Season Bests
SMALLBORE: Team – 2341; Ivan Roe – 584
AIR RIFLE: Shelbey Huber – (593);
AGGREGATE: Shelbey Huber – (1168); Ivan Roe – 1178; Alathea Sellars – 1171
Parentheses indicates score is also a career-high; * indicates score is a team season-high
Up Next
The Racers will take some time off for the holiday before returning to action on January 19, 2018 when they host the annual Roger Withrow Open at the Pat Spurgin Rifle Range in Murray.
by Parker Griffith
