Murray State University Athletics
Racer Rifle Earns Spot In NCAA Championship
2/23/2010 5:20:00 PM | Rifle
The Murray State rifle team has earned a spot in the eight-team NCAA Championship Mar. 12-13 in Fort Worth, Texas.
The NCAA also announced the individual qualifiers for the event hosted by Texas Christian University at the TCU Rifle Range and Daniel-Meyer Coliseum.
The Racers have put together an outstanding 2009-10 season which included winning their 10th Ohio Valley Conference Championship and they also won their NCAA Qualifier.
"I am very proud of the effort and determination that this team has shown this year", said MSU head coach Alan Lollar, who was named OVC Coach of the Year. "When we reported to school in August, we had some things to get done. First we had to learn to compete, not only against other teams, but everyday against the very best we have to give."
Lollar says his team will concentrate on the things they can control, their level of preparation and determination.
"Our goal is to prepare and compete at a level that gives us an opportunity to be in position to win on match day," Lollar said. "I believe we've done that, so our next challenge is to maintain that level."
"We look forward to the challenge of the NCAA Championships. It's a chance to measure ourselves against the best in the country."
MSU has won two NCAA titles, those coming in 1985 and 1987 and have recorded seven individual champions.
The NCAA Championship field was determined using a team's scores from the smallbore three-position and air rifle events. An average of the three highest scores for a team was used with no more than one match at any given site counting. The average of those matches was added to the team score from the NCAA Qualifier.
Individual and team competitions in smallbore (60 shots) will be held Friday, Mar. 12, with air rifle (60 shots) staged on Mar. 13.
The overall team champion will be determined by combining the points earned from each gun.
For more information about the 2010 NCAA Rifle Championships, go to NCAA.com.
2010 NCAA Rifle Championship
Team Qualifiers
Alaska-Fairbanks
Kentucky
Murray State
Nebraska
Texas Christian
U.S. Military Academy
U.S. Naval Academy
West Virginia
Individual Qualifiers
Smallbore
Brian Carstensen, Jacksonville State
Andrea Dardas, Jacksonville State
Amanda Furrer, Ohio State
Justin Pentz, West Virginia
Air Rifle
Nicco Campriani, West Virginia
Megan English, Kentucky
Jonathan Hall, Columbus State
Keely Stankey, Mississippi
