Racers Come Out On Top in Tri-Match

Sunday, October 20

Murray, Ky.

TBA

Murray State

4634

4553

Columbus State

10/21/2013 1:28:00 PM | Rifle

Results

Murray State Rifle competed in their first of three tri-matches this season Sunday afternoon at the Pat Spurgin Rifle Range. The Racers were victorious over both squads defeating Morehead State 4634-4572 and Columbus State 4634-4553.

The Racers led the match in both the air rifle and small bore competitions. Murray State's aggregate of 2343 in the air rifle was tops with Columbus State in second (2306) and Morehead in third (2293). The Racers also took the team title in the small bore scoring a total of 2291 with Morehead in second (2279) and Columbus State in third (2247)

In the air rifle competition, Murray State junior Kelsey Emme was the top scorer with a high of 589. She was closely followed by freshman Katarina Bisercic with 588. Emme and Bisercic tied for the aggregate lead with 1161 total points between the two disciplines.

The Racers placed four shooters in the top five in the discipline with Tessa Howald (585) and Michael Burzynski (584) finishing in fourth and fifth place respectively. Jack Berhorst completed the scoring for Murray State in seventh place with a score of 581. Keri Marlin shot a personal best 571 in the air rifle.

Senior Bill Harvey led the Racers in the small bore. His score of 577 was good for third place, just two points behind top scorer Ethan Cole of Morehead State. The Racers took home places three through eight in the discipline. Following Harvey were Ryan Limpus (573), Bisercic (573), Emme (572), Marisca Mozeleski (572) and Berhorst (569).

Following the match, coach Lollar spoke about his team saying, "We had to battle through some adversity this weekend. We had one injury that kept a first team shooter out of the smallbore competition and another was just coming off being sick, and did not have normal energy or preparation leading up to the match. So all in all, it was a pretty good weekend. Now it's time to push hard and prepare to get better."

The Racers will hold their second tri-match at the Pat Spurgin Rifle Range this weekend, Oct. 26^th against a pair of CRCA top-10 ranked teams, Jacksonville State and TCU.