Racers Take Second at OVC Rifle Championships

Saturday, February 2

Morehead, Ky.

Murray State

Ohio Valley Conference

Photo by: Murray State Sports Information

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The Murray State rifle team took home second place at the OVC Championships on Sunday hosted by Morehead State, the Racers finished with a team aggregate score of 4587 at the meet, defending champion Jacksonville State took the team title with a total of 4653.

After compiling a score of 2263 in smallbore, the Racers followed that score up with a score of 2324 in air rifle. Kelsey Emme led MSU in the discipline, compiling a score of 585. Emme was the lone Racer named to the All-OVC Air Rifle First Team and was also a second team member for smallbore.

Caroline Barber, Michael Burzynski and Tessa Howald were selected as second team All-OVC in air rifle. Barber scored a 582 in the discipline, while Burzynski and Howald scored 579 and 578, respectively in air.

Howald was also named the OVC's Rifle Freshman of the Year and made the OVC All-Newcomer Air Rifle Team. Kaitlyn Wilson made the All-Newcomer teams in both smallbore and air rifle.

Bill Harvey and Burzynski were named to the All-OVC Second Team in smallbore along with Emme. In two weeks, the Racers will host an NCAA Qualifier on Feb. 16.

"Caroline Barber, our only senior, had a fine match," said Head Coach Alan Lollar. She is a nursing student with a very tough schedule, and I'm proud of the way she prepared and performed."

"As a team, I thought we prepared well, but execution wasn't what we normally expect. The effort was there. We are learning to handle big matches and distractions. We will learn and try to apply it in the future."

Complete All-OVC teams list:

2013 OVC Rifle Freshman of the Year: Tessa Howald, Murray State
2013 OVC Smallbore Athlete of the Year: Sam Muegge, Jacksonville State
2013 OVC Air Rifle Athlete of the Year: Monica Fyfe, Jacksonville State
2013 OVC Coach of the Year: Ron Frost, Jacksonville State

All-OVC Smallbore First Team
Samantha Bullard, Jacksonville State
Sam Muegge, Jacksonville State
Cole Tucker, Jacksonville State
Steve Hahn, UT Martin
Mary Saenger, Morehead State

All-OVC Smalbore Second Team
Monica Fyfe, Jacksonville State
Dan McCall, Jacksonville State
Bill Harvey, Murray State
Kelsey Emme, Murray State
Michael Burzynski, Murray State

All-Newcomer Smallbore team
Samantha Bullard, Jacksonville State
JS Fielding, Columbus State
Jay Cross, Columbus State
Duncan Anderson, Columbus State
Kaitlyn Wilson, Murray State

All-OVC Air Rifle First Team
Sam Muegge, Jacksonville State
Monica Fyfe, Jacksonville State
Cole Tucker, Jacksonville State
Mary Saenger, Morehead State
Kelsey Emme, Murray State

All-OVC Air Rifle Second Team
Dana Maurizio, UT Martin
Steve Hahn, UT Martin
Caroline Barber, Murray State
Mike Burzynski, Murray State
Christian Hashagen, Morehead State
Tessa Howald, Murray State
Samantha Bullard, Jacksonville State

All-Newcomer Air Rifle Team
Tessa Howald, Murray State
Samantha Bullard, Jacksonville State
JS Fielding, Columbus State
Nikki Kroll, UT Martin
Kaitlyn Wilson, Murray State