Murray State University Athletics
Saturday, November 7
Akron, Ohio
8 a.m.
Murray State
4692
vs
4697
West Virginia
Players Mentioned
/ Rifle
/ Rifle
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/ Rifle
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Rifle Edged By Top-Ranked WVU
11/8/2015 5:58:00 PM | Rifle
The fourth-ranked Murray State rifle team came up just short Saturday, as it fell to the nation's No. 1 team, West Virginia, 4697-4692, at the Stile Athletics Field House in Akron, Ohio as part of Akron's Championship Rehearsal Match.
"It is always good to line up toe-to-toe with the best in the country," said head coach Alan Lollar. "We got a chance to see how we respond to a challenge and I think we know now how we respond, and I like it. We have just finished a very tough five matches in three weeks and it was tough on purpose, to get us ready for what is to come."
"The team has responded like champs," Lollar continued. "We had never shot above 4690 until Oct. 17 and now have now done that in five straight matches. I asked them to find a way to become consistent at a level that allows us to compete with the best and they have done that. Now it is time to recover a little and train to get better and more consistent in how we execute shots and manage out matches."
Ivan Roe led MSU in the match with a personal best 595 in air rifle. In addition, the sophomore was just one off his career-high in smallbore at 588 to set a new career mark in the overall score at 1183. Freshman MacKenzie Martin followed Roe at 1171 with a 580 in smallbore and a 591 in air rifle.
"We got big matches from Kenzie and Ivan at Akron," said Lollar. "Ivan was very good this weekend, while Kenzie had a solid all-around day and is really becoming a consistent shooter."
Ben Estes and Barbara Schläpfer each fired an 1168 in the match, while Tessa Howald and Alathea Sellars rounded out Murray State's shooters at 1163 and 1156, respectively.
The Racers will now take two week off before wrapping up the 2015 portion of its schedule on Nov. 21 at Jacksonville State's Gamecock Open.
"It is always good to line up toe-to-toe with the best in the country," said head coach Alan Lollar. "We got a chance to see how we respond to a challenge and I think we know now how we respond, and I like it. We have just finished a very tough five matches in three weeks and it was tough on purpose, to get us ready for what is to come."
"The team has responded like champs," Lollar continued. "We had never shot above 4690 until Oct. 17 and now have now done that in five straight matches. I asked them to find a way to become consistent at a level that allows us to compete with the best and they have done that. Now it is time to recover a little and train to get better and more consistent in how we execute shots and manage out matches."
Ivan Roe led MSU in the match with a personal best 595 in air rifle. In addition, the sophomore was just one off his career-high in smallbore at 588 to set a new career mark in the overall score at 1183. Freshman MacKenzie Martin followed Roe at 1171 with a 580 in smallbore and a 591 in air rifle.
"We got big matches from Kenzie and Ivan at Akron," said Lollar. "Ivan was very good this weekend, while Kenzie had a solid all-around day and is really becoming a consistent shooter."
Ben Estes and Barbara Schläpfer each fired an 1168 in the match, while Tessa Howald and Alathea Sellars rounded out Murray State's shooters at 1163 and 1156, respectively.
The Racers will now take two week off before wrapping up the 2015 portion of its schedule on Nov. 21 at Jacksonville State's Gamecock Open.
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