Murray State University Athletics
Sunday, November 12
Spurgin Rifle Range
9 a.m.
Murray State
4703
vs
4742
West Virginia
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Photo by: Dave Winder-Murray State Athletics
Racers Consistent, But Fall To No. 1 WVU
11/12/2017 4:48:00 PM | Rifle
Match Overview
Despite shooting above its season-average, the third-ranked Murray State rifle team came up short against top-ranked West Virginia, 4742-4703, Sunday at the Pat Spurgin Rifle Range in Murray, Kentucky.
Smallbore
Murray State fired a 2330 as a team in the event paced by MacKenzie Martin who continued her strong season with a 584. Ivan Roe, Barbara Schläpfer and Ben Estes kept it close by finishing within three points at 583, 582 and 581, respectively. Robert Broadstreet rounded out the Racers' counters on the day at 570, while Alathea Sellars was the high non-counter at 582.
Air Rifle
The Racers shot a 2373 for the second consecutive match and were once again led by Martin who fired a 595. After a disappointing smallbore, Broadstreet bounced back with a 594 in air rifle and was followed by Estes and Schläpfer at 592 each. Roe finished out the counters for MSU at 591, while Dana Buesseler led the non-counters with a career-best 592. Â
Aggregate
Martin led MSU Sunday with an 1179, while Roe and Schläpfer each had an 1174 and Estes finished at 1173.
Opponents
The Mountaineers proved why they are the five-time defending national champions by setting new NCAA smallbore and aggregate records in the match. West Virginia paired its record-breaking 2356 in smallbore with a 2386 in air rifle for a new NCAA record total of 4742. Millica Babic led WVU in smallbore with a 591, while Olympic gold-medalist Ginny Thrasher led in air rifle at 599. Elizabeth Gratz was consistent on both guns for the mountaineers and led all shooters Sunday with an 1186 aggregate.
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Coach Lollar On The Match
"Congrats to West Virginia on a new NCAA smallbore and aggregate records today," said head coach Alan Lollar after the match. "They are a great team and performed well today."
"I was happy with our air rifle, as we had all five counters above 590 and all did a good job," Lollar continued. "In smallbore, we struggled a little getting started, but I was happy with consistency through the last part of match. We ended with four people in 580s and that was good for us."
"I was really happy with Alathea. She had a good solid, all-around match and is becoming much more consistent. Dana had a nice day by staying consistent and broke 590 for the first time in air rifle. Kenzie had a good all-around match and was nice and solid. Everyone else was consistent at the level we have been at this season by shooting our average, so I really liked that."
Season Bests
SMALLBORE: Ivan Roe – 583Â
AIR RIFLE: Dana Buesseler – (591)
AGGREGATE: Eric Sloan - 1136
Parentheses indicates score is also a career-high; * indicates score is a team season-high
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Up Next
The Racers will travel south for their last match of 2017 next Sunday, the Gamecock Open hosted by OVC rival Jacksonville State.
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Despite shooting above its season-average, the third-ranked Murray State rifle team came up short against top-ranked West Virginia, 4742-4703, Sunday at the Pat Spurgin Rifle Range in Murray, Kentucky.
Smallbore
Murray State fired a 2330 as a team in the event paced by MacKenzie Martin who continued her strong season with a 584. Ivan Roe, Barbara Schläpfer and Ben Estes kept it close by finishing within three points at 583, 582 and 581, respectively. Robert Broadstreet rounded out the Racers' counters on the day at 570, while Alathea Sellars was the high non-counter at 582.
Air Rifle
The Racers shot a 2373 for the second consecutive match and were once again led by Martin who fired a 595. After a disappointing smallbore, Broadstreet bounced back with a 594 in air rifle and was followed by Estes and Schläpfer at 592 each. Roe finished out the counters for MSU at 591, while Dana Buesseler led the non-counters with a career-best 592. Â
Aggregate
Martin led MSU Sunday with an 1179, while Roe and Schläpfer each had an 1174 and Estes finished at 1173.
Opponents
The Mountaineers proved why they are the five-time defending national champions by setting new NCAA smallbore and aggregate records in the match. West Virginia paired its record-breaking 2356 in smallbore with a 2386 in air rifle for a new NCAA record total of 4742. Millica Babic led WVU in smallbore with a 591, while Olympic gold-medalist Ginny Thrasher led in air rifle at 599. Elizabeth Gratz was consistent on both guns for the mountaineers and led all shooters Sunday with an 1186 aggregate.
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Coach Lollar On The Match
"Congrats to West Virginia on a new NCAA smallbore and aggregate records today," said head coach Alan Lollar after the match. "They are a great team and performed well today."
"I was happy with our air rifle, as we had all five counters above 590 and all did a good job," Lollar continued. "In smallbore, we struggled a little getting started, but I was happy with consistency through the last part of match. We ended with four people in 580s and that was good for us."
"I was really happy with Alathea. She had a good solid, all-around match and is becoming much more consistent. Dana had a nice day by staying consistent and broke 590 for the first time in air rifle. Kenzie had a good all-around match and was nice and solid. Everyone else was consistent at the level we have been at this season by shooting our average, so I really liked that."
Season Bests
SMALLBORE: Ivan Roe – 583Â
AIR RIFLE: Dana Buesseler – (591)
AGGREGATE: Eric Sloan - 1136
Parentheses indicates score is also a career-high; * indicates score is a team season-high
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Up Next
The Racers will travel south for their last match of 2017 next Sunday, the Gamecock Open hosted by OVC rival Jacksonville State.
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