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Buesseler Leads Racers In Opening Day Win
9/23/2017 5:43:00 PM | Rifle
Freshman Dana Buesseler led the way as the third-ranked Murray State rifle team opened its 2017-18 campaign with a 4630-4505 win over Georgia Southern Saturday at the Pat Spurgin Rifle Range in Murray.
"I thought it was a good day for some of our younger shooters to get some time in the spotlight," said head Alan Lollar after the match. "Everyone did some good things. It's only the second time this fall we have put back smallbore and air rifle back-to-back."
"It's the start of a journey of which we won't know the destination until March," Lollar continued. "It was good to get started, but now we need to keep moving forward, one step at a time. Overall, I was happy with the day and now it's time to get ready for UT Martin."
Buesseler shot a 581 in smallbore and a 582 in air rifle to finish with a match-high 1163. Junior Alathea Sellars used a 574 smallbore and a 587 air rifle to follow Buesseler at 1161, while sophomore Shelby Huber shot a career-best 586 in air rifle to go along with a 573 in smallbore for an 1159 aggregate.
Sophomore Meike Drewell ended her day with a 569 and a 578 for a total of 1147, while Eric Sloan combined a 561 and a 565 for an 1126. The Racers as a team shot a 2297 in smallbore and a 2333 in air rifle.
The Racers return to action at the Spurgin Rifle Range next Sunday against OVC foe UT Martin.
