Army West Point Athletics
Monday, October 10
West Point, NY
Army West Point
vs
MIT
Army Hosts Triangular in Rifle Debut Monday
October 07, 2016 | Rifle
WEST POINT, N.Y. – Army West Point rifle makes its home and season debut hosting a triangular with Great America Rifle Conference (GARC) member Memphis along with non-conference foe MIT at Tronsrue Marksmanship Center on Monday at 9 a.m.
HOW TO FOLLOW
LIVE STATISTICS • http://results.megalink.no/#/
TWITTER • @ArmyWP_Rifle
THE DETAILS\
Second-year head coach Web Wright:
"Part of what we worked on over the summer was our mental game. We worked a lot to find the zone and to have the confidence to let the subconscious take over and perform to the upmost ability.
"I think we brought in a couple of new recruits and they are very thirsty and very driven. I think they are pushing the upperclassmen to some extent to overall increase their performance as a team.
"The big goal is to continue to increase our performance. All last year the scores increased and we did a good job of getting better throughout the year; I want to continue to do that this year.
"Right now focus on learning, focus on increasing performance and focus on the trust and the confidence to shoot the winning scores.
"Toward the end of last year, we were pretty good and ended up fourth in the conference championship against some pretty phenomenal teams. We are even better than that right now.
"I am looking forward to Monday, and I want to see how we are going to do when there is that actual pressure going on. I think we are going to surprise a lot of the teams out there."
NEXT UP: Road matches (Oct. 29-30) vs. Kentucky and Morehead State, respectively, at the Wildcats Range.
For up-to-date information about Army rifle, please follow @ArmyWP_Rifle on Twitter
HOW TO FOLLOW
LIVE STATISTICS • http://results.megalink.no/#/
TWITTER • @ArmyWP_Rifle
THE DETAILS\
- The Black Knights are No. 13 in the latest Collegiate Rifle Coaches Association (GARC) rankings
- Memphis is No. 10 and MIT is unranked
- Army, edged by the Tigers 4646-4642 in last year's meet, trailed by just two points after smallbore.
- A young Army team finished fourth at the GARC Championships, just three points behind third-place North Carolina State, defeated Navy along with turning in a second-place finish at the President's Trophy Match.
- The Black Knights posted a 5-7 overall mark and 3-5 conference showing last year.
- Among this year's returnees is seniors Marvin Lewis and sophomore Nathan Brewer who placed seventh and eighth, respectively, in smallbore at the GARC Championships.
- Brewer earned a berth to the NCAAs where he finished seventh in smallbore. He also qualified for the USA Shooting Junior Olympics and U.S. Development Team tryouts.
- Senior Allen Solida and junior Ethan Cook will co-captain the team.
- Five of Army's nine home matches will be held in the fall.
- While this is the Tigers' dual match debut, it is their third match of the season
- Memphis competed in its own Tiger Open and the Ole Miss Open
- They captured the Tiger Open with a 4655 after edging Ole Miss with a 4649 followed by Jacksonville State's 4628.
- Memphis claimed the smallbore title with a 2310 and finished second to Ole Miss in air rifle with a 2345.
- Senior Amy Fister was third in the aggregate (1170) scoring after winning smallbore (585).
- Memphis defeated Army during the 2015-2016 regular season match, but the Black Knights (fourth-4648) finished ahead of the Tigers (eighth-4619) at the GARC Championships.
- MIT makes its season debut at West Point
- The Engineers are a member of the Mid Atlantic Rifle Conference (MAC)
- MIT posted a 31-6 dual record last year and was first in smallbore and fourth in air rifle at the MAC Championships
- Team captain Sarah Wright was a first team All-MAC in smallbore and air rifle and defending conference champion in both disciplines.
- Wright set a school air rifle record (590) at the NCAA Qualifier last year.
Second-year head coach Web Wright:
"Part of what we worked on over the summer was our mental game. We worked a lot to find the zone and to have the confidence to let the subconscious take over and perform to the upmost ability.
"I think we brought in a couple of new recruits and they are very thirsty and very driven. I think they are pushing the upperclassmen to some extent to overall increase their performance as a team.
"The big goal is to continue to increase our performance. All last year the scores increased and we did a good job of getting better throughout the year; I want to continue to do that this year.
"Right now focus on learning, focus on increasing performance and focus on the trust and the confidence to shoot the winning scores.
"Toward the end of last year, we were pretty good and ended up fourth in the conference championship against some pretty phenomenal teams. We are even better than that right now.
"I am looking forward to Monday, and I want to see how we are going to do when there is that actual pressure going on. I think we are going to surprise a lot of the teams out there."
NEXT UP: Road matches (Oct. 29-30) vs. Kentucky and Morehead State, respectively, at the Wildcats Range.
For up-to-date information about Army rifle, please follow @ArmyWP_Rifle on Twitter
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