Rifle Drops Match to Mountaineers

Sunday, November 5

Morgantown, WV

TBD

Army West Point

4640

4733

West Virginia

Rifle Drops Match to Mountaineers

November 05, 2017 | Rifle

MORGANTOWN, W. Va. – The No. 16 Army West Point rifle team lost in a tough match to undefeated No.1 West Virginia, 4640-4733.

Coach's Quotes:
"We started off pretty strong in kneeling," said head coach Web Wright. "We were actually pretty even with WVU going into prone. Our prone was a little weak. Payne [Nunn] shot a perfect score, so that was a high point. I'm proud of Payne's smallbore performance. I think that's a personal record for him.

"We had a couple of other PRs today as well. Emiliano [Concha-Toro] and Matt [Lovre] shot personal best. It will be good for their confidence for the rest of the season.

"(West Virginia's) Ginny [Thrasher] shot a perfect score today in air rifle. That's a tremendous accomplishment. Milica [Babic] was right behind her with a 599. I hope seeing that has inspired our folks a little bit. It's possible and I know they can do it."

AGGREGATE (4640)

The Black Knights tallied an aggregate score of 4629, falling behind WVU's score of 4733.
Junior Payne Nunn led the squad with an aggregate score of 1169.
He was followed by freshmen Kaitlyn Kutz (1162) and Clatyon Hanson (1155), while junior Nathan Brewer was right behind with a score of 1154.
Sophomore Made Erikson scored 1137, just a point ahead of senior Mike Garner who ended with an aggregate of 1136.

SMALLBORE (2301)

Nunn led the squad in the smallbore discipline with a score of 585, where he recorded a perfect score in prone.
Nunn was followed by sophomore Emiliano Concha-Toro and freshman Matt Lovre who both recorded personal records with a score of 577.
Kutz trailed close behind with a score of 576.
Brewer scored 571 in the discipline, followed by Garner and Hanson who both shot 569.

AIR RIFLE (2339)

The freshmen led the Black Knights in the air rifle discipline as both Kutz and Hanson shot a score of 586.
Nunn was close behind scoring 584, just a point ahead of Brewer (583), while sophomore Mady Erikson followed with a score of 572.

UP NEXT:
Army will return to West Point to open its home slate on Nov. 10. The squad will host No. 11 Nevada and No.29 MIT in a tri-meet at Tronsure Marksmanship Center.

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