Black Knights Win NCAA Qualifier Match

Sunday, February 18

West Point, N.Y.

9 AM

Army West Point

4656

4349

NCAA Qualification Match

Black Knights Win NCAA Qualifier Match

February 18, 2018 | Rifle

WEST POINT, N.Y. - The Army West Point rifle team defeated MIT for the second time this year in an NCAA Qualification match.

Army had a strong showing with Payne Nunn matching a team season best score in air rifle and Clayton Hanson tying the top Army aggregate score for the season.

Coach's Quotes

"We shot at about our average today," said head coach Web Wright. "Smallbore was a little weak, but air rifle was decent. Clayton [Hanson] led the way with the high smallbore score and second highest air. Payne [Nunn] led the air rifle event."

"When all of the dust settles, I think we have a pretty good chance of placing two or three athletes in the NCAA championship. Payne and Clayton for air, I'm pretty sure. Maddy [Erikson] has a slight chance, and I think Clayton has a fair chance to make it for smallbore. It's going to come down to the results across the country."

"It's been a pretty good regular season. Everyone worked hard and the increase in results was certainly visible across the span of the season. We are a young team and I see great growth potential. We will switch focus to the conference championships next weekend in Morgantown. What happens with the NCAA selection will happen. We will work on the things we can control."

Aggregate (4656)

Army defeated the Engineers at home, 4656-4349.
Clayton Hanson had an impressive performance gathering an aggregate score of 1172.
He was followed by Payne Nunn who tallied a score of 1167, and Kaitlyn Kutz who scored 1159.
Also in the top five scorers were Nathan Brewer and Emiliano Concha-Toro who both scored 1151.

Smallbore (2299)

The team garnered a collective score of 2299 in smallbore over MIT's score of 2145.
Hanson also led the team in smallbore, earning 580 points.
He was followed by Kutz and Concha-Toro who both shot a score of 576.
Nunn shot 574 in this discipline, with Brewer and Lovre both shooting 569 to close out the scoring squad.

Air Rifle (2357)

Army outscore MIT in air rifle, 2357-2204.
Nunn led the squad in air rifle with a score of 593, just one point ahead of Hanson.
They were followed by a strong score from Mady Erikson who shot 589.
Kutz earned a score of 583 in this discipline, while Brewer was just a point behind scoring 582.

UP NEXT:
The Black Knights head to Morgantown, W. Va., to compete in the GARC Championships on Feb. 23-24.

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