Army West Point Athletics
Saturday, February 13
West Point, N.Y.
9 AM
Army West Point
4689
vs
4677
Nebraska
#10 Black Knights Set Program Record in Win Over #6 Nebraska
February 13, 2021 | Rifle
WEST POINT, N.Y. – The No. 10 Army West Point rifle team set a new program record in its win over No. 6 Nebraska. The Black Knights topped the Cornhuskers, 4689-4677, Saturday morning at the Tronsrue Marksmanship Center.
"We had a pretty good day, today. We put it all together in smallbore and that made the big difference," Army head coach Web Wright said. "In the past, we've put a couple of good individual scores forward but lacked all of the depth we are capable of. Today, everyone was on."
Army's mark of 2333 is a program record based on the NCAA course change instituted during the 2013-14 season. All four of Army's scorers posted scores above 580 in smallbore, led by the team's senior captain Clayton Hanson, who matched a career high with a score of 586. Lauren McMahan and Kyle Kutz had the team's second highest score at 583. Anusha Pakkam rounded out the scoring at 581.
"Our team had a great performance today with three shooting individual PRs in addition to our team's program record," Hanson said. "I am proud of everyone for how they performed on the range today but even more proud for the way they acted as a team, encouraging and supporting their teammates this week. Shooting may appear to be an individual sport but you can't win by yourself; it takes a team to be successful. I'm looking forward to our team's next match!"
The Black Knights top mark prior to the course change was 2337 set on Nov. 10, 2007 against TCU by the team that went on to finish second at the NCAA Championships.
"A win is always nice. But even better was that we replaced a score that counts toward NCAA qualification. That should help us close the gap little," Wright said.
AGGREGATE: ARMY 4689, NEBRASKA 4677
Army will compete in the NCAA Qualifier match on Saturday, Feb. 20.
"We had a pretty good day, today. We put it all together in smallbore and that made the big difference," Army head coach Web Wright said. "In the past, we've put a couple of good individual scores forward but lacked all of the depth we are capable of. Today, everyone was on."
Army's mark of 2333 is a program record based on the NCAA course change instituted during the 2013-14 season. All four of Army's scorers posted scores above 580 in smallbore, led by the team's senior captain Clayton Hanson, who matched a career high with a score of 586. Lauren McMahan and Kyle Kutz had the team's second highest score at 583. Anusha Pakkam rounded out the scoring at 581.
"Our team had a great performance today with three shooting individual PRs in addition to our team's program record," Hanson said. "I am proud of everyone for how they performed on the range today but even more proud for the way they acted as a team, encouraging and supporting their teammates this week. Shooting may appear to be an individual sport but you can't win by yourself; it takes a team to be successful. I'm looking forward to our team's next match!"
The Black Knights top mark prior to the course change was 2337 set on Nov. 10, 2007 against TCU by the team that went on to finish second at the NCAA Championships.
"A win is always nice. But even better was that we replaced a score that counts toward NCAA qualification. That should help us close the gap little," Wright said.
AGGREGATE: ARMY 4689, NEBRASKA 4677
- Hanson led the way with an aggregate score of 1178.
- McMahan had the second highest tally at 1174.
- Elena Flake posted the highest score of the day for Nebraska at 1175.
- Kyle Kutz (1171) and Kaitlyn Kutz (1168) finished fifth and sixth, respectively.
- The Black Knights had all four of their scorers with marks over 580: Hanson (586), McMahan (583), Kyle Kutz (583) and Pakkam (581).
- Kaitlyn Kutz finished just outside the scoring at 578.
- Additionally, Claudia Sigel posted a career-high mark of 575.
- Hanson again posted the highest score for the Cadets in air rifle at 592, which was good for third overall.
- McMahan scored a 591 to take fourth, while Kaitlyn Kutz was right behind her at 590 for fifth.
- Kyle Kutz rounded out the scoring with a mark of 588.
Army will compete in the NCAA Qualifier match on Saturday, Feb. 20.
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