Nov. 14, 2006
Results
By Bob Eley, Sports Writer, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Published November 15, 2006
Posted in Sports
The Alaska Nanooks posted their fourth straight dual meet win and their 16th straight since Dan Jordan took over as head coach prior to the start of the 2005-06 season by knocking off Murray State on Tuesday in Kentucky.
The Nanooks won each discipline, smallbore and air rifle, by more than 13 points as the Nanooks posted a 4,670 to 4,641 victory. Alaska won the air gun position of the meet 2,359-2,346 and the smallbore competition by a 2,311-2,295 margin.
"That wasn't bad at all," Jordan said of his team's efforts on Tuesday as the Nanooks continued to show small improvements with each match this season. "It seems like we get three shooting very well in each match, but we can't get the fourth one.
Seniors Matthias Dierolf and Christian Lejon led the way for the Nanooks in the air gun event, with scores of 593 and 591, respectively, while freshman Paatrik Sartz notched a 590. Senior Matt Rawlings rounded out the scoring Nanooks with a 585.
In the smallbore event, Rawlings posted the top score with a 586, while Dierolf registered a 580, Lejon posted a 573 and freshman Jace Bures registered a 572 in the first match of his collegiate career that counted in the team score.
"I put Jace on the starting team because he's been shooting really well in the smallbore, lately," Jordan said. "I wanted to get him in there and get him used to representing the team."
Jordan said he was happy to see the smallbore score that was put up by Rawlings.
"This was Matt's first good score of the year in the smallbore," Jordan said. "All of them should be in the mid 80s (580s) so while they are shooting well, they still have some points to pick up."
Billy Galligan had scored of 570 in smallbore and 576 in air rifle as a non-scoring member of the team, while Sartz posted a 570 smallbore and Bures had a 583 air rifle score.
The Nanooks continue their road trip on Thursday with a match at the University of Kentucky in Lexington and then head to Texas where they will face the University of Texas-El Paso on Saturday.
"It's pretty tough mentally and physically, but it gives them a chance to make adjustments and fix their techniques," Jordan said. "If they shoot bad one day, they can make adjustments when they shoot again two days later."
