FAIRBANKS – The No. 2 nationally ranked Alaska rifle team defeated the University of Tennessee-Martin for the second time in as many days, as it outshot the Skyhawks by a combined score of 4669-4580. The Nanooks were led by
Tim Sherry,
Sagen Maddalena and
Lorelie Stanfield who were the top three shooters in both air rifle and smallbore.
Team ResultsIndividual ResultsSherry shot a match-best 594 in air rifle and 581 in smallbore which was joint match-best along with Maddalena, who added a 592 in air rifle. Stanfield shot a 583 in air rifle and a 578 in smallbore.
Rounding out the Nanook scoring was
Soren Butler, who shot a 582 in air rifle and a 578 in smallbore as well as Mats Erickson who shot a 578 in both air rifle and smallbore.
UT-Martin was led by Dana Maurizio who shot a 589 in air rifle and a 572 in smallbore.
Head coach
Dan Jordan was pleased with the victory, but knows his team can improve as the season progresses. "We're not where we want to be right now, but it's early in the season and we are building," he stated. "There is a lot of room for easy points and we will make a jump soon."
Jordan was also impressed with some of his youngsters, and knows that they will continue to motivate the team to improve.
"We're starting to get some more depth on the team with freshmen
Kasey Barnes and
Luke Johnson," said Jordan. "This is really going to force some of the veterans to step up as their starting positions are no longer guaranteed."
Alaska will have to rely on its youngster on its road trip to Texas next weekend, as both
Ryan Anderson and Sherry will be competing in the Championships of the Americas (CATs games). Anderson missed this weekend's matches as he was trying to earn an Olympic Quota spot for the United States.
The Nanooks will take on the University of Texas El Paso (UTEP) and Texas Christian University (TCU) next weekend. The match against UTEP is scheduled to begin at 7:00 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 18 and against TCU at the same time the next day.
