Day Two Results
Day One Results
COLUMBUS, Ohio – There was a vision head coach
Dan Jordan had when the Alaska rifle program joined a conference for the first time in team history this season and on Sunday it didn't take long for that vision to take effect.
The third-ranked Nanooks were the class of the field for the second straight day and they fired a team total 4702 to capture the 2014 Patriot Rifle Conference championship at the Lt. Hugh W. Wylie Range on the campus of Ohio State.
Alaska's total team score tied its program record, matching the 4702 it shot back on Nov. 23, 2013, at home to defeat then-No. 1 Kentucky.
A day ago, Alaska shot a 2339 in smallbore and tacked on a 2363 in air rifle Sunday to claim the program's first conference title by 53 points over the United States Air Force Academy, which finished with a 4649 (2303 SB, 2346 AR).
Junior
Ryan Anderson (Great Falls, Va./Biological Sciences), who was the PRC smallbore champion yesterday, fired a match-best 596 in air gun and would go on to take runner-up honors in the individual final.
Sophomore
Tim Sherry (Highlands Ranch, Colo./Mechanical Engineering) turned in the fourth-best score in the 60-shot match with a 591 and earned third place in the final. Junior
Mats Eriksson (Malung, Sweden/Business Administration) also qualified for the big final after turning in a 590 in the match, the fifth-highest score among all PRC shooters.
Sophomore
Lorelie Stanfield (Fairbanks, Alaska/English) was Alaska's final shooter to count towards the team total with a 586, ranking 11th in the PRC while senior
Mike Liuzza (New Orleans, La./Business Administration) tallied a 585, tying for 12th (14th based on center shots).
Texas Christian's
Sally Li turned in the second-highest air gun score with a 595 and Air Force's
Meredith Carpentier, who would win the air rifle individual title in the final had the third-best score with a 592.
Following PRC champion Alaska and runner-up Air Force was TCU in third, host OSU in fourth and Nevada in the fifth position.
Alaska will take next week off before hosting Texas-El Paso and Nevada for an NCAA Qualifier, Feb. 22-23, at the E.F. Horton Rifle Range.
2014 Patriot Rifle Conference Final Team Scores
1. Alaska – 4702 (2339 SB, 2363 AR)
2. Air Force – 4649 (2303 SB, 2346 AR)
3. Texas Christian – 4647 (2306 SB, 2341 AR)
4. Ohio State – 4639 (2305 SB, 2334 AR)
5. Nevada – 4565 (2260 SB, 2305 AR)
2014 Patriot Rifle Conference Championship Air Rifle Scores
1. Alaska – 2363 (596, 591, 590, 586)
2. Air Force – 2346 (592, 588, 583, 583)
3. Texas Christian – 2341 (595, 584, 582, 580)
4. Ohio State – 2334 (587, 585, 583, 579)
5. Nevada – 2305 (583, 581, 579, 562)
Alaska's Air Rifle Scores (for team total – does not include final)
1.
Ryan Anderson – 596
4.
Tim Sherry – 591
5.
Mats Eriksson - 590
11.
Lorelie Stanfield - 586
14.
Mike Liuzza - 585
2014 Patriot Rifle Conference Championship Smallbore Scores
1. Alaska – 2339 (588, 587, 587, 577)
2. Texas Christian - 2306
3. Ohio State – 2305
4. Air Force – 2303
5. Nevada – 2260
Alaska's Smallbore Scores (for team total – does not include final)
1.
Tim Sherry – 588
2.
Ryan Anderson – 587
3.
Lorelie Stanfield – 587
11.
Mats Eriksson – 577
17.
Mike Liuzza – 572
