Results
EL PASO, Texas – After a two-week hiatus, the Alaska Nanooks rifle team returned to the range on Friday morning by defeating the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) Miners 4,662 – 4,600. The Nooks were led by their two co-captains, as redshirt-junior
Sagen Maddalena and senior
Soren Butler posted the top-two individual overall scores of the day.
"Today's match was a little rough, but we all learned something from today and we can carry into our match against Nevada on Sunday," interim head coach
Layne Lewis said on Friday. "I'm really proud of how our leadership group stepped up today, with Soren and Sagen taking the top-two overall spots."
The Nanooks claimed four of the top-five overall individual spots, with Maddalena posting an aggregate score of 1,175. The Groveland, California native posted the meet's highest score in air rifle with a 595 and tied for first in smallbore with junior
Luke Johnson, each registering a 580. Friday's match against UTEP is the third-straight meet where Maddalena has been the first-place overall shooter this season.
Butler's aggregate score of 1,165 (second overall) marking his highest overall finish this season, courtesy of a 587 air rifle score (third place) and a 578 in smallbore (third place). UTEP's Bailey Powell placed third overall individually, posting an aggregate score of 1,160 – the highest of her team on the day.
Junior
Luke Johnson placed fourth overall individually, collecting an aggregate score of 1,157. Johnson's air rifle score of 577 placed him 10th, but his smallbore score of 580 tied Maddalena's for first place. Sophomore
JT Schnering came in fifth overall with an aggregate score of 1,155, as Schnering recorded a 568 in smallbore and 587 in air rifle.
Freshman
Amy Gentry shot a 560 in smallbore and 587 in air rifle to post an aggregate score of 1,147 against the Miners, placing her eighth overall individually. Redshirt-sophomore
Robert Scott rounded-out the Nanooks with an aggregate score of 1,146 to place ninth overall individually.
The Alaska Nanooks head northwest to Reno to take on the University of Nevada rifle team on Sunday, Nov. 6.
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