FAIRBANKS, Alaska – The No. 3 Alaska Nanooks coed rifle team embarks on their first road trip of the 2018-19 season this week, taking on three ranked opponents in three different locations. The first match of the week is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 15 against the University of Texas at El Paso in El Paso, Texas, before heading to Fort Worth, Texas to take on Texas Christian University on Friday, Nov. 16. Alaska closes out the weekend with a two-day match against the University of Nevada Wolfpack on Saturday, Nov. 17 and Sunday, Nov. 18 in Reno, Nevada.
 

Opponents	#18 UTEP Miners | #6 TCU Horned Frogs | #15 Nevada Wolfpack
Thursday, Nov. 15	at UTEP | El Paso, Texas Relay 1: 6:30am AKST | Relay 2: 10am AKST
Friday, Nov. 16	at TCU | Fort Worth, Texas Relay 1: 5am AKST | Relay 2: 9:45am AKST
Saturday, Nov. 17	at Nevada | Reno, Nevada Smallbore Relay 1: 7am AKST | Smalbore Relay 2: 9am AKST
Sunday, Nov. 18	at Nevada | Reno, Nevada Air Rifle Relay 1: 9am AKST
Follow Along	Live Results (Thursday & Friday only) | Final Results
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Last Time Out
The Alaska Nanooks were last in action against Jacksonville State University, sweeping the Gamecocks 46-93-4609 on Thursday, Oct. 25, 4665-4628 on Saturday, Oct. 27 and 4684-4628 on Sunday, Oct. 28. Alaska remains undefeated on the season, going 5-0 against opponents thus far.

Ranked Nooks
On Monday, the Collegiate Rifle Coaches Association released their weekly rankings poll, putting the Nanooks at No. 3 with a 4693 aggregate average, only one point behind No. 2 Air Force, who has a 4694. West Virginia remains in first place with 4703.

Alaska's weekend opponents are also ranked, with UTEP (4611) sitting in 18th, TCU (4678) ranking third and Nevada (4649) tied for 15th with NC State.

Traveling Nooks
The Nanooks are only traveling six shooters for this weekend's road trip, including junior Amy Gentry, rookie Kellan McAferty, junior Grace Nelson, senior JT Schnering, redshirt-senior Robert Scott and senior Nathan Taylor.

Season-Highs
Below are the six traveling Nanooks' season-best scores so far:

Name	Smallbore	Air Rifle	Aggregate
Amy Gentry	585 (career-high) Oct .25 vs. JSU	593 (career-high) Oct. 12 vs. OSU	1169 (career-high) Oct. 12 vs. OSU
Kellan McAferty	587 (career-high) 2x, Most Recent: Oct. 25 vs. JSU	597 (career-high) Oct. 28 vs. JSU	1177 (career-high) Oct. 13 vs. Nebraska
Grace Nelson	572 Oct. 28 vs. JSU	591 (career-high) Oct. 12 vs. OSU	1167 (career-high) Oct. 12 vs. OSU
JT Schnering	583 Oct. 28 vs. JSU	597 (career-high) Oct. 13 vs. Nebraska	1177 Oct. 28 vs. JSU
Robert Scott	577 Oct. 25 vs. JSU	593 Oct. 28 vs. JSU	1168 Oct. 28 vs. JSU
Nathan Taylor	570 Oct. 25 vs. JSU	580 Oct. 28 vs. JSU	1148 Oct. 28 vs. JSU

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