Official NCAA Results
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The Alaska Nanooks rifle team completed a two-day sweep of the Memphis Tigers on Sunday, Nov. 15, outshooting UM 4697-4694. The 'Nooks fell in the smallbore relays 2330-2331 but outshot the Tigers 2367-2363 in the air rifle relays. 
 
Kellen McAferty led the way on Sunday for the Nanooks, taking the crown in the individual standings and smallbore standings. In smallbore, the junior shot a 589, including a 199 in the prone position. The next finishing Nanook in smallbore was Liam Eberhart who finished fifth with a 581. The final three on the smallbore squad was Daniel Enger (6^th, 581), Jessica Boyce (8^th, 579) and Marina Gonzales Mago (10^th, 575). 
 
In air rifle, the Nanooks were led by redshirt-senior Liam Eberhart. The Fairbanks-native shot a 595, setting a new career-high alongside his new career-high aggregate score of 1176. Close behind was Jessica Boyce with a 592, giving her a third place finish in the air rifle standings. Rounding out the squad was McAferty (5^th, 590), Enger (6^th, 590) and Kissell (8^th, 589).

Behind McAferty in the individual standings was Eberhart in third with an aggregate of 1176, Boyce in fifth with an aggregate of 1171, Enger in sixth with an aggregate of 1171 and finally Kissell in seventh with an aggregate of 1170. 
 
With the win, the Nanooks move to 2-0 in the early part of the 2020-21 season. They stay on the road for the next week as they head to Oxford, Miss. to face-off with Ole Miss on Tuesday, Nov. 17 and Georgia Southern at Ole Miss on Thursday, Nov. 19. While in Miss. they will look to start the season at 3-0 for the fourth consecutive year.
 
Coaches Quotes
"Today was a solid team performance. Overall I felt the team had to work a little harder today, so it was nice to see they could make it work even when they may have gotten off to slow starts or encountered some difficulties. Kellen had a great smallbore match and stuck with it in air. I was happy to see the group back up yesterday's performance. 

The match was extremely close and provided quite a bit of excitement. Memphis shot phenomenal and even bested their long standing program record. Huge congrats to them. Our team managed to stay focused on their own performance through the excitement and eventually prevailed. I couldn't be more proud of their effort over the two matches in Memphis.

With Ole Miss on Tuesday we will rest and do school work tomorrow. We're looking forward to shooting Ole Miss, undoubtedly one of the best teams in the NCAA this year."

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