USAFA, Colo. - The Nanooks rifle team grabbed a win at the Air Force Academy on Saturday, Nov. 9. The 4735-4711 win improves them to 3-0, 3-0 PRC on the season.
"Today was an interesting match for us." said head coach
Will Anti, "A lot of good work, but the results fell a little flat in parts. Many people walked away justifiably pleased with their performances."
Cecelia Ossi led the way in the individual standings, finishing the day with an aggregate score of 1188.
Rachael Charles followed behind in second with an aggregate score of 1184. After taking spots one and two, the Nanooks picked up five through eight and 10th in the individual standings.
Amanda Pettersen took fifth with an aggregate of 1179,
Lucie Kissenberger followed in sixth with a score of 1178.
Elli Spencer took seventh after shooting an 1178.
Teagan Perkowski followed in eighth with a score of 1171 and
Matthew Stout took 10th with an 1166.
In smallbore, the Nanooks outshot Air Force 2349-2328. Alaska took the top-three spots in smallbore standings. Ossi led the way in smallbore with a 592. Charles followed in second with a 588 and Kissenberger took third in the smallbore standings with a 586.
Amanda Pettersen fired a 583 and placed sixth, Spencer took eighth with a 580, Stout placed ninth with a 580 and Perkowski placed 10th with a 579. Tobias Bernhoft-Osa added a 571 for Alaska. "Today, Cecelia was the highlight in smallbore. She has been seeing great results in practice and today that carried into the match. It was well shot in all three positions. Amanda and Rachael shot really nice slings today. They have been working hard on slings, so that was nice to see. We definitely needed to clean up the standing performance today across the board." added Coach Anti. The Nanooks' success continued in air rifle as they outshot the Falcons 2386-2383 to cap off the win. Air Force's Lauren Hurley fired the top score of the day with a 599.
Elli Spencer was the top shooter for the Nanooks, placing second in the air rifle standings; she fired a 598. Ossi followed in fourth with a 596, the first of three. Charles followed in fifth with her own 596 and Pettersen took sixth with a 596.
Kissenberger fired a 592, good for ninth. Perkowski also shot a 592 and took 10th while Bernhoft-Osa took 12th with a 589 and Stout shot a 586 for a 13th place finish. Anti was happy with Spencer's performance, "In air, Elijah shot a steady match. She anchored the crew in a solid airgun effort."
Alaska returns to the range tomorrow in Colorado Springs at the Olympic Training Center. They take on TCU at 6 a.m. AKST. "Tomorrow we will look for a more confident approach in smallbore and, frankly, a few more tens. It should be a great test against TCU in a new venue."
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