FAIRBANKS - The Alaska Nanooks rifle team will host the Buckeyes of Ohio State on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 16-17. Friday's match will be shot on the UAF Campus at the E.F. Horton Rifle Range in the Patty Center and Saturday will be shot at TVSA.
Friday, Oct. 16
vs. Ohio State | 8 a.m.
Fairbanks | E.F. Horton Rifle Range
Saturday, Oct. 17
vs. Ohio State | 9 a.m.
Fairbanks | TVSA
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Last Time Out
This will be the Nanooks first competition since wrapping up 2025-26 at the NCAA Championships in Columbus, Ohio. There, the Nanooks placed eighth in smallbore with a 2334 and sixth in air rifle with a 2380. In the aggregate standings, the Nanooks placed eighth with a 4714.
What's Next
After the season and home openers this weekend, the Nanooks will hit the road next week for a matchup at UTEP on Oct. 23 and Nebraska on Oct. 25. They return home on Nov. 7 for a matchup with Akron.
Newcomers
The Nanooks welcomed four newcomers this offseason through three freshmen and one transfer.
Nicole Berger,
Marley Bowden, and
Nate Kauffman are all first year newcomers while
Hannah Dufresne transferred from Army to the Nanooks after one year at Army. Berger hails from Belgrade, Mont., Bowden is from Harpersville, Ala., Dufresne is from Boerne, Texas, and Kauffman is from York, Penn.
Returners
The Nanooks return six from last season's roster. That includes:
Lucie Kissenberger,
Noah Meierotto,
Sadie Palfrey,
Teagan Perkowski,
Marshall Schmidt, and
Matthew Stout. Stout is the lone-senior on the roster for 2026-27.
Lucie Kissenberger and
Teagan Perkowski both earned CRCA All-American honors last season with Kissenberger earning honorable mention aggregate honors alongside second-team smallbore while Perkowski was named to second-team air rifle.
Friday/Saturday Start Times
Friday's match will be a two-relay match with the first relay beginning at 8 a.m. Sighters will begin at 7:45 a.m. with the first recorded shots starting at 8. Smallbore relay one will wrap up at 9:30 and relay one air rifle will begin at 10:15 a.m. with sighters beginning at 10. The first relay will officially end at 11:30 a.m. The second relay will begin at 12:30 p.m. with smallbore sighters beginning at 12:15. They will finish at 2 p.m. before air rifle sighters start at 2:30 p.m. with the first recorded shots at 2:45 p.m. Match one will end at 4 p.m. on Friday.
Saturday's match at TVSA will be one relay. Sighters will begin at 8:30 a.m. with the first recorded shots of smallbore coming at 8:45 a.m. They will finish at 10:15 a.m. before air rifle sighters will be at 10:45 a.m. with first shots at 11 a.m. and the match finishing at 12:15 p.m.
Relay Shooters
Marshall Schmidt (Point 7),
Marley Bowden (Point 8),
Teagan Perkowski (Point 9),
Hannah Dufresne (Point 10), and
Matthew Stout (Point 11) will be in relay one on Friday.
Lucie Kissenberger (Point 7),
Noah Meierotto (Point 8),
Nate Kauffman (Point 9), and
Nicole Berger (Point 10) will shoot in relay two.
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