FAIRBANKS - The Nanooks rifle team will head to UTEP and Nebraska this week and weekend for their first road matches of the year. They will fire against UTEP on Friday, Oct. 23 before traveling to Nebraska for a matchup on Sunday, Oct. 25. 

Friday, Oct. 23
at UTEP | 5 a.m. AK
El Paso, Texas | UTEP Rifle Range

Saturday, Oct. 25
at Nebraska | 5 a.m. AK
Lincoln, Nebraska | Nebraska Rifle Range

Live Targets

Last Time Out
The Nanooks opened up at home last weekend against No. 14 Ohio State. On day one, the Nanooks shot on campus at the E.F. Horton Rifle Range. They defeated the Buckeyes 4723-4674 and had eight of the top 10 individual aggregate scores. Teagan Perkowski led the way with an 1186-83x on opening day. This was highlighted by a 600-51x in air rifle, his first-career 600. Lucie Kissenberger followed in second with an 1182-75x. On day two, the Nanooks posted a big score of 4747 in their 4747-4689 victory. Marshall Schmidt took the top spot individually with an 1186-94x. Perkowski followed in second with an 1186-86x. 

Perfection
Teagan Perkowski's 600 on day one was the ninth perfect score in Nanooks rifle program history. He also becomes just the fourth Nanooks shooter to post a 600, joining Rylan Kissell, Matthew Rawlings, and Elijah Spencer.

#NookNotes

• Through two matches, the Nanooks hold the second-best team average with an aggregate of 4735. In smallbore they are shooting an average of 2347.5. In air rifle, they lead the nation with an average score of 2387.5.
• Teagan Perkowski is 10th in the nation with an average aggregate score of 1186. He is ninth in smallbore average with a 589.5 and he is 14th in air rifle with a 596.5. 
• Marshall Schmidt is fourth in the nation with an air rifle average of 598.5. Marley Bowden has impressed through the first two matches of her freshman season. She is 13th in air rifle average with a 596.5 as well. 
• There have been eight 600's this season already. Three by Océanne Muller of West Virginia, and one from Isabella Baldwin (Navy), Jennifer Kocher (West Virginia), Braden Peiser (Kentucky), Teagan Perkowski (Alaska), and Tyler Wee (Navy). 

CRCA Top 20
The Nanooks made a jump from No. 7 to No. 3 in this week's CRCA Top 20 Rifle Rankings. See the top 10 below! 

1. West Virginia
2. Ole Miss
3. Alaska
4. Navy
5. Nebraska
6. Georgia Southern
7. TCU
8. Kentucky
9. Murray State
10. Memphis

Meet the Opponents
UTEP Miners
UTEP fired against Schreiner University on Oct. 17 in their season opener and posted a 4661-3576 victory. Kameron and Kennedy Wells led the way with scores of 1179-75x and 1169-69x. UTEP and the Nanooks met once last season: Alaska won 4735-4710. The Nanooks have won 12-straight over UTEP dating back to Nov. 3, 2012. 

Nebraska Cornhuskers
Nebraska has shot four matches this season. They are 2-1 in head-to-head matchups and took third in a three team match on Oct. 10. They fired a 4743 while defeating Akron on Sept. 26. On Oct. 3 they beat Ohio State 4730-4675. On Oct. 10, they traveled to Ole Miss and met up with the Rebels and Memphis. There they took third, shooting a 4696 while Ole Miss won with a 4724 and Memphis took second with a 4709. The next day, they fell to Memphis 4710-4697. Maddy Moyer and Alivia Perkins lead the way for Nebraska with aggregate averages of 1179.75 and 1179, respectively. Nebraska won the two matchups with the Nanooks last season, sweeping Alaska in Fairbanks on Jan. 17-18. 

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