Rifle: No. 1 WVU Tops No. 11 CSU
February 06, 2011 09:01 PM | General
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The No. 1 West Virginia rifle team shot a collegiate team record and defeated No. 11 Columbus State, 4704-4607, this evening at Barker Hall, in Lexington, Ky.
The Mountaineers’ (10-2, 5-1 GARC) are the first NCAA team to shoot 4700 or better this season. The aggregate score bests WVU’s previous school record of 4697 by seven shots.
WVU swept the Cougars in both guns, winning smallbore, 2336-2282, and air rifle, 2368-2325.
"One of our goals all season was to shoot 4700, and we were finally able to pass that mark," says fifth-year coach Jon Hammond. "Shooting this score today takes some weight off our shoulders. I don't know how this will effect the rest of the season, but today was a great day. Hopefully this will lead to even better scores."
Senior Nicco Campriani shot a perfect 600 (100-100-100-100-100-100) air rifle for the second time in three matches. The school record score also is a world record, though the Florence, Italy, native will not receive credit because he did not shoot the mark at an international competition.
Campriani finished first overall with a school-record aggregate score of 1192. He also won smallbore with a season-high score of 592 (199 prone, 197 standing, 191 kneeling).
Sophomore Petra Zublasing finished second overall with a season-high score of 1184. Junior Justin Pentz shot a combined score of 1166 and finished in third place.
Jon Hall paced the Cougars with a score of 1163.
Zublasing finished behind Campriani in both guns, shooting a season-high 588 smallbore and 596 air rifle.
Pentz shot a personal-best 590 air rifle and finished in a third-place tie with Hall. Senior Andy Lamson finished in fifth place with a score of 587, while junior Michael Kulbacki shot 586 and place sixth.
The Mountaineers took the top seven smallbore spots, with senior Kyle Smith finishing in third place with a score of 580. Lamson and classmate Tommy Santelli shot 577 and tied for fourth place, while Pentz shot 576 for sixth place and senior Brandi Eskew finished in seventh place with a score of 574.
Today was the first-ever meeting between the Mountaineers and the Cougars.
The Mountaineers close out their regular-season with an NCAA qualifying match against No. 9 Nebraska on Saturday, Feb. 12, at 8 a.m., at the WVU Rifle Range. WVU outshot the Cornhuskers, 4656-4592, on Nov. 21.
The Mountaineers’ (10-2, 5-1 GARC) are the first NCAA team to shoot 4700 or better this season. The aggregate score bests WVU’s previous school record of 4697 by seven shots.
WVU swept the Cougars in both guns, winning smallbore, 2336-2282, and air rifle, 2368-2325.
"One of our goals all season was to shoot 4700, and we were finally able to pass that mark," says fifth-year coach Jon Hammond. "Shooting this score today takes some weight off our shoulders. I don't know how this will effect the rest of the season, but today was a great day. Hopefully this will lead to even better scores."
Senior Nicco Campriani shot a perfect 600 (100-100-100-100-100-100) air rifle for the second time in three matches. The school record score also is a world record, though the Florence, Italy, native will not receive credit because he did not shoot the mark at an international competition.
Campriani finished first overall with a school-record aggregate score of 1192. He also won smallbore with a season-high score of 592 (199 prone, 197 standing, 191 kneeling).
Sophomore Petra Zublasing finished second overall with a season-high score of 1184. Junior Justin Pentz shot a combined score of 1166 and finished in third place.
Jon Hall paced the Cougars with a score of 1163.
Zublasing finished behind Campriani in both guns, shooting a season-high 588 smallbore and 596 air rifle.
Pentz shot a personal-best 590 air rifle and finished in a third-place tie with Hall. Senior Andy Lamson finished in fifth place with a score of 587, while junior Michael Kulbacki shot 586 and place sixth.
The Mountaineers took the top seven smallbore spots, with senior Kyle Smith finishing in third place with a score of 580. Lamson and classmate Tommy Santelli shot 577 and tied for fourth place, while Pentz shot 576 for sixth place and senior Brandi Eskew finished in seventh place with a score of 574.
Today was the first-ever meeting between the Mountaineers and the Cougars.
The Mountaineers close out their regular-season with an NCAA qualifying match against No. 9 Nebraska on Saturday, Feb. 12, at 8 a.m., at the WVU Rifle Range. WVU outshot the Cornhuskers, 4656-4592, on Nov. 21.
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