The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss Rifle to Face No. 11 Memphis
2/10/2017 | Rifle
OXFORD, Miss. â€" The No. 13 Ole Miss rifle team will travel to Memphis, Tennessee this weekend to compete against No. 11 Memphis. This will be the third meeting of the two teams this season on Saturday beginning at 8 a.m.
Noting the Rebels Last Match
The Rebels are coming off their fist victory in 2017, with a close win over Akron (4639-4643), marking the highest score shot against Akron (by 58 points) in school history.
Last weekend, senior Alison Weisz led the Rebels in both air rifle (592) and smallbore (577) for a 1169 aggregate, her fourth highest this season. Junior Jessica Haig matched Weisz's smallbore score, and with a 587 air rifle score, totaled a 1164 aggregate, the third highest for her this season. While sophomore Samantha Sandifer's air rifle score did not contribute to the team's aggregate (2352), she posted a personal best of 581 for the third time in her career.
Match-up with Memphis
The Rebels will look to top the Tigers this weekend as the last victory over Memphis came in 2014 when the Rebels posted a 4646 aggregate, 2351 in air rifle and 2295 in smallbore.
Ole Miss has faced Memphis head-to-head twice this season and topped the Tigers both times in air rifle. Ole Miss posted a 4641 aggregate at the Ole Miss Invitational, which was second to Memphis's 4649 and then a week later at the Tiger Invitational posted a 4649 aggregate to Memphis's 4655.
Memphis was off last weekend, but posted a 4650 (2303-2347) against Jacksonville State the last weekend of January. Memphis is led by senior Amy Fister who is consistently contributing high scores in both air rifle and smallbore for the Tigers. Sophomore Leighton Dempster is another who continues to put up big numbers in air rifle helping Memphis to a season-high 4669 vs. Navy.
Marsha's Minute
"We are very excited to be one of the first teams to compete in the new University of Memphis range. The Memphis team moved to the new on-campus facility in mid-January and I believe they have had just one home match at their new place," Beasley said. "Though Memphis beat us in the Fall, I believe our teams are pretty evenly matched, so it should be interesting."
Live Scoring
Fans can follow the Rebels online with live scoring provided by Megalink and available to access through OleMissSports.com.
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