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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Saturday, November 17
Murray, Ky.
9:00 AM
Ole Miss
at
Murray State
Ole Miss Rifle Geared Up for Murray State
11/16/2018 | Rifle
No. 11 Rebels compete at No. 5 Racers on Saturday
MURRAY, Ky. – No. 11 ranked Ole Miss rifle faces No. 5 Murray State in a late-season nonconference tilt at the Pat Spurgin Rifle Range in Kentucky, beginning at 9 a.m CT on Saturday.
Start times…
Smallbore: 9:00 a.m. CT.
Air Rifle: 11:45 a.m. CT (approximate).
Live results…
Follow along during the match at http://results.megalink.no. Counters for each team will be marked with a "C". Final results will be posted at NCAArifle.org.
Counters…
Smallbore: Abby Buesseler, Hayley Carroll, Harley Gardner, Randi Loudin, Jillian Zakrzeski
Air Rifle: Abby Buesseler, Hayley Carroll, Kamilla Kisch, Randi Loudin, Jillian Zakrzeski
Scouting Murray State…
The Racers won the 2017-18 Ohio Valley Conference championship and finished fourth at the 2018 NCAA Rifle Championships. Murray State returns all but three shooters from a year ago. They have outshot their opponents in nine out of 11 matches this season, including a season-best 4694 on Oct. 5. The Kentucky squad most recently outshot Ohio State with a 4679 on Sunday, Nov. 11.
Last meeting…
Ole Miss last competed against Murray State two seasons ago on Jan. 15, 2017 in Oxford. The Rebels (4624) welcomed both the then-No. 3 Racers (4708) and then-No. 5 Kentucky (4664). Two-time All-American Alison Weisz led Ole Miss in air rifle with a 595, followed by then-sophomore Harley Gardner's 587. Graduate Jessica Haig fired a team-high 574 in smallbore, while Gardner recorded a 571.
Marsha's Minute…
On Murray State..
"We are looking forward to shooting with Murray State. They are a great team and have been since NCAA began sponsoring the Rifle Championships in 1980. Murray seems to always qualify for NCAAs and they won the NCAA Championship twice in the 1980s."
On three week break…
"We are coming off a small break – our last match was October 28. I think the break came at a good time for us. If the team continues to focus on what we have been working on in practice, we will do well."
Numbers and Nuggets…
Rebels perform strong in Open Meet…
Last match highlights vs. NC State…
For more information on Ole Miss Rifle, follow the Rebels on Facebook (OleMissRifle), Twitter (@OleMissRifle), Instagram (@OleMissRifle), and at olemisssports.com.
Start times…
Smallbore: 9:00 a.m. CT.
Air Rifle: 11:45 a.m. CT (approximate).
Live results…
Follow along during the match at http://results.megalink.no. Counters for each team will be marked with a "C". Final results will be posted at NCAArifle.org.
Counters…
Smallbore: Abby Buesseler, Hayley Carroll, Harley Gardner, Randi Loudin, Jillian Zakrzeski
Air Rifle: Abby Buesseler, Hayley Carroll, Kamilla Kisch, Randi Loudin, Jillian Zakrzeski
Scouting Murray State…
The Racers won the 2017-18 Ohio Valley Conference championship and finished fourth at the 2018 NCAA Rifle Championships. Murray State returns all but three shooters from a year ago. They have outshot their opponents in nine out of 11 matches this season, including a season-best 4694 on Oct. 5. The Kentucky squad most recently outshot Ohio State with a 4679 on Sunday, Nov. 11.
Last meeting…
Ole Miss last competed against Murray State two seasons ago on Jan. 15, 2017 in Oxford. The Rebels (4624) welcomed both the then-No. 3 Racers (4708) and then-No. 5 Kentucky (4664). Two-time All-American Alison Weisz led Ole Miss in air rifle with a 595, followed by then-sophomore Harley Gardner's 587. Graduate Jessica Haig fired a team-high 574 in smallbore, while Gardner recorded a 571.
Marsha's Minute…
On Murray State..
"We are looking forward to shooting with Murray State. They are a great team and have been since NCAA began sponsoring the Rifle Championships in 1980. Murray seems to always qualify for NCAAs and they won the NCAA Championship twice in the 1980s."
On three week break…
"We are coming off a small break – our last match was October 28. I think the break came at a good time for us. If the team continues to focus on what we have been working on in practice, we will do well."
Numbers and Nuggets…
- Abby Buesseler will be facing her identical twin sister, Dana, for the first time at the collegiate level.
- The Rebels combined for 12 season or career bests against Kentucky (Oct. 27) and NC State (Oct. 28).
- Ole Miss begins its first of four consecutive road matches. The Rebels will compete again on Jan. 12 alongside Ohio State and Alaska Fairbanks in Columbus.
- Ole Miss jumped up to No. 9 in the Collegiate Rifle Coaches Association rankings after tying its seventh-highest score in school history on Sunday, Oct. 28 with a 4664. After sitting idle, the Rebels are currently tied for No. 11 in the latest poll.
- Senior Harley Gardner sits tied for third in the Ole Miss record book with a 586 in smallbore.
- Redshirt freshman Jillian Zakrzeski shares fourth place in air rifle school history with a 595, set on Oct. 13 against Memphis/Army. She is also tied for the highest kneeling score by an Ole Miss shooter in the last four seasons with a 196, posted on Oct. 21 against Navy.
- Sophomore Sophia Cuozzo and senior Randi Loudin have recorded a perfect 200 in prone this season. Loudin owns seven perfect prone marks for smallbore in NCAA competition for her career.
- Rebel rifles' all-time best aggregate score sits at 4687, set Jan. 19, 2018 against Alaska Fairbanks.
- The top smallbore mark in program history is 2325 (set in 2005) and 2365 for air rifle (set in 2012).
Rebels perform strong in Open Meet…
- Junior Alana Kelly fired a career-best 588 in air rifle in the Ole Miss Open, hosted by the Rebels Nov. 10-11. She finished third in the discipline.
- Freshman Erin Walsh tallied the top score in smallbore with a 577.
Last match highlights vs. NC State…
- The then-No. 12 Ole Miss rifle team used two personal bests in smallbore to edge then-No. 8 North Carolina State, 4664-4628, Sunday, Oct. 28 at the Ole Miss Rifle Range. The victory was the Rebels' first Great America Rifle Conference win of the season (2312 smallbore, 2352 air rifle) and tied the seventh-best score in program history. The 2312 in smallbore stands as the highest for the season.
- Ole Miss claimed the top four positions overall, in smallbore, and in air rifle. Junior Hayley Carroll (1170), sophomore Abby Buesseler (1169), senior Randi Loudin (1167), and freshman Jillian Zakrzeski (1166) secured the top four spots. Loudin improved her season-best score for the second consecutive match.
- A pair of Rebels tied or bettered their career marks in smallbore, outshooting NC State, 2312-2286. Buesseler tied her previous mark of 581, while Zakrzeski set a new career high with a 578. Seniors Loudin and Harley Gardner also counted with a 581 and 572, respectively. Four Ole Miss athletes tied or set personal bests for standing, including Carroll (193), Loudin (191), Erin Walsh (191), and Zakrzeski (190).
- In air rifle, Carroll (590), Buesseler (588), Zakrzeski (588), and Gardner (587) led the field.
For more information on Ole Miss Rifle, follow the Rebels on Facebook (OleMissRifle), Twitter (@OleMissRifle), Instagram (@OleMissRifle), and at olemisssports.com.
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