The University of Mississippi Athletics
Saturday, September 29
Oxford, Miss.
8:00 AM
Ole Miss
vs
Jacksonville State
Photo by: Petre Thomas
No. 9 Rifle Opens 2018-19 Campaign with Home Match
9/28/2018 | Rifle
Rebels host Jacksonville State on Saturday
OXFORD, Miss. – The No. 9 ranked Ole Miss rifle team begins its 2018-19 season, welcoming No. 13 Jacksonville State to the Ole Miss Rifle Range at Oxford Conference Center on Saturday, Sept. 29.
Rebel rifle is coming off a program-best eight-win season in 2017-18, recording the four highest aggregate scores in school history.
Start times…
Smallbore: 8:00 a.m. CT.
Air Rifle: 10:45 a.m. CT.
Live Results…
Live results for each match can be found at Results.megalink.no.
Giveaway…
The first 35 fans will receive a free chicken biscuit.
The Competitors…
Ole Miss returns two Great America Rifle Conference honorable mentions: sophomore Abby Buesseler (smallbore) and senior Harley Gardner (smallbore). The pair joins returning sophomores Emily Cock and Sophia Cuozzo in both smallbore and air rifle. Senior and ISSF World Championships competitor Randi Loudin will take aim at smallbore, while sophomore Kamilla Kisch will compete in air rifle.
Last meetings…
The Rebels defeated the Gamecocks in a pair of close matches last season (4639-4633, Nov. 18; 4665-4639, Feb. 17) by a combined margin of 32 points. In the second meeting, Kisch led the air rifle squad with a 596 out of the team's 2363 points – both one point off school records. Buesseler tallied the highest smallbore score at 578 out of 2302 points.
Marsha's Minute…
On Jacksonville State…
"Historically, JSU has been a very strong program with 14 NCAA Championship appearances since 1980, with several All-Americans and one NCAA Champion. However, I think right now our teams are fairly evenly matched. In the final rankings, Ole Miss finished ahead of JSU last year, although both times we shot with them the results were close."
On beginning the 2018-19 campaign…
"Since this will be the first match of the season for both teams I really have no idea what to expect. A few of our team members were able to compete in the spring and/or summer and Randi Loudin just returned from the World Championships. On the other hand, others took a much-needed break."
On season preparation…
"Everyone has been working hard since the semester started. We just need to stay focused on the fundamentals and what we have been working on. If we can do that, we will do well regardless of the scores posted."
Numbers…
For more information on Ole Miss Rifle, follow the Rebels on Facebook (OleMissRifle), Twitter (@OleMissRifle), Instagram (@OleMissRifle), and at olemisssports.com.
Rebel rifle is coming off a program-best eight-win season in 2017-18, recording the four highest aggregate scores in school history.
Start times…
Smallbore: 8:00 a.m. CT.
Air Rifle: 10:45 a.m. CT.
Live Results…
Live results for each match can be found at Results.megalink.no.
Giveaway…
The first 35 fans will receive a free chicken biscuit.
The Competitors…
Ole Miss returns two Great America Rifle Conference honorable mentions: sophomore Abby Buesseler (smallbore) and senior Harley Gardner (smallbore). The pair joins returning sophomores Emily Cock and Sophia Cuozzo in both smallbore and air rifle. Senior and ISSF World Championships competitor Randi Loudin will take aim at smallbore, while sophomore Kamilla Kisch will compete in air rifle.
Last meetings…
The Rebels defeated the Gamecocks in a pair of close matches last season (4639-4633, Nov. 18; 4665-4639, Feb. 17) by a combined margin of 32 points. In the second meeting, Kisch led the air rifle squad with a 596 out of the team's 2363 points – both one point off school records. Buesseler tallied the highest smallbore score at 578 out of 2302 points.
Marsha's Minute…
On Jacksonville State…
"Historically, JSU has been a very strong program with 14 NCAA Championship appearances since 1980, with several All-Americans and one NCAA Champion. However, I think right now our teams are fairly evenly matched. In the final rankings, Ole Miss finished ahead of JSU last year, although both times we shot with them the results were close."
On beginning the 2018-19 campaign…
"Since this will be the first match of the season for both teams I really have no idea what to expect. A few of our team members were able to compete in the spring and/or summer and Randi Loudin just returned from the World Championships. On the other hand, others took a much-needed break."
On season preparation…
"Everyone has been working hard since the semester started. We just need to stay focused on the fundamentals and what we have been working on. If we can do that, we will do well regardless of the scores posted."
Numbers…
- Ole Miss will host four of its first six matches at home (Sept. 29, Oct. 21, Oct. 27, Oct. 28), and again on Feb. 2.
- The Rebels return eight letterwinners from 2017-18, while only losing two seniors
- Rebel rifles' all-time best aggregate score sits at 4687, set Jan. 19, 2018.
- The top smallbore mark in program history is 2325 (set in 2005) and for air rifle is 2365 (set in 2012).
- Head coach Marsha Beasley begins her third season at Ole Miss (19th overall, eight NCAA titles), after being named the Collegiate Rifle Coaches Association Co-National Coach of the Year for 2017-18.
- GARC Assistant Coach of the Year Jean-Pierre Lucas is in his second season with the program.
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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