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Ole Miss Rifle Reaches Highest CRCA Ranking in Program History
10/8/2019 | Rifle
Rebels Begin Season at No. 5 in the CRCA National Poll
MURRAY, Ky. – The Ole Miss Rifle team is already setting records ahead of their first match, entering as the No. 5 program in the first College Rifle Coaches Association (CRCA) Top 20 poll of the season – the highest the Rebels have ever climbed in national rankings.
Rebel Rifle previously reached as high as No. 6 in the polls following Ole Miss' sixth-place finish at the 2006 NCAA Rifle Championships and were No. 7 last season for one week after firing a 4685 on January 13 against Akron in Columbus, Ohio. The 4685 points remains the second-highest point total in school history.
Topping the poll is West Virginia, followed by No. 2 Air Force, No. 3 Kentucky and the defending NCAA champions No. 4 TCU.
Ole Miss enters the Top 5 after being idle the first week of the 2019-20 NCAA rifle season and based off its top-three score average of 4672 from last season. The top three teams also did not compete last weekend as well.
The Rebels returns nine letterwinners, including Great America Rifle Conference (GARC) Honorable Mention honorees in senior Hayley Carroll and sophomore Jillian Zakrzeski, the team's top aggregate scorer from a year ago. The squad also returns four of the team's top five aggregate performers from last year's squad that finished the season No. 10.
The Rebels begin their 2019-20 campaign this Sunday, Oct. 13 at Murray, Kentucky in a neutral-site match against No. 17 UT Martin, beginning at 9 a.m. CT.
College Rifle Coaches Association Top 20 – (Week 1)
1. West Virginia
2. Air Force
3. Kentucky
4. TCU
5. Ole Miss
6. Army
7. Navy
8. Alaska Fairbanks
9. NC State
10. Murray State
11. Akron
12. Nebraska
13. Memphis
14. Jacksonville State
15. Ohio State
16. Morehead State
17. UT Martin
18. UTEP
19. North Georgia
20. Coast Guard
For more information on Ole Miss Rifle, follow the Rebels on Facebook (OleMissRifle), Twitter (@OleMissRifle), Instagram (@OleMissRifle), and at olemisssports.com.
Rebel Rifle previously reached as high as No. 6 in the polls following Ole Miss' sixth-place finish at the 2006 NCAA Rifle Championships and were No. 7 last season for one week after firing a 4685 on January 13 against Akron in Columbus, Ohio. The 4685 points remains the second-highest point total in school history.
Topping the poll is West Virginia, followed by No. 2 Air Force, No. 3 Kentucky and the defending NCAA champions No. 4 TCU.
Ole Miss enters the Top 5 after being idle the first week of the 2019-20 NCAA rifle season and based off its top-three score average of 4672 from last season. The top three teams also did not compete last weekend as well.
The Rebels returns nine letterwinners, including Great America Rifle Conference (GARC) Honorable Mention honorees in senior Hayley Carroll and sophomore Jillian Zakrzeski, the team's top aggregate scorer from a year ago. The squad also returns four of the team's top five aggregate performers from last year's squad that finished the season No. 10.
The Rebels begin their 2019-20 campaign this Sunday, Oct. 13 at Murray, Kentucky in a neutral-site match against No. 17 UT Martin, beginning at 9 a.m. CT.
College Rifle Coaches Association Top 20 – (Week 1)
1. West Virginia
2. Air Force
3. Kentucky
4. TCU
5. Ole Miss
6. Army
7. Navy
8. Alaska Fairbanks
9. NC State
10. Murray State
11. Akron
12. Nebraska
13. Memphis
14. Jacksonville State
15. Ohio State
16. Morehead State
17. UT Martin
18. UTEP
19. North Georgia
20. Coast Guard
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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