The University of Mississippi Athletics
Saturday, February 16
Jacksonville, AL
8:00 AM / NCAA Qualifier
Ole Miss
at
Jacksonville State
No. 8 Rifle Looks to Pass Test at NCAA Qualifier
2/15/2019 | Rifle
Ole Miss travels to Alabama for 8 a.m. match Saturday
OXFORD, Miss.– The No. 8 Ole Miss Rifle team looks to stay sharp Saturday at its NCAA qualifier at the Gamecock Rifle Range in Jacksonville, Ala. The match, hosted by No. 10 Jacksonville State, begins at 8 a.m. CT.
The score accumulated in the match will be added to the top three-score season average to determine which eight teams advance to the NCAA Rifle Championships in March. Ole Miss owns an average score of 4671.67, fired at three different locations. A total of 12 qualifiers will be held across the country over the weekend.
Live stats can be accessed via the link provided as well as in-match updates via the @OleMissRifle Twitter account.
COUNTERS…
Smallbore: Abby Buesseler, Harley Gardner, Randi Loudin, Erin Walsh, Jillian Zakrzeski
Air Rifle: Abby Buesseler, Hayley Carroll, Harley Gardner, Erin Walsh, Jillian Zakrzeski
SCOUTING JACKSONVILLE STATE…
The No. 10 Gamecocks own a three-score average of 4667.33. Mekenna Richardson is JSU's top shooter averaging 579.69 points in smallbore and 587.23 in air rifle.
LAST MEETING…
Ole Miss opened the season hosting Jacksonville State on Sept. 29. The Gamecocks edged the Rebels, 4666-4645. Junior Hayley Carroll posted a then-career best in air rifle (592), while redshirt freshman Jillian Zakrzeski led the Rebels with an overall score of 1163.
Sophomore Sophia Cuozzo tallied her first perfect 200 in prone competition to help her earn a 572 in smallbore. Sophomore Abby Buesseler and senior Randi Loudin tied for the best score in the event (576). Zakrzeski tied her career-best 573 points, with personal bests in kneeling (189) and prone (199), as a non-counter. Jacksonville state tallied the top three smallbore scores (585, 583, 582).
Carroll fired a then-personal record 592 to lead all shooters in air rifle, as a non-counter. Powering Ole Miss' scorers in second was Zakrzeski with a 590. Sophomore Kamilla Kisch (588), Buesseler (586), and senior Harley Gardner (583) all eclipsed 580 points.
MARSHA'S MINUTE…
On competing against Jacksonville State…
"We are looking forward to our match at Jacksonville State. We opened the 2018-19 season competing with them at home and now we get to shoot with them at their place. They have a good facility and historically Ole Miss has performed pretty well there."
On what to expect in the match…
"Like most of our matches this year, we are pretty evenly matched with JSU. I expect it will be a close contest this weekend. JSU outshot us in September, but Ole Miss has improved. Saturday promises to be very interesting."
On the team's mindset…
"Everyone has been working exceptionally hard and the team has made significant progress this season. We just need to focus on what we've been working on. If we can do that we should have a solid performance on Saturday."
NUMBERS AND NUGGETS…
LAST MATCH HIGHLIGHTS…
No. 8 Ole Miss tied its second-best score of the season in a 4665-4649 win at No. 9 Memphis, Feb. 19 inside the R.F. Fogelman Rifle Range.
Gardner shattered the school record for kneeling with an incredible 199, besting the old mark by three points. Both teams were deadlocked 2311-2311 after smallbore, but Ole Miss pulled away in air rifle (2354-2338) to finish fourth in the Great America Rifle Conference standings at 4-4.
The match began in emphatic fashion when Gardner fired her near-flawless mark in kneeling. Her record bettered the mark of 196 set by both Buesseler (twice last season) and Zakrzeski back in October. Gardner went on to fire season highs of 199 in prone and 581 in smallbore to lead the team.
Carroll again led the Rebels and the field in air rifle, firing a 592. She narrowly edged Zakrzeski's 591. Also scoring for Ole Miss were freshman Erin Walsh (586) and Kisch (585).
UP NEXT…
The NCAA will reveal which teams and individuals qualify for the national match on Tuesday, Feb. 19 at 4 p.m. CT. Ole Miss will compete next at the GARC Championships, Feb. 22-23 in Akron, Ohio.
For more information on Ole Miss Rifle, follow the Rebels on Facebook (OleMissRifle), Twitter (@OleMissRifle), Instagram (@OleMissRifle), and at olemisssports.com.
The score accumulated in the match will be added to the top three-score season average to determine which eight teams advance to the NCAA Rifle Championships in March. Ole Miss owns an average score of 4671.67, fired at three different locations. A total of 12 qualifiers will be held across the country over the weekend.
Live stats can be accessed via the link provided as well as in-match updates via the @OleMissRifle Twitter account.
COUNTERS…
Smallbore: Abby Buesseler, Harley Gardner, Randi Loudin, Erin Walsh, Jillian Zakrzeski
Air Rifle: Abby Buesseler, Hayley Carroll, Harley Gardner, Erin Walsh, Jillian Zakrzeski
SCOUTING JACKSONVILLE STATE…
The No. 10 Gamecocks own a three-score average of 4667.33. Mekenna Richardson is JSU's top shooter averaging 579.69 points in smallbore and 587.23 in air rifle.
LAST MEETING…
Ole Miss opened the season hosting Jacksonville State on Sept. 29. The Gamecocks edged the Rebels, 4666-4645. Junior Hayley Carroll posted a then-career best in air rifle (592), while redshirt freshman Jillian Zakrzeski led the Rebels with an overall score of 1163.
Sophomore Sophia Cuozzo tallied her first perfect 200 in prone competition to help her earn a 572 in smallbore. Sophomore Abby Buesseler and senior Randi Loudin tied for the best score in the event (576). Zakrzeski tied her career-best 573 points, with personal bests in kneeling (189) and prone (199), as a non-counter. Jacksonville state tallied the top three smallbore scores (585, 583, 582).
Carroll fired a then-personal record 592 to lead all shooters in air rifle, as a non-counter. Powering Ole Miss' scorers in second was Zakrzeski with a 590. Sophomore Kamilla Kisch (588), Buesseler (586), and senior Harley Gardner (583) all eclipsed 580 points.
MARSHA'S MINUTE…
On competing against Jacksonville State…
"We are looking forward to our match at Jacksonville State. We opened the 2018-19 season competing with them at home and now we get to shoot with them at their place. They have a good facility and historically Ole Miss has performed pretty well there."
On what to expect in the match…
"Like most of our matches this year, we are pretty evenly matched with JSU. I expect it will be a close contest this weekend. JSU outshot us in September, but Ole Miss has improved. Saturday promises to be very interesting."
On the team's mindset…
"Everyone has been working exceptionally hard and the team has made significant progress this season. We just need to focus on what we've been working on. If we can do that we should have a solid performance on Saturday."
NUMBERS AND NUGGETS…
- Ole Miss is seeking its second NCAA berth as a team and first since 2006. The Rebels have sent at least one individual to Nationals seven straight seasons.
- This will be the fifth consecutive season the Rebels and Gamecocks have met in the NCAA qualifier (three times in Jacksonville; twice in Oxford). Last season, Ole Miss fired its best-ever qualifier score of 4665.
- The Rebels have earned a score of 4665 in their last three matches.
- Buesseler continues to pace the team in smallbore (577.333), while Zakrzeski owns a team-high air rifle average (589.833). The pair are tied with a team-best 1164.75 aggregate average.
- Gardner sits tied for third in the Ole Miss record book with a 586 in smallbore.
- 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.
- Ole Miss owns four top-10 aggregate scores in program history this season.
- The Rebels fired a 4685 (the second-highest score in program history) on Jan. 13 this season vs. Akron in Columbus, Ohio. Ole Miss fired the third-best smallbore (2323) and tied the fifth-highest air rifle (2362) in the same match.
- Rebel rifle's 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).
LAST MATCH HIGHLIGHTS…
No. 8 Ole Miss tied its second-best score of the season in a 4665-4649 win at No. 9 Memphis, Feb. 19 inside the R.F. Fogelman Rifle Range.
Gardner shattered the school record for kneeling with an incredible 199, besting the old mark by three points. Both teams were deadlocked 2311-2311 after smallbore, but Ole Miss pulled away in air rifle (2354-2338) to finish fourth in the Great America Rifle Conference standings at 4-4.
The match began in emphatic fashion when Gardner fired her near-flawless mark in kneeling. Her record bettered the mark of 196 set by both Buesseler (twice last season) and Zakrzeski back in October. Gardner went on to fire season highs of 199 in prone and 581 in smallbore to lead the team.
Carroll again led the Rebels and the field in air rifle, firing a 592. She narrowly edged Zakrzeski's 591. Also scoring for Ole Miss were freshman Erin Walsh (586) and Kisch (585).
UP NEXT…
The NCAA will reveal which teams and individuals qualify for the national match on Tuesday, Feb. 19 at 4 p.m. CT. Ole Miss will compete next at the GARC Championships, Feb. 22-23 in Akron, Ohio.
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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