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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Friday, February 14
Oxford, Miss.
8 AM (Rescheduled)
Ole Miss
vs
Nebraska
No. 7 Rifle Hosts Pair of Top-10 Foes to Conclude Regular Season
2/13/2020 | Rifle
Rebels Face No. 4 Nebraska on Friday, No. 8 Memphis on Saturday
OXFORD, Miss. – The hunt for NCAA qualification intensifies as the No. 7 Ole Miss rifle team welcomes a pair of top-10 foes inside the Ole Miss Rifle Range to conclude the regular season. The Rebels battle No. 4 Nebraska on Friday, beginning at 8 a.m. CT and host No. 8 Memphis on Senior Day with a 9 a.m. start on Saturday.
The Ole Miss Rifle Range is located next to the Oxford Conference Center at 100 Ed Perry Boulevard, just off the Sisk Avenue exit on Highway 7. The first 35 fans in attendance on Friday will receive a free Chick-Fil-A chicken biscuit and an Ole Miss rifle tumbler Saturday.
Live targets can be accessed via the link provided as well as in-match updates via the @OleMissRifle Twitter account.
RACE FOR EIGHT
The Rebels are currently sitting at No. 7 in NCAA qualification after firing a season-high 4679 at TCU on Feb. 1. Eight teams will advance to the NCAA Rifle Championships held March 13-14 in Lexington, Kentucky. Half of qualification is based off the Rebels' NCAA top-three-score average fired in three separate locations and the other half consists of the NCAA Qualifier match total, held Feb. 22. Ole Miss is looking to score higher than 4674 points this week to increase its average.
TOKYO BOUND
Ole Miss Rifle alum Ali Weisz became the first athlete in program history to qualify for the Olympics. Weisz earned one of two Team USA spots for women's air rifle at the Air Rifle Olympic Trials on Feb. 9. A two-time All-American and member of the Ole Miss rifle team from 2013-17, Weisz earned the right to compete this summer in Tokyo after four days of competition and two separate finals.
SIX OUT OF TEN IS NOT BAD
The Rebels continue to rewrite the record book. This season Ole Miss has posted six of the program's 10 highest aggregate totals. The five best marks thus far (4679, 4676, 4674, 4673, 4672) rank third through seventh in school history.
BROKEN RECORDS
No individual record has been safe as well. Junior Abby Buesseler etched her name alongside one of the best shooters in Rebel history. On Nov. 2, the Stacy, Minnesota, product tied Ali Weisz' individual mark (2014-15) for air rifle with an incredible 597.
Buesseler's efforts also helped Ole Miss set the team air rifle total in the same match at 2372. She also set the aggregate Rebel mark (1183) and is on pace to surpass the smallbore season average set by Shannon Wilson (579.2) back in 2005-06. Buesseler also fired the second-highest smallbore total (588) on Feb. 1
TOPS ACROSS THE BOARD
Ole Miss has been strong in smallbore, air rifle and aggregate total at the national level. The team continues to rank fifth in aggregate, and sits sixth in both air rifle and smallbore.
REBELS AGAINST THE NATION
Senior Alana Kelly, freshman Claire O'Neel and Buesseler have led the Rebels this season with some of the highest averages in the nation. Below is how the trio ranks among the NCAA's best.
Smallbore: Buesseler (11th, 582.5); Kelly (30th, 577.6); O'Neel (33rd, 577.3)
Air Rifle: O'Neel (22nd, 590.4); Buesseler (30th, 589.6); Kelly (31st, 589.5)
Aggregate: Buesseler (15th, 1172.1); O'Neel (26th, 1167.7); Kelly (28th, 1167.1)
TOP 10 ALL DAY
This season the Rebels have not fallen outside the Top 10 in the CRCA poll. Ole Miss has spent four weeks as high as No. 5, a new program best.
SCOUTING THE CORNHUSKERS
No. 4 Nebraska has posted consistent strong totals of 4687, 4685 and 4686 in its last three matches, respectively. Sophomore Elena Flake paces the team in smallbore (579.4 average), air rifle (592), and aggregate (1171.4).
SCOUTING THE TIGERS
No. 8 Memphis has season-high scores very similar to the Rebels' marks. The Tigers have fired a 4679, 4677 and 4669. Senior Levi Clark is the squad's top shooter in smallbore (579.5 average), while sophomore David Crenshaw tops air rifle (587.3). Weisz will return to Oxford as the Tigers' graduate assistant coach.
LAST MATCH HIGHLIGHTS AT TCU (FEB. 1)
Ole Miss posted its best score of the season and third-highest all-time mark on Feb. 1 in Fort Worth, Texas. Defending national champions and host No. 2 TCU won the match, 4708-4679, but the Rebel trio of Buesseler, Kelly and freshman Kristen Derting all recorded career highs to power Ole Miss.
It marked the third time this season the squad has reset the No. 3 mark in the school record book after shooting a 4674 on Nov. 2 and a 4676 on Jan. 17.
The Rebels also managed the third-most points in program history to begin the day for smallbore with a 2323. Buesseler finished with a personal-best 588 points, which put her just one point behind Ali Weisz' Ole Miss record set back in 2015. Buesseler also tied the best standing school mark (196), dating back to the 2015-16 season.
Ole Miss came out of the gates focused as four Rebels set or tied new career marks in the day's first event, kneeling. Buesseler and Derting ended smallbore particularly strong in standing with the 196 and a 195, respectively. Derting, a Salem, Oregon, native posted a career-high 582 smallbore and 1170 aggregate.
Sophomore Erin Walsh (season-high 581) and junior Sophia Cuozzo (578) had strong matches as non-counters. O'Neel (577) and Kelly (576) completed the Rebel total.
Kelly then tallied her best-ever total in air rifle with 593 points. O'Neel eclipsed the 590-point plateau for the third consecutive match with a 591. Rounding out the Rebel score were Derting (588) and Buesseler (584), while junior Kamilla Kisch registered an impressive 592 as a non-counter.
UP NEXT
The Rebels head to Jacksonville, Alabama for the team's NCAA Qualifier match, which is slated to begin at 9 a.m. on Feb. 22.
For more information on Ole Miss Rifle, follow the Rebels on Facebook (OleMissRifle), Twitter (@OleMissRifle), Instagram (@OleMissRifle), and at olemisssports.com.
The Ole Miss Rifle Range is located next to the Oxford Conference Center at 100 Ed Perry Boulevard, just off the Sisk Avenue exit on Highway 7. The first 35 fans in attendance on Friday will receive a free Chick-Fil-A chicken biscuit and an Ole Miss rifle tumbler Saturday.
Live targets can be accessed via the link provided as well as in-match updates via the @OleMissRifle Twitter account.
RACE FOR EIGHT
The Rebels are currently sitting at No. 7 in NCAA qualification after firing a season-high 4679 at TCU on Feb. 1. Eight teams will advance to the NCAA Rifle Championships held March 13-14 in Lexington, Kentucky. Half of qualification is based off the Rebels' NCAA top-three-score average fired in three separate locations and the other half consists of the NCAA Qualifier match total, held Feb. 22. Ole Miss is looking to score higher than 4674 points this week to increase its average.
TOKYO BOUND
Ole Miss Rifle alum Ali Weisz became the first athlete in program history to qualify for the Olympics. Weisz earned one of two Team USA spots for women's air rifle at the Air Rifle Olympic Trials on Feb. 9. A two-time All-American and member of the Ole Miss rifle team from 2013-17, Weisz earned the right to compete this summer in Tokyo after four days of competition and two separate finals.
SIX OUT OF TEN IS NOT BAD
The Rebels continue to rewrite the record book. This season Ole Miss has posted six of the program's 10 highest aggregate totals. The five best marks thus far (4679, 4676, 4674, 4673, 4672) rank third through seventh in school history.
BROKEN RECORDS
No individual record has been safe as well. Junior Abby Buesseler etched her name alongside one of the best shooters in Rebel history. On Nov. 2, the Stacy, Minnesota, product tied Ali Weisz' individual mark (2014-15) for air rifle with an incredible 597.
Buesseler's efforts also helped Ole Miss set the team air rifle total in the same match at 2372. She also set the aggregate Rebel mark (1183) and is on pace to surpass the smallbore season average set by Shannon Wilson (579.2) back in 2005-06. Buesseler also fired the second-highest smallbore total (588) on Feb. 1
TOPS ACROSS THE BOARD
Ole Miss has been strong in smallbore, air rifle and aggregate total at the national level. The team continues to rank fifth in aggregate, and sits sixth in both air rifle and smallbore.
REBELS AGAINST THE NATION
Senior Alana Kelly, freshman Claire O'Neel and Buesseler have led the Rebels this season with some of the highest averages in the nation. Below is how the trio ranks among the NCAA's best.
Smallbore: Buesseler (11th, 582.5); Kelly (30th, 577.6); O'Neel (33rd, 577.3)
Air Rifle: O'Neel (22nd, 590.4); Buesseler (30th, 589.6); Kelly (31st, 589.5)
Aggregate: Buesseler (15th, 1172.1); O'Neel (26th, 1167.7); Kelly (28th, 1167.1)
TOP 10 ALL DAY
This season the Rebels have not fallen outside the Top 10 in the CRCA poll. Ole Miss has spent four weeks as high as No. 5, a new program best.
SCOUTING THE CORNHUSKERS
No. 4 Nebraska has posted consistent strong totals of 4687, 4685 and 4686 in its last three matches, respectively. Sophomore Elena Flake paces the team in smallbore (579.4 average), air rifle (592), and aggregate (1171.4).
SCOUTING THE TIGERS
No. 8 Memphis has season-high scores very similar to the Rebels' marks. The Tigers have fired a 4679, 4677 and 4669. Senior Levi Clark is the squad's top shooter in smallbore (579.5 average), while sophomore David Crenshaw tops air rifle (587.3). Weisz will return to Oxford as the Tigers' graduate assistant coach.
LAST MATCH HIGHLIGHTS AT TCU (FEB. 1)
Ole Miss posted its best score of the season and third-highest all-time mark on Feb. 1 in Fort Worth, Texas. Defending national champions and host No. 2 TCU won the match, 4708-4679, but the Rebel trio of Buesseler, Kelly and freshman Kristen Derting all recorded career highs to power Ole Miss.
It marked the third time this season the squad has reset the No. 3 mark in the school record book after shooting a 4674 on Nov. 2 and a 4676 on Jan. 17.
The Rebels also managed the third-most points in program history to begin the day for smallbore with a 2323. Buesseler finished with a personal-best 588 points, which put her just one point behind Ali Weisz' Ole Miss record set back in 2015. Buesseler also tied the best standing school mark (196), dating back to the 2015-16 season.
Ole Miss came out of the gates focused as four Rebels set or tied new career marks in the day's first event, kneeling. Buesseler and Derting ended smallbore particularly strong in standing with the 196 and a 195, respectively. Derting, a Salem, Oregon, native posted a career-high 582 smallbore and 1170 aggregate.
Sophomore Erin Walsh (season-high 581) and junior Sophia Cuozzo (578) had strong matches as non-counters. O'Neel (577) and Kelly (576) completed the Rebel total.
Kelly then tallied her best-ever total in air rifle with 593 points. O'Neel eclipsed the 590-point plateau for the third consecutive match with a 591. Rounding out the Rebel score were Derting (588) and Buesseler (584), while junior Kamilla Kisch registered an impressive 592 as a non-counter.
UP NEXT
The Rebels head to Jacksonville, Alabama for the team's NCAA Qualifier match, which is slated to begin at 9 a.m. on Feb. 22.
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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