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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Saturday, November 19
Oxford, Miss.
8 AM
Ole Miss
vs
Kentucky
Photo by: Reed Jones
No.1 Rifle Take On Defending National Champions
11/18/2022 | Rifle
The Rebels Host No. 3 Kentucky on Saturday
On the Line
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Ole Miss rifle broke a few records on their way to a dominating 4743-4670 win over No. 12 Memphis to extend their winnings streak to four straight matches.
Ole Miss (4-1, 2-1) began by tying the program's smallbore record, set in 2020, by shooting a 2361. The Rebels continued their success in air rifle, firing a 2382. The total aggregate score of 4743 is the highest in program history.
Ole Miss placed the top three individual scorers. At the top of the leaderboards, Lea Horvath fired a career-high 1194 aggregate, topping her previous mark of 1190. Senior Kristen Derting was right behind her as she also shot a new career-high of 1187. Freshman Jullianna Hays landed in third, tying her highest total of her career with an 1179. Katelyn Tinsley excelled as the seventh best individual scorer, shooting an 1166 aggregate score.
In smallbore, the Rebels had six of the top seven individuals. Horvath's incredible day started with a career-high 594, which tied her teammate Derting for the individual program record. Derting stepped up for a season-high 592 in smallbore. She tied the school record with Horvath in kneeling with a 199. The stellar freshmen duo of Hays and Emma Pereira scored 589 and 586. The Rebels outshot Memphis (2-4), 2361-2306 in smallbore. Tinsley also achieved a career-high in smallbore, scoring a 580.
Horvath highlighted air rifle, firing a perfect 600 for the third time in her career. She is the only woman in NCAA history with three perfect scores. Derting, Hays, and Martina Gratz each scored higher than 590. Hays finished with a career-high 593 and Gratz with a season-high 594 in air rifle.
Coach Beasley said after the match, "I'm thrilled to see the team set a new school record today. They performed very well and worked through the challenges that came up. Five team members had personal bests in some part of their match and two others had season bests. Personal records and season bests are a good indicator this team is making important progress. They've been putting in the work and I'm so proud we were able to put together a great score today.
Memphis compiled a team score of 4670 (2306 in smallbore and 2364 in air rifle). The Tigers fell behind in smallbore but shot well in air rifle with the Tigers' top shooter, Gabriela Zych, firing a 1179 aggregate score. She finished with the second-best air rifle score of 598. Angeline Henry was also a top-five individual performer with a 1172 aggregate score.
Ole Miss returns home for a fight against the current No. 1 ranked team in the nation in Kentucky. The Rebels will face off against the Wildcats on November 19, starting at 8 a.m.
Coach Marsha Beasley
"I always look forward to competing with Kentucky. Our match Saturday should be pretty interesting. Kentucky brings a very experienced roster and they have consistently demonstrated they can perform when they need to. Ole Miss has a younger team, but we have been consistently improving. In our last match we saw several personal bests and set new school records. We just need to focus on performing and continuing to do the things that allow us to shoot well."
Scouting the Opponent
The Wildcats are coached by four-time GARC Coach of the Year Harry Mullins in his 36th season. Kentucky came into the season as the defending national champions and have won three of the last four NCAA Championships (2018, 2021, 2022). Kentucky was also the number one seed in 2020 when the championships were cancelled. The Wildcats are currently ranked No. 3 in the nation after a 4-0 start. Last week the Wildcats competed against three of the top-six rifle teams in the nation in the WVU Fall Classic and placed fourth.
As a team, Kentucky averages an aggregate score of 4715.6 per match, which is fifth in the nation. with the help of two scores above 4730 this season. The Wildcats are led by their fifth-year senior Will Shaner, who won the NCAA smallbore national championship last year and is an Olympic Gold Medalist in air rifle. Shaner's 1183.7 average aggregate score is top-10 in NCAA rifle. The All-American also averages 588.7 in smallbore (eighth in NCAA) and 595 in air rifle (14th in NCAA). Shaner is joined by fellow fifth-year senior and CRCA Smallbore, Air Rifle, and Aggregate All-American, Richard Clark. He averages the second highest aggregate score on the team of 1183.5. Two other members of the UK's national championship lineup also returned in senior Jaden Thompson and sophomore Allison Buesseler. Freshman Sofia Ceccarello joins the Wildcats after being part of the Italy team in the Tokyo Olympics, who made the finals.
Series History
Ole Miss is down to Kentucky in the all-time series, 11-2. However, the Rebels defeated the Wildcats in match, both home and on the road, the past two seasons in 2021 and 2022.
Horvathing A Good Time
Lea Horvath became the only women in NCAA history to score a perfect 600 in air rifle three times in their career. The junior has scored perfect in every season of her career as a Rebel. She is one of three to shoot perfect this season.
Horvath also broke some school records. She tied the match smallbore score with a 594 and shatter the record for match aggregate score, which she previously held with a 1194.
Innocent Until Proven Tinsley
Sophomore Katelyn Tinsley steadily improved her scores throughout the season to the point of breaking career-highs in the win over No. 12 Memphis. She surpassed her career-high is smallbore with a 580 after topping her season-high in every match but one.
The Indiana native also bested her career-high in aggregate scoring with a 1166. She posted back-to-back 586's in air rifle.
Top of Her Game
Kristen Derting, the Oregon native, is shooting at a high level. The 2022 GARC Combined Second Team honoree has scored her career high aggregate of 1185 in two straight matches against UT Martin and No. 9 Army. Then proceeded to snap that record, shooting a 1187 against No. 12 Memphis.
Derting also broke her career-high in air rifle with a 598 in the win over UT Martin. She is currently averaging 587.2 in smallbore, 596.2 in air rifle and 1183.6 aggregate.
Freshman Duo
In their first year at Ole Miss, Julianna Hays and Emma Pereira are making significant impacts in the lineup. They are two of the 25 different shooters to score a 590 or above in the nation in smallbore. Hays, from Maplewood, Minnesota, has been a counter for the team in both smallbore and air rifle all season. She shot 591 and 593 in air rifle this season. She is third on the team for smallbore average, air rifle and aggregate score.
Pereira, the Chesapeake, Virginia native, is one of Ole Miss' five smallbore counters. She shot a 593 in air rifle against UT Martin and in the same match scored a 590 in smallbore for an 1183 aggregate.
High Scoring
Ole Miss rifle has two of the top 15 scores in the nation this season. The Rebels broke the program's all-time match score, scoring a 4743 in a win over No. 12 Memphis. In the same match they also tied the program record for smallbore score of 2361.
The Rebels have outscored their opponents 284 points the last four matches.
- Currently on a four-match win streak, Ole Miss rifle hosts its second match of the season against No. 3 Kentucky November 19, starting at 8 a.m.
- The Rebels are down in the all-time series against Kentucky, 11-2, however Ole Miss' two wins have come in the last two meetings The Rebels took down the Wildcats at home and on the road the past two seasons.
- Ole Miss started off GARC play with a win over Army on October 22. The Rebels are 14-2 in the conference the last three seasons.
- The Rebels win over UT Martin earned Coach Marsha Beasley her 200th career wins.
- Ole Miss posted their best aggregate score in program history and a season-high against No. 12 Memphis with an aggregate score of 4743.
- In the match at No. 12 Memphis, five Rebels broke career-highs in some part of the match and two others surpassed season bests.
- Senior Kristen Derting broke her career-high air rifle score with a 598 against UT Martin. Derting broke her career high in aggregate score against No. 12 Memphis with an 1187.
- Freshmen Julianna Hays and Emma Pereira both have a score of 590 or higher in smallbore. Ole Miss is the only program in the nation with two freshmen to score 590 or higher in smallbore.
- Hays topped her season best and career best in air rifle as she scored a 593 in the win over No. 12 Memphis.
- Junior Lea Horvath shot her best match ever in the win over No. 12 Memphis. In smallbore, she tied, with Derting, for the program record score of 594. Then in air rifle, Horvath fired a perfect score for the third time in her career, making her the only women to do so in NCAA history. She combined for a career-high 1194 aggregate score, which breaks her own school record.
- Horvath's 1194 aggregate score is second highest in the nation behind only Peter Fiori's 1195.
- Ole Miss rifle is ranked No. 1 for the third time in program history by the College Rifle Coaches Association. The Rebels currently hold the No. 1 for the second straight week.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Ole Miss rifle broke a few records on their way to a dominating 4743-4670 win over No. 12 Memphis to extend their winnings streak to four straight matches.
Ole Miss (4-1, 2-1) began by tying the program's smallbore record, set in 2020, by shooting a 2361. The Rebels continued their success in air rifle, firing a 2382. The total aggregate score of 4743 is the highest in program history.
Ole Miss placed the top three individual scorers. At the top of the leaderboards, Lea Horvath fired a career-high 1194 aggregate, topping her previous mark of 1190. Senior Kristen Derting was right behind her as she also shot a new career-high of 1187. Freshman Jullianna Hays landed in third, tying her highest total of her career with an 1179. Katelyn Tinsley excelled as the seventh best individual scorer, shooting an 1166 aggregate score.
In smallbore, the Rebels had six of the top seven individuals. Horvath's incredible day started with a career-high 594, which tied her teammate Derting for the individual program record. Derting stepped up for a season-high 592 in smallbore. She tied the school record with Horvath in kneeling with a 199. The stellar freshmen duo of Hays and Emma Pereira scored 589 and 586. The Rebels outshot Memphis (2-4), 2361-2306 in smallbore. Tinsley also achieved a career-high in smallbore, scoring a 580.
Horvath highlighted air rifle, firing a perfect 600 for the third time in her career. She is the only woman in NCAA history with three perfect scores. Derting, Hays, and Martina Gratz each scored higher than 590. Hays finished with a career-high 593 and Gratz with a season-high 594 in air rifle.
Coach Beasley said after the match, "I'm thrilled to see the team set a new school record today. They performed very well and worked through the challenges that came up. Five team members had personal bests in some part of their match and two others had season bests. Personal records and season bests are a good indicator this team is making important progress. They've been putting in the work and I'm so proud we were able to put together a great score today.
Memphis compiled a team score of 4670 (2306 in smallbore and 2364 in air rifle). The Tigers fell behind in smallbore but shot well in air rifle with the Tigers' top shooter, Gabriela Zych, firing a 1179 aggregate score. She finished with the second-best air rifle score of 598. Angeline Henry was also a top-five individual performer with a 1172 aggregate score.
Ole Miss returns home for a fight against the current No. 1 ranked team in the nation in Kentucky. The Rebels will face off against the Wildcats on November 19, starting at 8 a.m.
Coach Marsha Beasley
- Eight-time NCAA Championship head coach
- Sixth season coaching the Rebels
- Earned her 200th victory against UT Martin this season
- Two-time College Rifle Coaches Association Coach of the Year with Ole Miss, has guided six Rebels to All-American honors and 12 to All-GARC honors
- Inducted into the WVU Sports Hall of Fame in 2022 after coaching at the school for 16 seasons
- Drafted the bylaws to create the Mid-America Rifle Conference (now GARC) and was a staff member at the (then) national governing body of shooting (the NRA) and the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games
"I always look forward to competing with Kentucky. Our match Saturday should be pretty interesting. Kentucky brings a very experienced roster and they have consistently demonstrated they can perform when they need to. Ole Miss has a younger team, but we have been consistently improving. In our last match we saw several personal bests and set new school records. We just need to focus on performing and continuing to do the things that allow us to shoot well."
Scouting the Opponent
The Wildcats are coached by four-time GARC Coach of the Year Harry Mullins in his 36th season. Kentucky came into the season as the defending national champions and have won three of the last four NCAA Championships (2018, 2021, 2022). Kentucky was also the number one seed in 2020 when the championships were cancelled. The Wildcats are currently ranked No. 3 in the nation after a 4-0 start. Last week the Wildcats competed against three of the top-six rifle teams in the nation in the WVU Fall Classic and placed fourth.
As a team, Kentucky averages an aggregate score of 4715.6 per match, which is fifth in the nation. with the help of two scores above 4730 this season. The Wildcats are led by their fifth-year senior Will Shaner, who won the NCAA smallbore national championship last year and is an Olympic Gold Medalist in air rifle. Shaner's 1183.7 average aggregate score is top-10 in NCAA rifle. The All-American also averages 588.7 in smallbore (eighth in NCAA) and 595 in air rifle (14th in NCAA). Shaner is joined by fellow fifth-year senior and CRCA Smallbore, Air Rifle, and Aggregate All-American, Richard Clark. He averages the second highest aggregate score on the team of 1183.5. Two other members of the UK's national championship lineup also returned in senior Jaden Thompson and sophomore Allison Buesseler. Freshman Sofia Ceccarello joins the Wildcats after being part of the Italy team in the Tokyo Olympics, who made the finals.
Series History
Ole Miss is down to Kentucky in the all-time series, 11-2. However, the Rebels defeated the Wildcats in match, both home and on the road, the past two seasons in 2021 and 2022.
Horvathing A Good Time
Lea Horvath became the only women in NCAA history to score a perfect 600 in air rifle three times in their career. The junior has scored perfect in every season of her career as a Rebel. She is one of three to shoot perfect this season.
Horvath also broke some school records. She tied the match smallbore score with a 594 and shatter the record for match aggregate score, which she previously held with a 1194.
Innocent Until Proven Tinsley
Sophomore Katelyn Tinsley steadily improved her scores throughout the season to the point of breaking career-highs in the win over No. 12 Memphis. She surpassed her career-high is smallbore with a 580 after topping her season-high in every match but one.
The Indiana native also bested her career-high in aggregate scoring with a 1166. She posted back-to-back 586's in air rifle.
Top of Her Game
Kristen Derting, the Oregon native, is shooting at a high level. The 2022 GARC Combined Second Team honoree has scored her career high aggregate of 1185 in two straight matches against UT Martin and No. 9 Army. Then proceeded to snap that record, shooting a 1187 against No. 12 Memphis.
Derting also broke her career-high in air rifle with a 598 in the win over UT Martin. She is currently averaging 587.2 in smallbore, 596.2 in air rifle and 1183.6 aggregate.
Freshman Duo
In their first year at Ole Miss, Julianna Hays and Emma Pereira are making significant impacts in the lineup. They are two of the 25 different shooters to score a 590 or above in the nation in smallbore. Hays, from Maplewood, Minnesota, has been a counter for the team in both smallbore and air rifle all season. She shot 591 and 593 in air rifle this season. She is third on the team for smallbore average, air rifle and aggregate score.
Pereira, the Chesapeake, Virginia native, is one of Ole Miss' five smallbore counters. She shot a 593 in air rifle against UT Martin and in the same match scored a 590 in smallbore for an 1183 aggregate.
High Scoring
Ole Miss rifle has two of the top 15 scores in the nation this season. The Rebels broke the program's all-time match score, scoring a 4743 in a win over No. 12 Memphis. In the same match they also tied the program record for smallbore score of 2361.
The Rebels have outscored their opponents 284 points the last four matches.
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