Army West Point Athletics
Saturday, November 5
Colorado Springs, Colo.
8 AM
Army West Point
vs
President's Trophy Match hosted by Air Force
Rifles Heads to Presidents Trophy Match
November 04, 2016 | Rifle
West Point, N.Y. – The Army West Point rifle team is on the road to take on service academy rivals No. 5 Air Force, No. 15 Navy and Coast Guard in the President's Trophy Cup on Saturday.
HOW TO FOLLOW:
LIVE STATISTICS
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THE DETAILS:
SCOUTING AIR FORCE (5-1, 3-1 GARC)
SCOUTING NAVY (6-3, 0-3 GARC)
SCOUTING COAST GUARD (2-3)
LAST YEAR AT THE PRESIDENT'S TROPHY MATCH
COACHES COMMMENTS
"We are pretty excited about this trip. The team has not been to Air Force in quite a few years. In fact, none of the athletes have ever been to Air Force, so this is a new range and a new experience for us."
"We have been working on consistency. This is where we have been coming up short lately. We have has some really good performances but have not been able to put it all together to meet our full potential. We've been putting in lots of range time and working with the Center for Enhanced Performance and I'm pleased with how it's been going."
"This is a unique match in that four of the five service academies will be competing amongst one another. The coaches all know each other pretty well. Rick Hawkins and I shot at the Army Marksmanship Unit together. Mike Anti and I went to school together and then served at the AMU. Launi and I were on the same Olympic team and I've known Billy Kelly for a long time. So it's sort of a reunion with bragging rights at stake."
UP NEXT:
For more information on Army West Point rifle, visit GoArmyWestPoint.com and follow @ArmyWP_Rifle on Twitter.
HOW TO FOLLOW:
LIVE STATISTICS
THE DETAILS:
- The Black Knights (2-2, 0-2 GARC) are coming off of a split weekend where they fell to Great American Rifle Conference opponents Kentucky (4704-4651) before taking down Morehead State (4640-4614).
- Army registered a season high aggregate score of 4651 against the Wildcats, as well as a season high in air rifle of 2351 opposite the Eagles.
- Senior Marvin Lewis shot a career high 593 to lead the way for the Black Knights in air rifle against Morehead State, only four points shy of the Army record.
- In the loss against Kentucky, Lewis led the team in smallbore with a career high 581, including a perfect 200 score in prone.
SCOUTING AIR FORCE (5-1, 3-1 GARC)
- Air Force started off the season jumping right into GARC action taking down Alaska, followed by a loss at TCU.
- In its last outing, Air Force swept Nevada and UTEP for four wins in two days.
- In the first day, the Falcons had an aggregate score of 4673 besting 4643 and 4622 marks from Nevada and UTEP, respectively.
- On the second day, Air Force improved their score shooting a 4696.
SCOUTING NAVY (6-3, 0-3 GARC)
- The Midshipmen started off the season by defeating John Jay and the Virginia Military Institute in their home match. They followed that up with victories over University of Sciences and the Coast Guard.
- Navy started its GARC competition against Memphis where it picked up its first loss of the season. The Kentucky Wildcats then visited Annapolis taking down the Midshipmen 4688-4645 to give them their second GARC loss of the season.
- Navy is coming off a road split decision against North Carolina State and the Citadel.
- The Midshipmen lost to No. 11 NC State 4655-4625.
SCOUTING COAST GUARD (2-3)
- The Bears started the season splitting with Navy and the University of Sciences. Navy finished with 4635, Coast Guard with 4436 and U. Sciences with 4332.
- Coast Guard then fell to Navy and Memphis on the second day at Navy.
- The Bears bounced back taking down MIT 4410-4201 with a season high 2199 in smallbore.
LAST YEAR AT THE PRESIDENT'S TROPHY MATCH
- The Black Knights placed second among the academies for the second-straight year falling to only Air Force
- Army combined for a score of 5815 in the five-man scoring academy format, while the Falcons won their third title in the last four years with a 5839 score. Navy finished third (5781) and was followed by Coast Guard (5575).
- The Black Knights took the smallbore crown with a score of 2895, beating Air Force by four points.
COACHES COMMMENTS
"We are pretty excited about this trip. The team has not been to Air Force in quite a few years. In fact, none of the athletes have ever been to Air Force, so this is a new range and a new experience for us."
"We have been working on consistency. This is where we have been coming up short lately. We have has some really good performances but have not been able to put it all together to meet our full potential. We've been putting in lots of range time and working with the Center for Enhanced Performance and I'm pleased with how it's been going."
"This is a unique match in that four of the five service academies will be competing amongst one another. The coaches all know each other pretty well. Rick Hawkins and I shot at the Army Marksmanship Unit together. Mike Anti and I went to school together and then served at the AMU. Launi and I were on the same Olympic team and I've known Billy Kelly for a long time. So it's sort of a reunion with bragging rights at stake."
UP NEXT:
- Army will return home on Nov. 11 to host No. 11 Ole Miss at the Tronsrue Marksmanship Center.
For more information on Army West Point rifle, visit GoArmyWestPoint.com and follow @ArmyWP_Rifle on Twitter.
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