Army West Point Athletics
Saturday, February 3
Annapolis, MD
9 AM
Army West Point
4671
at
4653
Navy
Army Defeats Navy for Ninth Consecutive Year
February 03, 2018 | Rifle
WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point rifle team defeated Navy at the annual Army-Navy Star Meet in Annapolis this Saturday.
This was rifle's ninth consecutive year over the Midshipmen.
This match used a unique scoring format in which eight shooters are listed as starters with the top-five scores counting for the final results. The setup is used to test the depth of the rival service academy programs. For NCAA-scoring purposes five-up, four-count scores were kept as well.
Army won both with the academy score at 5832-5813, and the final NCAA score at 4671-4653.
Coach's Quotes
"This win feels really good," said head coach Web Wright. "We worked hard, did things right and it paid off."
"Payne lead the way for us with the high aggregate score, then everyone else tailed right behind him. Great performance by all. And if you look at the roster, we are composed of a bunch of underclass. Great growth opportunities."
"Navy shot really well and hosted a great match. They were very hospitable, as they always are. But it is, probably the single biggest competition of the year for us and we stepped up to the challenge".
"Congratulations to the team. I'm really proud of them."
Aggregate (4671)
UP NEXT:
The team will compete at home in an NCAA Qualification match against MIT on Feb.18th at Tronsrue Markmanship Center.
For more information on Army West Point rifle, visit GoArmyWestPoint.com and follow @ArmyWP_Rifle on Twitter.
This was rifle's ninth consecutive year over the Midshipmen.
This match used a unique scoring format in which eight shooters are listed as starters with the top-five scores counting for the final results. The setup is used to test the depth of the rival service academy programs. For NCAA-scoring purposes five-up, four-count scores were kept as well.
Army won both with the academy score at 5832-5813, and the final NCAA score at 4671-4653.
Coach's Quotes
"This win feels really good," said head coach Web Wright. "We worked hard, did things right and it paid off."
"Payne lead the way for us with the high aggregate score, then everyone else tailed right behind him. Great performance by all. And if you look at the roster, we are composed of a bunch of underclass. Great growth opportunities."
"Navy shot really well and hosted a great match. They were very hospitable, as they always are. But it is, probably the single biggest competition of the year for us and we stepped up to the challenge".
"Congratulations to the team. I'm really proud of them."
Aggregate (4671)
- Payne Nunn lead overall as an individual with an aggregate score of 1173.
- He was followed by Nathan Brewer who scored 1168, and Clayton Hanson with 1166.
- Kaitlyn Kutz scored 1163 and Matthew Lovre finished with 1159.
- Hanson scored 581 in smallbore with Nunn one point behind with 580 points.
- Brewer followed with a score of 579 and Kaitlyn Kutz shot 577 in this discipline.
- Lovre closed out the scoring squad, shooting 576 for the day.
- Nunn shot a score of 593 in air rifle, setting a new season best for the team, beating the previous score of 591.
- Brewer shot 589 with Kutz and Mady Erikson close behind, both shooting a score of 586.
- Hanson closed out the scoring squad, shooting 585 in this discipline.
UP NEXT:
The team will compete at home in an NCAA Qualification match against MIT on Feb.18th at Tronsrue Markmanship Center.
For more information on Army West Point rifle, visit GoArmyWestPoint.com and follow @ArmyWP_Rifle on Twitter.
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