Rifle Bests Memphis on the Road

Sunday, October 27

Memphis, TN

8 AM

Army West Point

4672

4646

Memphis

Rifle Bests Memphis on the Road

October 27, 2019 | Rifle

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The eighth-ranked Army West Point rifle team picked up its first win of the season on Sunday, topping No. 10 Memphis, 4672-4646, at the R.F. Fogelman Rifle Range.

"We were much better today. I'm really glad we put this score together so early on in the season," Wright said. "The smallbore score was better than just about anything last year and the air rifle score was tight."

Army's aggregate score of 4672 marked the second highest score for the Black Knights in fifth-year head coach Web Wright's tenure. It's previous high under Wright came in last year's NCAA Qualification match when Army posted an aggregate score of 4678.

"Coach [Leighton] Dempster and I have seen how well the team can perform in practice and we are really proud to see that work pay off with the score we put together today," said Wright.

AGGREGATE: Army 4672, Memphis 4646

The Black Knights earned the top three aggregate scores on the day with Lauren McMahan leading the way with a mark of 1171. Behind her was Kaitlyn Kutz (1170) and Clayton Hanson (1168).
Memphis' David Crenshaw earned his team's top aggregate score with 1167.

AIR RIFLE: Army 2357, Memphis 2341

The team put up consistent scores in air rifle with the Black Knight taking four of the top five spots and with each member achieving a score higher than 580.
Leading the way for the Black Knights was McMahan who had a match-high score of 592, while Kutz registered the second highest score with 590.
Aaron Flowers recorded a career-high in air rifle with a mark of 588.

SMALLBORE: Army 2315, Memphis 2305

In smallbore, Army claimed the top three spots led by Hanson's score of 581. Just behind him were Kutz (580) and McMahan (579).
Nicholas Cheshire (577) and Flowers (554) rounded out Army's scorers.

UP NEXT
Army has its first pair of home matches next weekend when it hosts the All-Academy President's Trophy on Saturday and takes on Air Force and MIT in a tri-match the following day.