Rifle Drops A Pair of Road Matches

Saturday, October 22

Oxford, MS

Army West Point

4616

4720

Ole Miss

Rifle Drops A Pair of Road Matches

October 24, 2022 | Rifle

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The ninth-ranked Army West Point rifle team suffered a pair of road defeats over the weekend in its opening contests of the year. The Black Knights, making their debut under first-year head coach Leighton Dempster, fell to GARC (Great America Rifle Conference) opponents Ole Miss, 4720-4616, Saturday and host Memphis, 4676-4628, Sunday.

Junior Claudia Sigel was Army's top competitor in both meets, compiling an 1161 aggregate against the Rebels and bettered that the next day with an 1163 against the Tigers where she took third. Sigel was also the Black Knights' top scorer in smallbore over the weekend, placing fourth against Ole Miss (582) and second in the Memphis (569) meet.

OLE MISS
Smallbore: Ole Miss 2347, Army 2295
Air Rifle: Ole Miss 2373, Army 2321
Aggregate: Ole Miss 4720, Army 4616

Aggregate
Sigel was Army's top finisher with an 1161 with junior Anusha Pakkam and sophomore Matalyn Espenshade next at 1154 and 1149, respectively.

Smallbore
Leading the way was Sigel with a 582 to place fourth with Pakkam and Espenshade rounding out Army's top three in that disciple with 572s.

Air Rifle
Sophomore Ashton O'Connell turned in Army's top mark of 583 with Pakkam one point back (582) followed by Sigel (579).

MEMPHIS
Smallbore: Memphis 2315, Army 2295
Air Rifle: Memphis 2361, Army 2333
Aggregate: Memphis 4676, Army 4628

Aggregate
Sigel posted the top team mark of 1163 to claim third place honors with Pakkam (1155) and Espenshade (1154) rounding out Army's top three.

Smallbore
Sigel was runner-up with a 579 followed by Espenshade (573), sophomore Briggs Moore (572) and Pakkam (571).

Air Rifle
Just three points shy of third-place, Sigel, Pakkam and O'Connell each posted scores of 584.