AKRON, Ohio – The No. 1-ranked West Virginia College rifle group completed on high for the third time this weekend, defeating No. 11 Akron on Sunday afternoon contained in the Robert A Pinn Capturing Vary in Akron.
It marks the ninth-ranked opponent the Mountaineers have defeated this season. The wins lengthen the Mountaineers’ common season win streak to 25 straight matches.
West Virginia bested the Zips by 36 factors after posting an mixture complete of 4747. WVU hit marks of 2359 in smallbore and 2388 in air rifle to say each disciplines. Akron scored a 4711 (2345 SB – 2366 AR).
The Mountaineers stuffed the highest of the leaderboard, claiming the highest eight spots in a subject of twenty-two.
For smallbore and air rifle, seniors Gavin Barnick and Natalie Perrin, sophomores Lauri Syrja and Griffin Lake and freshman Ashlyn Blake served as counters for the match.
Barnick and Syrja tied for first place on the general leaderboard with matching 1189 scores. Barnick claimed first in smallbore with a 593 and added a fifth-place end in air rifle with a 596. Syrja took second in smallbore with a season-high 592 and tied second in air rifle with a 597.
Blake completed in third place to assist the Mountaineers sweep the rostrum with a rating of 1185. She hit the highest mark in air rifle with a 598 and added a tie for fifth place in smallbore with a 587.
Freshman Jennifer Kocher tied for fourth place in her second-ever match for WVU with freshman Jacob Wisman who hit 1183 totals. Kocher managed a 588 in smallbore and a 595 in air rifle as Wisman hit a 587 in smallbore and a 596 in air rifle.
Perrin scored an 1181 following a season-high 587 in smallbore and a 594 in air rifle. Freshman Camryn Camp and Lake completed in a tie for seventh place to spherical out the Mountaineers inside the highest 10. The pair each posted 1180 mixture scores with 583’s in smallbore and 597’s in air rifle.
Sophomore Maximus Duncan additionally competed on the occasion posting an 1173 with a season excessive rating of 585 in smallbore and a 588 in air rifle.
The Mountaineers are off this week earlier than closing out the common season towards Kentucky on Saturday, Feb. 8 on the street.
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