Huskers Place Sixth at Conference Championship

Oxford, Miss. — The Nebraska rifle team placed sixth at the Great America Rifle Conference Championships on Feb. 26-28, finishing with a team score of 4,638. 

The Huskers were in fifth place after smallbore, firing a score of 2,300. Denise Martin and Nina Radulovic led the team in the first discipline, tallying scores of 581 and 578, respectively. Rachel Martin pitched in a 574, while Magdalena Mical scored 567. Alexandrea Lorentz added a 564. 

In air rifle, the juniors paved the way for Nebraska. Jaycee Carter notched a 587, while R. Martin earned a 586. Radulovic followed closely behind with a 584.  Mical tallied a 581 and Lorentz ended with 577. NU finished with a team air rifle score of 2,338. 

Nebraska didn’t have any shooters advance to the individual finals, although D. Martin placed seventh in the combined scores with a 1,169. 

West Virginia claimed its seventh consecutive GARC Championship title earning a team score of 4,702. Kentucky placed second, while NC State took third.

The Huskers will spend the next two weeks preparing for the 2016 NCAA Championship on March 11-12 in Akron, Ohio. NU was one of eight teams to qualify for the NCAA Championship and look to improve on its fourth-place finish at the 2015 NCAA Championship. 

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Full results can be found by following the links on the right.

 

FINAL TEAM STANDINGS
TEAM	SMALLBORE	AIR RIFLE	AGGREGATE
1. West Virginia	2335	2367	4702
2. Kentucky	2314	2363	4677
3. NC State	2291	2360	2651
4. Army	2310	2338	4648
5. Ole Miss	2297	2342	4639
6. Nebraska	2300	2338	4638
7. Akron	2301	2323	4624
8. Memphis	2294	2325	4619
9. Navy	2283	2323	4606