Zipsrifle Posted February 28, 2005 Report Posted February 28, 2005 OK folks, I have been deliquent in my postings. There have been 2 matches since the last post and gozips.com beat me to this last one. I'll try to play some catchup here. OK, the Zips beat Norwich University at home last weekend (2/24). I've been preaching at how deep this team is and during this match, the top Air Rifle team was actually the Zips 2nd team. The Zips won by a narrow margin, but it wouldn't have even been close if the top 4 Zips were on the Air Rifle team. Way to bounce back from the sectionals. UA vs Norwich Now as for the WIRC, the Zips were crowned champions....even though the didn't win the match. This is a bit confusing to me too but the "Champions" are crowned on the season avg so the Zips took top honors. It looks like the top 4 SB shooters have risen to the top, Coach as picked the correct team for 2 weeks in a row. Air Rifle is still up in the air and as you can see, the score would have been about 20 points higher if the actual top 4 shooters were used. Good job folks, lets add one more championship to the tally this weekend at VMI. Zips WIRC Champs Press Release as follows: Kuntz and Engle Lead Zips Rifle to Conference Title The Western Intercollegiate Rifle Conference (WIRC) held it’s conference championships this weekend at Purdue University. Even though the Zips finished a close second behind the University of Missouri Kansas City at this match, the conference championship was still bestowed upon the Zips for earning the high team season averages in both smallbore rifle and air rifle. The top four (out of 10) conference teams finished listed: WIRC Smallbore Rifle Averages #1 The University of Akron 2289 #2 The University of Missouri Kansas City 2263 #3 The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh 2242 #4 The Ohio State University 2238 WIRC Air Rifle Averages #1 The University of Akron 1524 #2 The Ohio State University 1499 #3 The University of Missouri Kansas City 1498 #4 The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh 1477 Leading the charge for the Zips in the smallbore division was Sophomore Laura Kuntz who fired a 578. With the addition of strong performances by Milano, (571), Elmore (568), and Kramer (565), Akron earned enough points to keep the team average high enough to clinch first place. At the WIRC awards banquet the “All Conference†smallbore teams were announced. The first all conference 5 person team included Zips sharpshooters Sarah Kramer, Joe Milano, and Laura Kuntz. The second all conference team included Stephanie Elmore, Angie Engle, and Christine Fortunato. All totaled the Zips captured 6 of the 10 all conference positions. Laura Kuntz was recognized for finishing in third place at the championship match as well as earning the high kneeling average. And finally the Zips team was presented with the Dr. Emmet Swanson trophy as the WIRC smallbore rifle champions for the second consecutive year. In the air rifle division, the UA freshmen were on fire. Freshman April Engle managed to pull ahead of her big sister (Angie Engle) at this match in grand fashion. April not only lead the Zips squad with her 385 out of a possible 400, but was also honored as the championship match winner. Senior Sarah Kramer assisted with a 383 and freshmen Ashley Pawlak and Shannon Kohatsu-Jelsma each set new personal best scores in the 380’s. When the “All Conference†air rifle teams were announced at the conference awards banquet, the Zips again dominated the program. Sarah Kramer, Joe Milano, and Angie Engle made the first all conference team and then Martha Carpenter, Christine Fortunato, and Stephanie Elmore made the second all conference team. A repeat of the smallbore awards, Akron again took 6 of the 10 top spots in air rifle. Wrapping up the awards banquet, the Akron Zips took possession of the William J. Ranta trophy as the WIRC air rifle champions for the second consecutive year. Coach Newt Engle states, “Sure it would have been nice to win the final match, but to see the future of the this team explode on to the scoreboards like they did today made winning these championship titles that much sweeter.†The final match of the season will take place on March 5th when the Zips travels to the Virginia Military Institute at Lexington Virginia to compete in the Mid Atlantic Rifle Conference championships. The match will start at 7:30 am. Smallbore Rifle Scores: *team 578* Laura Kuntz 571* Joe Milano 568* Stephanie Elmore 565* Sarah Kramer 559 Martha Carpenter 559 Christine Fortunato 552 Angie Engle 552 April Engle 551 Ben Soehnlen 550 Cristina Ciarula 548 Tom Colston 539 Ashley Pawlak 534 Shannon Kohatsu-Jelsma 2282 Akron Smallbore Team Total ============================================================== Air Rifle Individual Scores: *team, 385 April Engle New Personal Best 383* Sarah Kramer 382 Ashley Pawlak New Personal Best 381 Shannon Kohatsu-Jelsma New Personal Best 379 Christine Fortunato 378 Stephanie Elmore 377* Angie Engle 377* Joe Milano 374* Martha Carpenter 373 Laura Kuntz 371 Tom Colston 369 Cristina Ciarula 352 Ben Soehnlen 1511 Akron Air Rifle Team Total Quote
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