Satisfying win for the Rifle team

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This weekend the Zips shot against Morehead State University. (Uh, Uh, Uh, He said MORE HEAD!) Some time ago, one of my fellow shooters was at the National Matches in Port Clinton. She was talking with another shooter who was on the team at Morehead State. The Morehead shooter laughed at her when she said proudly that she shot at Akron. Despite the fact that UA knocked off Morehead that year, I still hold a grudge against Morehead.

Moving ahead to today, some of my inside sources said that prior to the match on Saturday, Morehead again appeared confident that the would come away from Schrank South with an easy win. As you will see, they were turned away by BOTH Zips squads. This was a Quality win for the Zips, Morehead has essentially owned us in the past. They broke some more records on the way too. Oh yea, one more thing, I figured they knocked off Morehead Saturday night because I asked someone at the Game with a Morehead hat on how they did in the Rifle match on Saturday morning.... All I got was a dirty look. Keep up the good work Zips!

Varsity Rifle Team

Date: November 20, 2004

Location: The University of Akron

Event: Akron –vs- Morehead State University, KY

Sarah Kramer leads Zips Rifle to Victory

School Records continue to be shattered!

The record breaking season continued this weekend as the Zips sharpshooters out shot the Morehead State University Eagles by over 100 points. And in the process the Zips set yet another new school record.

Senior Sarah Kramer captured top honors as match winner in both smallbore rifle (579) and air rifle (388). “Sarah continues to set the pace for the team by being a leader on the range and in the classroom,†states coach Newt Engle. Other strong finishers in smallbore included senior Joe Milano (576) and sophomore Laura Kuntz (574) who fired a new personal best in smallbore. With the air rifle, junior Angie Engle (387) fired her new personal best this season earning her 2nd place air rifle, with junior Joe Milano (382) a close third. The coach was especially pleased with the fact three other teammates earned scores in the 380’s. “The University of Akron rifle team has never experienced the type of depth we have established this season,†states coach Engle.

The team air rifle score of 1533 was only two points shy of tying the school record. However, the combined scores of smallbore (2297) and air rifle (1533) for a total of 3830 did beat the old record of 3822 set just last year against Duquesne.

“The abilities of our athletes continue to impress me,†states coach Newt Engle, “We keep making progress at an amazing rate which needs to continue through the end of the season.†With one of the longest seasons in the NCAA, rifle starts in September and finishes up with the championships in March.

The record breaking season will continue on December 4th when the Zips will be host to the Fighting Engineers from Rose Hulman Institute of Technology of Terre Haute Indiana. This is the last home match of this semester and will start at 9am in room #7, Shrank Hall South.

Smallbore Rifle Scores: *Gold team, ** Blue team

579* Sarah Kramer

576* Joe Milano

574** Laura Kuntz --New Personal Best Score--

571** Angie Engle

571* Martha Carpenter

571* Stephanie Elmore

567 April Engle

562** Christine Fortunato

559** Tom Colston

558 Cristina Ciarula

547 Ben Soehnlen

533 Ashley Pawlak

2297 Akron “Goldâ€Smallbore Team Total **New UA School Record!**

2266 Akron “Blueâ€Smallbore Team Total

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Air Rifle Individual Scores: *Gold team, ** Blue team

388* Sarah Kramer

387* Angie Engle --New Personal Best Score--

382** Christine Fortunato

380* Joe Milano

380* Stephanie Elmore --New Personal Best Score--

380** Martha Carpenter --New Personal Best Score--

376 Ashley Pawlak --New Personal Best Score--

374** Laura Kuntz

374 Shannon Kohatsu

372** Tom Colston

372 Cristina Ciarula

371 April Engle

353 Ben Soehnlen

1533 Akron “Goldâ€Air Rifle Team Total

1508 Akron “Blueâ€Air Rifle Team Total

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Team Results: 3830 is a New UA School Record!

UA Gold 2297 + 1533 = 3830

UA Blue 2266 + 1508 = 3774

Morehead 2232 + 1478 = 3710

NewtNote: Thanks for a great ZipZone with many athletes visiting the match. Enough food to feed both teams, graciously supplied by The Kuntz’s and Bill & Susan Chapman. Both teams thank you.