Rifle

Rifle opens up OVC play with UT Martin victory

Josh Embry Contributing Writer jembry3@murraystate.edu The Murray State rifle team finished its fall portion of the season with a 4646-4609 win over UT Martin at the Pat Spurgin Rifle Range on Saturday, Nov. 23.  Three of the top five aggregate scores went to the Racers, with junior Dana Buesseler leading the way with the day’s Read More

Racers battle at Gamecock Open

Josh Embry Contributing Writer jembry3@murraystate.edu The Murray State rifle team traveled to Jacksonville, Alabama, on Saturday, Nov. 17, to compete in the first of four matches of the 2019 Gamecock Open. The Racers began the first match of the Gamecock Open against the host team, the Jacksonville State Gamecocks. The Racers shot 2305 in smallbore Read More

Rifle sets sights on OVC title number six

Nick Kendall Contributing Writer nkendall1@murraystate.edu After losing a large and talented senior class, the Murray State rifle team is looking to return to its sixth-straight NCAA Tournament. Last year, the team was ranked No. 1 in the nation for a week and finished fourth in the NCAA Tournament. Seniors Shelby Huber and Meike Drewell are Read More

“Human Benchrest” award goes to Schläpfer

Story by Nick Kendall Contributing writer nkendall1@murraystate.edu Graduate Barbara Schläpfer is the inaugural recipient of the “Human Benchrest” award, named after one of the rifle program’s most distinguished alumni. The award is named after Ernie Vande Zande who claimed 36 team and individual championships and set more than 200 national records in shooting during his Read More

Drewell earns Elite 90 Award

Story by Keenan Hall Staff writer khall16@murraystate.edu Murray State rifle junior Meike Drewell won the NCAA Elite 90 Award during the 2019 NCAA Rifle Championship. The Elite 90, founded by the NCAA in the 2009-10 season, is awarded to the athletes who have the highest cumulative grade point average among the participants invited to compete Read More

Rifle seniors have set the standard for years to come

Story by Keenan Hall Staff writer khall16@murraystate.edu Murray State rifle’s senior class of 2019 closed the book on their extraordinary careers as Racers.   For starters, seniors Barbara Schläpfer, MacKenzie Martin, Alathea Sellars and Eric Sloan are the fifth Murray State senior class to win four OVC rifle titles. In addition to dominating the OVC, Read More

Pair of Racers represent OVC in SAAC

Story by Adam Redfern Staff writer aredfern@murraystate.edu While juggling being student-athletes at Murray State, junior golfer Cole Manion and rifle senior Alathea Sellars both act as advocates for their fellow student-athletes. Manion and Sellars are able to vocalize the problems that student-athletes face thanks to the OVC Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. Manion described the SAAC as Read More

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