Jan. 18, 2003

The Kentucky Rifle Cats showed no ill effects from their long holiday break Saturday as they defeated the Xavier Musketeers, 6185-6141 at the Buell Armory in Lexington.

Junior Bradley Wheeldon, a two-time All-American from Eubank, Ky., continued his season-long success by taking both the smallbore and air rifle events of the match. Wheeldon posted a 1174 in smallbore and an impressive 395 in air rifle, helping the Rifle Cats win both events. Freshman Vicki Goss turned in a smallbore score of 1166, good for second best in the match, and an air rifle total of 391, good for third overall.

Kentucky Coach Harry Mullins was pleased by the outcome of the match.

“Our team seemed more focused on performance, and I think that really paid off. We did a great job given the long break and the short time we had to get ready for the match,” Mullins said.

Kentucky improves to 5-5 overall and 2-2 in the Great American Rifle Conference in handing Xavier its first conference loss of the season.

The Rifle Cats will return to action next Sunday, January 26 in the Withrow Invitational at Murray State University.

AGATE:

Kentucky          Prone Standing Kneeling Total Air Rifle TotalBradley Wheeldon  398   386      390      1174  395       1569Vicki Goss        397   385      384      1166  391       1557Lindsey Meagher   398   367      390      1155            1155Melody Cook       388   371      382      1141  385       1526Crystal Hamilton                                378       378Total             1581  1509     1546     4636  1549      6185

Xavier Prone Standing Kneeling Total Air Rifle TotalHannah Kerr 391 379 391 1161 393 1554Joseph Fitzgibbon 389 358 376 1123 377 1500Thrine Kane 396 379 386 1161 386 1547Richard Gauvin 392 375 390 1157 1157Whitney Prather 383 383Total 1568 1491 1543 4602 1539 6141