UK Rifle Wins at Navy

ANNOPOLIS, Md. – The Kentucky rifle team picked up its sixth
win of the season winning 4688-4645 at Navy Saturday.

“Overall it was a good day to get the conference matches
started,” head coach Harry Mullins said. 
“Navy is always a great place to shoot and the team is always excited to
come here and compete. I think that we are stating to close in on some of the
things we are working on as a group. I felt we shot a good standing and held it
together at the end of smallbore.

“It was nice to see the team score come up a little from
last week. The goal moving forward is just to get a little better each match. I
am proud of the group for working through some of the obstacles that stood in
their way today. We will go back home now and get ready for a three-match home
stand.” 

Billy Azzinaro led the way for the Wildcats with a new
personal best smallbore and aggregate score. The junior fired an 1177 aggregate
score, which tied the season-high score by any one on the team, and a 588 in
smallbore. Azzinaro finished one point short of his career-high air rifle score
with a 589.

Senior Sonya May improved her performance from last week as
well with an 1170 aggregate. She shot a 577 smallbore score and tied Heather
Kirby’s season high for air rifle with a 593. Kirby matched May’s air rifle
score and shot an 1168 aggregate.

Jason Spaude fired a career-high 590 in air rifle. Hanna
Carr improved her smallbore score with a 584 this week, and Cathryn Popasodora
fired a 585 in air rifle.

Kentucky
4688 – Navy 4645