No. 7 Rifle Hosts No. 3 Navy for Halloween Dual-Match Saturday at Barker Hall
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The No. 7 University of Kentucky rifle team is set to play host to No. 3 Navy on Saturday for a Halloween dual-match inside Barker Hall.
Saturday’s dual-match will feature two relays. The first relay will begin with smallbore at 9 a.m. ET and air rifle at 11 a.m. ET. The second relay will get underway with smallbore around 1 p.m. ET and conclude with second relay air rifle around 3 p.m. ET.
Fans are welcome to attend the match and enjoy free breakfast starting at 9 a.m. and then can move down to the range to watch air rifle at approximately 11 a.m. ET. Fans can watch the smallbore action upstairs in Barker Hall.
Saturday’s match will be live streamed at youtube.com/@UKSportsVideo and on UK Rifle’s Facebook page with former UK All-American Billy Azzinaro providing live commentary. Live targets are available at results.megalink.no with a NCAA scorecard available at ncaarifle.org.
“Good to be home on Halloween and get to celebrate with Big Blue Nation inside Barker Hall,” UK head coach Harry Mullins said. “Was overall proud of how we handled the road trip to Nebraska last weekend, but we are still not doing the little things that have set our program apart and we have to get better as we improve through the season. Navy is a great team and will present a huge challenge for us Saturday. Go Cats!”
Kentucky is coming off a 4722-4719 win at Nebraska last weekend in Lincoln. The Wildcats posted a 2339 in smallbore and 2383 in air rifle to earn the come-from-behind victory over the highly ranked Cornhuskers.
UK is averaging a 2340.5 in smallbore and 2381.5 in air rifle for a 4722 aggregate average.
Senior Braden Peiser leads Kentucky with a 588.75 smallbore average and 597.75 air rifle average for a 1186.5 aggregate average. Peiser has already recorded a 600 perfect air rifle score this season. Right behind him is junior Sam Adkins, who is earning a 585.25 smallbore average and 596 air rifle average for a 1181.25 aggregate average. Liz Peiser is the only other Wildcat averaging 1180 aggregate or higher with a 584.25 smallbore average and 597 air rifle average for a 1181.25 aggregate average.
Freshmen Maggie Palfrey and Noah Abzug are having great starts to their college careers. Palfrey is earning a 581.25 average in smallbore and 593.75 average in air rifle, while Abzug is posting a 580.75 in smallbore and 589.75 in air rifle. Sophomore Jacob St. Hilaire is scoring a 580 in smallbore and 592.25 in air rifle, while fellow sophomore Elisa Boozer is earning a 572.5 in smallbore and 589 in air rifle.
Freshman Iva Rakonjac is earning a 569 in smallbore and 591 in air rifle, while junior Hannah Todd is posting a 567.5 in smallbore and 590.5 in air rifle. Freshman Briley Sralla competed for the first time vs. Akron, scoring a 570 in smallbore.
Following Saturday’s match, Kentucky will take a weekend off before returning to action Nov. 14-15 at the WVU Fall Classic in Morgantown, West Virginia. UK will be joined at the event by WVU, Nebraska, Ole Miss and TCU.
