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Rifle teams finish third, fourth in OVC Tourney


The Skyhawk rifle teams finished third and fourth in the O’Reilly Ohio Valley Conference Rifle Championship this past weekend held on campus in Martin.

The Skyhawk mixed team shot 2235 in smallbore and 2252 in air rifle for an aggregate total of 4487.

The Skyhawk women’s team shot 2209 in smallbore and 2268 in air rifle for an aggregate total of 4477.

Jacksonville State won the OVC championship with an aggregate of 4671. It is the second consecutive title for the Gamecocks.

Jacksonville State also won the smallbore with a 2334 and the air rifle with a 2337.

Murray State was second, while Tennessee Tech was third.

Junior Jaymi Collar led the Skyhawk mixed team with a 580 in the smallbore competition. Dan Rebhan shot a 563, while Carson Kuehn shot a 555. Matt Furr rounded out the team score with a 537.

Freshman Heather Tillson led the Skyhawk women’s team with a 578, while Emily Yocum shot a 554. Devra Harvey shot a 545, while Jennie Fladebo rounded out the women’s team score with a 532.

Tillson led the Skyhawk women’s team to a third-place finish in the air rifle competition with a 579. Fladebo fired a 571. Yocum shot a 566, while Wrenda Curd shot a 552.

Collar led the Skyhawk mixed team in the air rifle with a 578, while Rebhan shot 567. Furr fired a 558 and Stacy Loyd shot a 549 for a team total 2252.

Both Tillson and Collar competed in the Olympic-style air rifle final in the Student Life Center and both earned All-OVC honors in air rifle with aggregate scores of 676 and 672 respectively.

Collar also earned All-OVC honors in smallbore, while Tillson was named to both the smallbore and air rifle All-OVC Newcomer teams.

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