Morehead, Ky. – The Morehead State rifle team traveled to UT Martin on Saturday and then battled Tennessee Tech on Sunday.
On Saturday the Eagles fell to the Skyhawks, firing an aggregate score of 4477 compared with UT Martin’s score of 4519. Top individual in the match for MSU was
Elizabeth Lyon who fired a 576 in the Air Rifle to take first in the event. UT Martin’s Rob Burrows shot a 573 which was good for second place. Lyon also did well in the smallbore; she shot a 567 which was good for third place.
On Sunday the Eagles fielded two teams against the Golden Eagles of Tennessee Tech. Morehead State took the victory while firing an aggregate score of 4515, just edging the Golden Eagles who fired a 4511. Morehead State’s blue team took third at the match with a 4348.
In the smallbore part of the competition MSU had four Eagles place in the top five. The Eagles were led by
Kevin Mulligan who took first with a 571 and
Nicole Heitmeyer who took second with a 565. Fourth and fifth place went to MSU’s
Elizabeth Lyon and
Shawn Holley who fired a 563 and a 560 respectively.
In the air rifle notable finishers where Elizabeth Lyon who took second place with a 582 and Kevin Mulligan who fired a 573 which was good for fourth place.
The Eagles are at home this Halloween weekend, first Saturday Oct. 31 against Murray State and then again on Sunday November 1 against Jacksonville State.