MSU Finishes Third At OVC Championships

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2/8/2009 12:22:50 AM

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. - The Morehead State rifle team finished fifth out of six in the air rifle competition at the Ohio Valley Conference Championships at Tennessee Tech Sunday. Nicole Heitmeyer earned a spot on the OVC Smallbore All-Newcomer team after a solid performance in the championships.

Jacksonville State captured the title after sweeping both the air rifle and smallbore competitions.

MSU posted a team total of 2,256 in the air rifle finals. The Eagles were led by Sara Bullock with an aggregate score of 568. Elizabeth Lyon was second on the team with a score of 566, and Shawn Holley was third for the Eagles with a score of 565.

Results

Air Rifle Finals:
Jacksonville State - 2324
1. Andrea Dardas - 581
2. Phil Huckaby - 572
3. Brian Carstensen - 583
4. Michael Dickinson - 588

Murray State - 2289
1. Ashley Rose - 573
2. Erice Meece - 566
3. Harley Jette - 566
4. Kasey Meyer - 584

TTU - 2262
Austin Litherlan - 566
Jessica McCauley - 565
Patrick Stidham - 568
James Culver - 563

UTM Mixed - 2262
Alex Silvas 572
Heather Tillson - 571
Rob Burrows - 569
Justin Grinolds - 550

Morehead State - 2256
Nicole Heitmeyer - 557
Elizabeth Lyon - 566
Shawn Holley - 565
Sara Bullock - 568

UTM Women's
Kelsea Hunt - 543
Kaitlin Chaffin - 564
Jennifer Garbina - 547
Kendra King - 539

Team Aggregate Final:
1. Jacksonville State - 4628
2. UTM Mixed - 4515
3. Morehead State - 4515
4. Murray State - 4513
5. Tennessee Tech - 4489
6. UTM Women's - 4362

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Pepsi Athletes of the Week

Brooke Helms

Women's Tennis

Junior women's tennis player Brooke Helms went undefeated in singles action over the weekend, as she tallied two individual match wins.

Helms clinched the come-from-behind 4-3 victory over Big East power West Virginia, a 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 at number five singles. Helms then was only one of two Eagle netters to score a win in a 5-2 loss at Duquesne, winning 6-3, 6-4 at number five.

Ty Proffitt

Men's Basketball

Men's Basketball senior Ty Proffitt recorded a team-high 18 points on 5-of-6 from the field, 4-of-5 from three-point range and 4-of-4 from the free-throw line in Tuesday’s 75-69 victory over Norfolk State.

He then registered a season-best 20 points on 6-of-10 from the floor, 4-of-7 from long range and 4-of-4 from the charity stripe in Saturday’s 56-50 win over Tennessee Tech.

The guard, who hails from London, Ky., connected on 69 percent from the field (11-of-16) and 67 percent from downtown (8-of-12) in addition to making all eight free-throw attempts. He also committed just four turnovers in 65 minutes last week.

Proffitt was also named Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Week for his performances this past week.

Morehead State University Athletics