SKYHAWK RIFLE WRAPS UP FULL WEEKEND OF HOME AND REGIONAL MATCHES

Saturday, January 26

Martin, Tenn.

UT Martin

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UAB

SKYHAWK RIFLE WRAPS UP FULL WEEKEND OF HOME AND REGIONAL MATCHES

1/28/2019 10:16:00 AM | Rifle

MARTIN, Tenn. – The University of Tennessee at Martin rifle team wrapped up a busy weekend after hosting the UAB Blazers and traveling to nearby Murray State for the Withrow Open. Sunday's match against Georgia Military College was cancelled.

UT Martin faced a tough UAB squad as they tallied a score of 4,487 to the Blazers' 4,538. Firing counting scores for the Skyhawks in smallbore was Kaitlin Korinek (569), Jacob Osborne (549), Rachel Sprague (548) and Andre Delcalzo (545) to compile a total of 2,211 as Celia Gelpey also shot to tally a score of 543.

The UT Martin air rifle team was led by Sprague's (580) while Korinek (574), Osborne (564) and Gelpey (558) all combined to net a score of 2,276. Delcalzo also fired in the discipline to compile a score of 531.

The Skyhawks faced a tough field on Sunday at the Withrow Open as they found themselves up against the likes of Kentucky, host squad Murray State, Jacksonville State, Memphis, UAB and North Georgia. UT Martin was able to rack up an aggregate of 4,534 along the way.

Tallying scores for the smallbore squad was Sprague (577), Gelpey (566), Delcalzo (553) and Abigail Donald (553). Also shooting was Mills and Osborne as the pair both fired a score of 548 each.

UT Martin air rifle received counters from Sprague (584), Gelpey (570), Osborne (567) and Mills (564). Donald (579) and Delcalzo (548) also fired in the discipline. Showcasing the future of Skyhawk rifle, Donald and Mills each set personal-highs in air rifle at the Withrow Open.

"We had a great time with UAB and Coach Goodwin," head coach MJ Vowell said. "Both teams seemed to be off on Saturday for some reason. For us, we were faced with sickness and injury over the weekend. On Sunday, I made a minor adjustment to the primary team and we saw the team scores and personal scores get back up in their normal ranges. I was delighted to see both Rachel (Mills) and Abigail (Donald) fire personal bests in air rifle on Sunday. It's awesome to see them perform the way they are as freshmen to get better from match to match."

UT Martin will now head to the Ohio Valley Conference Championships held in Jacksonville, Ala. Competition will take place on Saturday, Feb. 2 and Sunday, Feb. 3 at site-host Jacksonville State.