Post by Lawdog on Feb 20, 2011 14:43:32 GMT -5
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- The Kentucky rifle team road a school-record team score to a 4696-4680 win over No. 1 West Virginia, clinching the 2010-11 Great American Rifle Conference regular-season championship, on Saturday at UK's Barker Hall.
“I was really proud of the team, they really did great,” UK head coach Harry Mullins said. “This was the first step in our journey this year. We wanted to win the regular-season championship and I am excited that we were able to meet that goal. But now we need to get focused on the second leg in the journey, because the postseason is here and there are two more trophies that are bigger than the regular-season.”
Kentucky (10-1, 6-0 GARC) completed an undefeated season in conference action with the win, besting the 2008-09 NCAA Champion Mountaineers, who also entered the match undefeated in league play and needing a win over UK to clinch the title. West Virginia is led by world champion Nicco Campriani - who recently recorded a perfect 600 total score in air rifle. The Mountaineers owned the highest team score recorded on the season, leading to a No. 1 national ranking.
“I was really proud of the team, they really did great,” UK head coach Harry Mullins said. “This was the first step in our journey this year. We wanted to win the regular-season championship and I am excited that we were able to meet that goal. But now we need to get focused on the second leg in the journey, because the postseason is here and there are two more trophies that are bigger than the regular-season.”
Kentucky (10-1, 6-0 GARC) completed an undefeated season in conference action with the win, besting the 2008-09 NCAA Champion Mountaineers, who also entered the match undefeated in league play and needing a win over UK to clinch the title. West Virginia is led by world champion Nicco Campriani - who recently recorded a perfect 600 total score in air rifle. The Mountaineers owned the highest team score recorded on the season, leading to a No. 1 national ranking.
