Tigers Rifle Second In Home Tri-Match

Saturday, January 28

Memphis, Tenn.

University of Memphis

Nebraska

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Jan 30, 2017 | Rifle

Program hosts first on-campus match in over 20 years.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – University of Memphis' Levi Clark and Leighton Dempster posted the team's top smallbore and air rifle scores, respectively, in helping lead the Tigers to a second-place finish in a home tri-match with Nebraska and Jacksonville State.

The match was Memphis' first at its new on-campus home, the Memphis Rifle Facility in South Hall. It also was the Tigers' first on-campus match in over 20 years.

The Tigers, ranked No. 11 in the Collegiate Rifle Coaches Association (CRCA) poll, finished second in the tri-match with an aggregate score of 4650 (2303-2347). The 4650 aggregate score was the team's best performance since Nov. 20.

Memphis placed second to No. 8 Nebraska, which narrowly edged the Tigers with a 4656 aggregate score. Jacksonville State, ranked No. 14 in the nation, was third at 4628. The Tigers won smallbore with a 2303 score and were second in air rifle (2347).

Five Tigers placed in the top-10 in aggregate score, the most of the three squads in the match. Clark, senior Amy Fister and junior Haylea Broughton were fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively. Clark and Fister both posted 1161 aggregates, and Broughton had a 1160 score. Dempster was eighth (1159) and freshman Amberlie Ezell 10^th (1157).

Clark recorded the match's third-best smallbore score at 578, followed by Fister in fifth with a 576. Senior Jack Berhorst was sixth in the discipline (576).

Dempster was the Tigers' top shooter in air rifle, placing fourth with a 589. Her 589 score tied her second-best mark of the season. Broughton had Memphis' second-highest air rifle result at 588 (6^th), and Ezell was third-best in the discipline (8^th; 587). Ezell's 587 was two points shy of her season-best 589, which she set two weeks ago in a match versus Kentucky.

The Tigers return to action Feb. 11 when they host No. 13 Ole Miss at the Memphis Rifle Facility.

Team/National Ranking	Smallbore	Air Rifle	Aggregate
Nebraska/#8	2301	2355	4656
Memphis/#11	2303	2347	4650
Jacksonville State/#14	2296	2332	4628

Memphis Individuals	Smallbore	Air Rifle	Aggregate
Levi Clark*%	578	583	1161
Amy Fister*	576	585	1161
Haylea Broughton%	572	588	1160
Leighton Dempster%	570	589	1159
Amberlie Ezell%	570	587	1157
Makennon Doran*	573	577	1150
Jack Berhorst*	576	571	1147
Eli Rischling	562	564	1126
Abby Votava	534	570	1104