Fifth-Rated Zips Earn Victory over No. 10 Navy

Saturday, October 31

Annapolis, Md.

9:00 AM

University of Akron

4662

4641

Navy

November 02 | Rifle

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AKRON, Ohio - The University of Akron rifle team added a top-10 victory to its resume registering a 4662-4641 triumph past No. 10 Navy on Saturday, Oct. 31, in Annapolis, Md.

Junior Andre Gross (Webster, N.Y.) won the tie breaker with Navy's Michael Zanti listing Gross as the smallbore top gun with a score of 584. Right there in the mix was senior teammate Wyatt Openshaw (Parkton, Md.) with an equally impressive 582.

Travel restrictions limited the Zips' travel squad with the non-traveling team members firing a substitute match on the Akron home range. This gave freshmen Erin Schnupp (Gorham, Maine) the chance to prove her mettle with a 581 total.

"What makes me excited as a coach is to see six, yes, I said six other members of the team firing scores in the 570's," Akron head coach Newt Engle commented. "This gives us the depth to accomplish great things."

Junior Jeanne Haverhill (Coopersburg, Pa.) knuckled down and pushed herself into a team-leading 590 in the air rifle. Giving it their best, a total of five other Zips earned scores in the 580's with Gross, freshman Gavin Perkowski (Bolivar, Ohio), Openshaw, and seniors Lauren Kadooka (Kailua, Hawaii/Kailua) and Rebecca Spencer (Avella, Pa.) added scores of 586, 586, 583, 581 and 581, respectively

"We all know we are definitely better than this and know what we need to do to ramp it up for the next matches," said Engle. "I have total confidence we will definitely be able to turn some heads with our future air rifle scores."

Akron returns to competition this weekend with a pair of Great America Rifle Conference (GARC) league matches as the Zips battle No. 12 Memphis on Saturday, Nov. 7, before visiting Oxford, Miss., for a showdwon with second-ranked Ole Miss on Sunday, Nov. 8.

AIR RIFLE SCORES:
Jeanne Haverhill (590-2nd), Andre Gross (586-5th), Gavin Perkowski (586-7th), Wyatt Openshaw (583-9th), Lauren Kadooka (581-10th), Rebecca Spencer (581-12th), Kayla Andreoli (579-14th), Antonio Remedios (579-15th), Erin Schnupp (579-16th), Samantha Shultz (578-18th), Brendan Seitz (568-21st), Jakob Rankin (564-23rd), Katie Paltz (556-25th).

SMALLBORE SCORES:
Andre Gross (584-1st), Wyatt Openshaw (582-3rd), Erin Schnupp (581-4th), Jeanne Haverhill (576-5th), Gavin Perkowski (575-6th), Antonio Remedios (575-7th), Kayla Andreoli (573-8th), Rebecca Spencer (571-11th), Lauren Kadooka (570-12th), Samantha Shultz (566-14th), Jakob Rankin (561-18th), Katie Paltz (550-22nd), Brendan Seitz (543-24th).