No 1. Kentucky Bests No. 15 Akron

Saturday, January 31

Lexington, Ky.

9:00 AM

University of Akron

4690

4762

Kentucky

January 31 | Rifle

FINAL STATS | PHOTO GALLERY | 2025-26 AVERAGES

LEXINGTON, Ky. - The 15th-rated University of Akron rifle team ran into a talented top-rated Kentucky on Saturday (Jan. 31) as the Wildcats fired an NCAA-record score to best the Zips 4762-4690.

Freshman Matthew Kimball (Pineville, La.) led the squad by tying his smallbore career high with a 588 score. Rounding out Akron's top four were seniors Natalia Siek (Flemington, N.J.) (584), Joey Hahn (Middle Grove, N.Y.) (581) and Rachael Paddock (Perry, N.Y.) (580).

Air rifle featured a hard-fought battle between Kimball and junior Kaleb Santiso (Ridgway, Pa.), both firing 591's. Siek (589) and Paddock (588) rounded out Akron's top four in the event.

Akron returns to competition traveling to Cambridge, Mass., to battle MIT and Norwich on Saturday (Feb. 7).