No. 11 Columbus State Rifle Defeats No. 16 Memphis

COLUMBUS – The eleventh ranked Columbus State rifle team outshot No. 16 Memphis Saturday afternoon at the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit 4618-4596.  It is the third team in the Top 20 CSU has defeated this year in head-to-head scoring while also topping four ranked teams in the Ole Miss Invitational.

CSU won both the air rifle (2333-2325) and the smallbore competition (2285-2271) claiming three of the top four spots in the air rifle, while commanding the top three places in the smallbore.  Jonathan Hall and April Dunn paced Columbus State with a 589 in air rifle while Phillip Huckaby was not far behind with a 584.

Memphis placed the next four shooters, all within four points of each other.  Kaitlynn Lee led the way with a 583 followed by Dan Hermsmeier (582), Kelly Audel (581) and Jessica Phenis (579).  A quartet of Cougars finished within three points of each other in the next four places with Juli Yoder rounding out the team scoring with a 571.  Jennifer Rodgers (573), David Hall (571) and Jacob Brown (570) were in the bunch while Courtney Duncan shot a 558.

J. Hall again led the Cougars with a 580 in the smallbore followed by Phillip Huckaby with a 577.  Dunn (570) finished fourth overall in the event while D. Hall (558) rounded out the team scoring for CSU.  Rodgers shot a 553 while Duncan, Yoder and Brown all scored a 551 for the Cougars.  Hermsmeier led Memphis with a 577 in the event.

Columbus State will take an extended break before they return to the range when it travels to West Point, NY to take on No. 5 Army on January 8, 2011.  The Cougars will turn around a day later to face off against No. 4 Kentucky in West Point.