AKRON, Ohio- The No. 15 Akron rifle team held its first home match of the season this weekend against John Jay College and defeated the Bloodhounds by a score of 4,587-to-4,291 on Saturday, Oct. 8 at the Robert A. Pinn Shooting Range.
Akron dominated the scoreboard in both the air and smallbore rifle competitions. Junior Julia Hatch (Northfield, Vt.) earned top gun in smallbore with a score of 575, while sophomore Joshua Kovach (Akron, Ohio) finished first in the air rifle division shooting a 584. Senior Connor O'Mara (Honeoye Falls, N.Y.) shot a strong match in not one, but in both rifles.