MOREHEAD, Ky. – A short-handed No. 16 Akron rifle team gave No. 17 Morehead State a run for their money in the Zips final match of the season but would fall to the Eagles 4,589-4,602 on Feb. 14.
In smallbore, Morehead dominated the scoreboard taking the top three slots. Setting a new personal-best mark, the Zips junior Connor O'Mara (Honeoye Falls, N.Y.) slid into fourth after winning a tie-breaker with his teammate freshman Caleb Lloyd (Seven Valleys, Pa.). Both O'Mara and Lloyd placed in the upper tier with similar scores of 570.
The Zips turned it around in the air rifle competition as Akron regained control with junior Zachary Strohl (Barto, Pa.