WVU Rifle continues to dominate as reigning champions

The West Virginia rifle team remains dominant after sweeping ranked foes such as No. 8 Murray State and No. 12 UTEP, while only falling to TCU in a tight 4732-4707 battle—their first regular-season loss in three years. Read more: WVU Rifle continues to dominate as reigning champions

Standouts Camryn Camp and Jennifer Kocher powered WVU’s firepower, with Camp posting match-highs of 592 smallbore and 596 air rifle in the home opener and Kocher leading multiple meets with aggregates up to 1184.

Across seven matches, the Mountaineers claimed the top individual spots in nearly every contest, including eight of the top 10 against Murray State/UT Martin and the entire top six versus VMI, Mount Aloysius, and in their rematch with the Saints. 

West Virginia posts dominant victories against Murray State and UT Martin 

West Virginia opened its season with wins over No. 8 Murray State (4706) and No. 19 UT Martin (4616). WVU posted 4744 at Pat Spurgin Rifle Range in Murray, KY.

The Mountaineers shot 2360 smallbore and 2384 air rifle; Murray State had 2335/2371, UT Martin 2286/2330.

 WVU took 8 of top 10 spots. Lake led again with 594 smallbore + 598 air = 1192.

Kocher

• 2nd (594+595=1189).

Syrjä

• 4th (589+594=1183).

Camp

• (583+596=1179, 3rd in air). Blake T-7th (582+595=1177). 

 Duncan

• 5th with career-best 586+594=1180. 

Ogoreuc

• 583+593=1176. 

Strakusek

583+590=1173.

WVU continues with wins over VMI and Mount Aloysius

WVU rifle improved to 5-0 with road wins over VMI (4580) and Mount Aloysius (4415), scoring 4724 at Kilbourne Hall in Lexington, where the Mountaineers posted 2343 in smallbore and 2381 in air rifle while VMI had 2240/2340 and Mount Aloysius 2215/2200, to remain undefeated in both disciplines.

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Counters were junior Griffin Lake and Lauri Syrjä plus sophomores Jennifer Kocher, Ashlyn Blake, and Camryn Camp, with WVU claiming the top six aggregates:

Kocher

• 1st at 585 smallbore + 598 air rifle (top air) for 1183,

Camp

• 2nd at 587 smallbore (top smallbore) + 595 for 1182

Syrjä

• 3rd at 585+596=1181.

Blake

• 4th at 582+592=1174. 

Duncan

• 5th at 577+593=1170.

Ogoreuc

• 6th at 578+587=1165, while Lake shot smallbore only for a 586 (second-best).

West Virginia secures victory in rematch vs. Mount Aloysius

WVU defeated Mount Aloysius 4741-4535 in their home opener at the Bill McKenzie Mobile Rifle Range inside the WVU Shell Building.

The Mountaineers dominated by sweeping smallbore 2359-2236 and air rifle 2382-2299 with counters junior Lauri Syrjä, sophomores Jennifer Kocher, Ashlyn Blake, and Camryn Camp, and freshman Jack Ogoreuc as the Mountaineers claimed the top six aggregates led by Camp’s season-high 1188 (592 smallbore match high and season best + 596 air rifle match high and season best).

Blake

• 1186 (591 smallbore season high + 595)

Syrjä

• season-high 1183 (588+595)

Kocher

• 583+596 tied air rifle match high

Ogoreuc

• 588 smallbore season high + 591.

Duncan 

• 1169 (574+595 air rifle season best).

WVU falls in matchup against TCU

WVU suffered its first defeat of the season against TCU at the X-Count Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The Mountaineers tallied 4707, but the Horned Frogs prevailed with 4732. WVU was handed its first regular-season loss in three years.

TCU topped both disciplines: 2348-2329 in smallbore and 2384-2378 in air rifle.

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Counters were senior Maximus Duncan, sophomores Jennifer Kocher, Ashlyn Blake, and Camryn Camp, plus freshman Jack Ogoreuc.

Camp

• led WVU in third overall with 1182 (587 smallbore + 595 air rifle), one point shy of first.

Duncan

• posted the team’s best air rifle mark—a career-high 598—plus 578 smallbore for 1176.

Kocher

• 1177 (584+593), Ogoreuc 1172 (580+592), and Blake 1168 (577+591).

Mountaineers back in the win column with wins over Murray State and UTEP

The Mountaineers notched a pair of ranked victories against No. 10 Murray State and No. 12 UTEP on Sunday at Converse Hall in Columbus, Ohio.

WVU fired a 4723 aggregate—2344 smallbore and 2379 air rifle—to sweep both events. UTEP took second with 4717, Murray State third at 4703.Counters: senior Maximus Duncan; sophomores Jennifer Kocher, Ashlyn Blake, Camryn Camp.

Kocher

• led WVU with 1184 (590 smallbore—2nd overall + 594 air).

Camp and Blake tied for fourth at 1181 each.

Camp

• 583+598 AR (season high, tied for match best)

Blake

• 585+596. Ogoreuc placed 8th at 1175 (586+589), Duncan at 1171 (580+591).

What’s next?

WVU Rifle is back in action at 9 a.m. on Nov. 15 against the likes of Kentucky, North Georgia, Wofford, and Mount Aloysius.

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