Jan. 13, 2008

PALMYRA, Pa. - Lisa Kunzelman (Jr./Constantia, N.Y.) combined for a score of 1154 to lead the Navy rifle team to a thrilling 4583-4582 win over Nebraska on Sunday in the Palmyra Invitational. The Midshipmen maintained their perfect record on the year, improving to 5-0 after Sunday's contest. The Huskers saw their mark fall to 1-4 on the campaign.

"We didn't have the greatest performance in terms of overall score, but our team persevered," stated Navy head coach Bill Kelley. "It was exciting and a great win over a fine Nebraska team."

Kunzelman tallied a 589 in the air rifle and a 565 in the small bore to top all Navy performers on Sunday. However, it was her attention to detail after her round that helped the Midshipmen prevail.

"The victory wasn't discovered until Kunzelman noticed a mathematics error in her scoring during the target challenge period," recalled Kelley. "After going over her target, she realized that she had been scored one point too low. That is the attention to detail we preach to our team and she did her job."

Navy out-scored Nebraska in the air rifle portion of the contest, 2317-2315. Following Kunzelman's effort was Monica Amagna's (Sr./Tulsa, Okla.) 586, Josh Albright's (Sr./Shelton, Conn.) 575 and Carolyn Horiye's (So./Ewa Beach, Hawai'i) 567.

Albright led all Navy performers in the small bore with a 574, followed by Alison Lankes's (Fr./Clarence, N.Y.) 569 and Chris Burleson's (Fr./St. Augustine, Fla.) 559. As a team, Navy was narrowly out-shot by Nebraska in the event, 2267-2266.

The Midshipmen will return to action on Friday when they host Alaska-Fairbanks in Bancroft Hall at 2 p.m.