ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The 13th-ranked Navy rifle team (1-1) hits the road for the first time this season as it will travel to Ohio for a pair of top-15 matchups. The Midshipmen take on No. 11 Akron (0-0) at 9 a.m. and then heads to Columbus, Ohio for a non-conference match against No. 12 Ohio State (0-1) on Sunday at 9 a.m. Saturday's match between Navy and Akron will be the first league contest for the Midshipmen and the Zips.
 
LAST TIME OUT
Navy opened its 2021-22 season last weekend at home with a tri-meet against TCU and VMI, where the Mids earned a 4,673-4,504 victory over the Keydets followed by a narrow 4,710-4,673 loss to the Horned Frogs.
 
IN THE RANKINGS
Following its performance in the aforementioned tri-meet against VMI and TCU, Navy was ranked as the No. 13 team in the nation in the first set of Collegiate Rifle Coaches Association Top-20 rankings.
 
TOP PERFORMERS
Team captain Michael Zanti (Sr., Norfolk, Va.) led the way for the Mids last time out, posting 587 points in smallbore along with totaling 597 points in air rifle for a combined score of 1,184 points. All three marks were new career-highs for the senior while his combined score ranks as the second-highest aggregate score in program history.
 
Mark Amdahl (Sr., Albuquerque, N.M.) joined Zanti among the top performers in the match, compiling 572 and 595 points in smallbore and air rifle, respectively, for a total of 1,167 points. The senior missed tying a career-best in air rifle scoring by just one point.
 
Marleigh Duncan (Fr., Wake Forest, N.C.) made a strong first impression in her first collegiate action, finishing in the top-10 among individual performers with 573 points in smallbore and a score of 586 in air rifle. McKenzie Shedd (Fr., Burke, Va.) compiled a 1,158 combined score on 594 air rifle and 564 smallbore points, finishing just outside the top-10. Fellow newcomer Joshua Potts (Fr., Ephrata, Pa.) had a strong showing of his own, finishing with a combined score of 1,152 points.
 
Sophomore Clarissa Layland (Granbury, Texas) just missed tying her career-best score in smallbore with 569 points while tallying 580 points in air rifle to round out Navy's top performers.
 
UP NEXT
Navy is will finish its four-match road trip with contests against No. 7 Memphis (Oct. 16) and No. 2 Ole Miss (Oct. 17).