ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Navy rifle team (3-1) continues Great American Rifle Conference action this weekend as the Midshipmen travel to Kentucky (2-0) in a match inside Barker Hall and the UK Rifle Range on Saturday, Oct. 29 at 9:00 a.m. Live results will be available.
 
Scouting the Midshipmen
The Midshipmen enter the weekend with a 3-1 overall record. The Midshipmen return to the range after two weeks off to work on some fine details. In their last competition, the Mids totaled a season-best 4,696 to defeat Memphis in the first GARC match of the season on Sunday, Oct. 2. Navy won the smallbore competition, 2,321-2,311, while also claiming the air rifle, 2,375-2,366, to claim the victory over the Tigers.
 
Marleigh Duncan (Wake Forest, N.C.) leads the Midshipmen in all disciplines. The sophomore has a 586.5 average in smallbore to lead the team, while notching an average score 595.0 to lead the squad in air rifle. Duncan's 1,181.5 aggregate average also paces the Mids' team.
 
Parker Haydin (Joshua, Texas) is second on the team in smallbore and aggregate averages, while coming in third in air rifle. The freshman has an average of 584.5 in smallbore, while claiming a collective of 1,174.5 in aggregate. Haydin is in third on the team in air rifle with an average of 590.0.
 
Stephanie Milvain (Matthews, N.C.) averages 576.0 to rank third on the squad in smallbore, while notching a 584.5 average in air rifle. Her aggregate average is 1,160.5, which ranks fourth on the team. Clarissa Layland (Granbury, Texas) is second in air rifle with an average score of 591.0, while Joshua Potts (Ephrata, Pa.) is fourth in both smallbore (575.0) and air rifle (589.5) to tally the third-best aggregate average on the team (1,164.5).
 
Devin Uhrich (Camp Hill, Pa.) rounds out the top five scoring averages in smallbore (572.5) and aggregate (1,157.0), while Deonte Hayes (Fort Mills, S.C.) is fifth in air rifle with an average of 587.0.
 
Scouting Kentucky
After two wins to start the season and a week off to work, the Kentucky rifle team returns to action Saturday inside Barker Hall and the UK Rifle Range.
 
Seniors Jaden Thompson and Emmie Sellers have put together strong starts to their seasons with a 1171 and 1168 aggregate averages, respectively. Freshman Martin Voss is also averaging a 1168 aggregate this season, while super senior Mitchell Nelson is earning a 1167.5. Sophomore Tori Kopelen is earning a 1148.5, while freshman AJ Hotko is posting a 1145 and senior Mason Hamilton a 1144.
 
Last Time Out: Navy 4,696, Memphis 4,677 (Oct. 2, 2022)
Taking on Memphis in its first Great American Rifle Conference match of the 2022-23 season, the Navy rifle team collected a 19-point victory with a 4,696-4,677 final decision. Going shoulder-to-shoulder with the Tigers, the Mids received strong efforts from throughout its lineup in the contest at the Bancroft Hall Rifle Range. As a team, Navy posted three of the top-four highest smallbore scores and four of the top-five air rifle results.
 
Individually, Parker Haydin (Joshua, Texas) and Marleigh Duncan (Wake Forest, N.C.) spearheaded the Mids' showing on Sunday as Haydin placed first in both the leaderboards for smallbore and aggregate scoring, while Duncan was atop the air rifle standings. Haydin shot a career-best 591 in the smallbore and 592 in air rifle for an aggregate score of 1,183. Duncan posted a season-high score of 596 in air rifle on her way to an 1,181 aggregate.
 
Navy led wire-to-wire on Sunday as the Mids' four scorers in the smallbore competition combined for a score of 2,321, ten more than the Tigers. The aforementioned Haydin led all shooters in smallbore as he bested Memphis' Angeline Henry by four points, 591 to 587. Duncan tied for third overall with a 585-point effort. The final two point-scorers for Navy on Sunday were Stephanie Milvain (Matthews, N.C.) and Clarissa Layland (Granbury, Texas), who registered totals of 575 and 570, respectively. As a non-starter Joshua Potts (Ephrata, Pa.) shot a 585 to match his teammate Duncan.
 
In the air rifle portion of the matchup, Navy used a quartet of scores in the 590s to posted a combined total of 2,375 points. Duncan and Layland went shot-for-shot for top honors with Duncan edging her fellow Midshipman by one point, 596 to 595. After Henry posted a 594 to lead Memphis, the Navy duo of Haydin and Potts turned in identical 592-point results to tie for fourth place in the overall standings.
 
All three of the smallbore, air rifle and aggregate scores on Sunday were improvements for Navy as the Mids opened their 2022-23 campaign last weekend with a 2,311 in smallbore and a 2,354 in air rifle for an overall score of 4,665.
 
Up Next
Following the match against Kentucky, Navy will return to Annapolis to host the annual President's Cup Match against its fellow Service Academies. Competition in the President's Cup is set for Saturday, November 5 at the at the Bancroft Hall Rifle Range. The match is set to get underway at 9:00 a.m.