No. 12 Buckeyes Tie Program Record in Air with 2378

Saturday, October 31

Columbus, Ohio

Ohio State

4703

4725

Murray State

10/3/2026 4:00:00 PM | Rifle

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State rifle team returned home on Oct. 31 for a match against Murray State and UTEP. They fired a season-high team score of 4703.

The team was led by junior Gabriella Sprague, who fired a fantastic 1184 aggregate, putting her in third overall for the match.

In smallbore, the team posted a 2305, nine points over their previous high smallbore of the season. They were led by a 586 from Sprague. Mackenzie Pruden (583), Riley Dunn (583), Alexandra Wodka (573) and Natalie Samson (566) rounded out scoring.

Annika Cry led the way for the individuals with a 573. Summer Lytle fired a 564.

Sprague also led the way in air, continuing her streak of high 590 scores, with a 598. Pruden (594), Wodka (594), Cry (592) and Emily Valenta (583) contributed to the 2378 score. This score ties the program-high in air rifle, previously fired Jan. 15, 2024, at TCU.

Dunn fired the high for the individuals, with a 584. Samson finished with a 583 and Lytle with a 577.

The team improved by a fantastic 15 points on Saturday, finishing with a 4689.

Gabriella Sprague once again led the team, this time with an 1179. This placed her sixth overall for the day.

So far this season, the team has fired a new season high every weekend that they compete.

Coach Tanoue: "The team had a really strong overall performance on Saturday and there were good performances throughout highlighted by Ella and Mack both shooting season best aggregate scores which helped us fire our highest score of the season. We know though that we still have a lot of room to grow and make improvements and we'll have a good opportunity to take steps forward this weekend when we head to MIT."

Up Next

The Buckeyes are shipping up to Boston to take on MIT on Nov. 8 at 10 a.m. Targets will be streamed live on shooteronline.net

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