No. 16 Rifle Drops Season-Opener on Saturday

Saturday, October 10

JACKSONVILLE

Jax State

4677

4695

Morehead State

NCAA Scorecard

Photo by: Emily Kish / Jax State

10/10/2026 5:26:00 PM | Rifle

JACKSONVILLE – The 16th-ranked Jax State rifle team opened the 2026-27 season with an 18-point loss to the 17th-ranked Morehead State Eagles on Saturday, falling 4695-4677 at the Gamecock Rifle Range.

Jax State finished the day with a score of 2375 in air rifle, compared to MSU's 2362, but the Eagles tallied 2333 points in the smallbore portion to Jax State's 2302, making the difference in the match.

Frans Rasmusson, who was a CRCA All-American Honorable Mention a season ago, finished with the highest aggregate score in the contest at 1180 with 79 center shots. Rasmusson posted a 586 in smallbore, the highest Gamecock smallbore score and the second-highest score in that portion overall, along with a 594 in air rifle, also the second-highest.

Akos Marta posted the highest air rifle score of the day at 599 with 53 center shots. Marta finished fifth individually with a 569 smallbore score for an aggregate of 1168.

Morehead State claimed the second, third, and fourth spots individually, with Trey Myers leading the Eagles with an 1179 aggregate score. Myers posted the highest smallbore score of the day at 590 with 36 centers.

Alex Watts and Maja Pedersen both finished with aggregated of 1165, with Watts posting a higher smallbore score of 578 and Pedersen posting a higher air rifle score of 590.

Sahi Weiser and Jenny Ek finished eighth and ninth to round out the Gamecocks in the top 10 individuals, with aggregate scores of 1164 and 1161, respectively.

First year student-athletes Rhiannon Moore and Divyam Mishra made their collegiate debuts on Saturday. Moore posted a top-10 score of 576-26x in smallbore, while Mishra finished the day with a 10th-place score of 585-39x in air rifle.

The Gamecocks return to action in two weeks, taking on ninth-ranked Murray State in Murray, Ky.

INDIVIDUAL SCORES
Alphabetical Order by Last Name

Jenny Ek
Smallbore: 569-17x
Air Rifle: 592-46x
Aggregate: 1161-63x

Akos Marta
Smallbore: 569-16x
Air Rifle: 599-53x
Aggregate: 1168-69x

Divyam Mishra
Smallbore: 563-18x
Air Rifle: 585-39x
Aggregate: 1148-57x

Rhiannon Moore
Smallbore: 576-26x
Air Rifle: 582-37x
Aggregate: 1158-63x

Maja Pedersen
Smallbore: 575-25x
Air Rifle: 590-38x
Aggregate: 1165-63x

Frans Rasmusson
Smallbore: 586-31x
Air Rifle: 594-48x
Aggregate: 1180-79x

Emmajames Stanton
Smallbore: 571-19x
Air Rifle: 583-32x
Aggregate: 1154-51x

Alex Watts
Smallbore: 578-31x
Air Rifle: 587-38x
Aggregate: 1165-69x

Sahi Weiser
Smallbore: 579-22x
Air Rifle: 585-32x
Aggregate: 1164-54x