Sunday, December 1
Hurt, VA
8:00 AM
Liberty University Club Sports
at
Mid-Atlantic Cup
Liberty senior captain Matthew Daniels shoots beside Dalton Krossman during last season's ACUI Collegiate Clay Target National Championships in San Antonio.
Shotgun team outduels Highlanders to win Mid-Atlantic Cup
12/4/2024 1:46:00 PM | Shotgun
Liberty defeated Radford, which was the only other collegiate team with enough shooters to post a score, at the Brushy Mountain Club in Hurt, Va.
Liberty University's shotgun team claimed first place in Sunday's Mid-Atlantic Cup held at the Brushy Mountain Club in Hurt, Va., the final competition of the fall semester.
"It was definitely an official ACUI event, though Radford was the only other team with enough people to put up a score, and it was a good experience and tournament for our team members, who all shot well," said Liberty second-year Head Coach Jacob Davis, who noted that the tournament was open to the public, with the majority of the 119 shooters not affiliated with any collegiate program. "That added a competitive element to the event and provided a high-level tournament field."
In the Sporting Clays competition, the Flames' and Lady Flames' top five shooters were junior Nathan Hagy (91), seniors Dalton Krossman (90), Daniel Hudson (83), and Matthew Daniels (82), and junior Lillian Cooper (81).
Freshman Jared Moore (89), senior Harrison Russell (84), Hagy (84), Cooper (83), and senior John Dietz (79) rounded out Liberty's top five in the Super Sporting Clays division.
Combined, Liberty outscored Radford by a combined total of 845-500. Radford only had four contestants in each division and lost to Liberty 427-246 in Sporting Clays and 418-254 in Super Sporting Clays.
Shooters aimed at two targets at the Sporting Clays course, firing three to four times per round. For Super Sporting Clays, there were three targets on each station, and shooters fired at a combination of five different pairs of targets.
The event served as a tune-up for the Feb. 6-9 ACUI Lower East Coast Regional Championships in Savannah, Ga., which is a qualifier for the March 16-22 ACUI Collegiate Clay Target Championships in San Antonio. The Flames and Lady Flames will continue to train at the Liberty Mountain Gun Club to determine their top 12 student-athletes to compete at regionals. Only the team's top 10 student-athletes will be permitted to compete at nationals with Liberty classifying as a Division 3 team.
"We have not won the (Lower East Coast Regional) tournament before," Davis said, noting that the Flames and Lady Flames will compete against a combined field of Division 1, 2, and 3 programs. "We will be looking to see how we fare against other Division 3 teams that show up."
Last year at regionals, Liberty placed fifth out of 15 teams combined and first out of five Division 3 teams. Then at the ACUI Clay Target nationals, the Flames and Lady Flames finished third in Division 3 despite posting a higher score than they did in winning the national title in 2023.
"It was definitely an official ACUI event, though Radford was the only other team with enough people to put up a score, and it was a good experience and tournament for our team members, who all shot well," said Liberty second-year Head Coach Jacob Davis, who noted that the tournament was open to the public, with the majority of the 119 shooters not affiliated with any collegiate program. "That added a competitive element to the event and provided a high-level tournament field."
In the Sporting Clays competition, the Flames' and Lady Flames' top five shooters were junior Nathan Hagy (91), seniors Dalton Krossman (90), Daniel Hudson (83), and Matthew Daniels (82), and junior Lillian Cooper (81).Freshman Jared Moore (89), senior Harrison Russell (84), Hagy (84), Cooper (83), and senior John Dietz (79) rounded out Liberty's top five in the Super Sporting Clays division.
Combined, Liberty outscored Radford by a combined total of 845-500. Radford only had four contestants in each division and lost to Liberty 427-246 in Sporting Clays and 418-254 in Super Sporting Clays.
Shooters aimed at two targets at the Sporting Clays course, firing three to four times per round. For Super Sporting Clays, there were three targets on each station, and shooters fired at a combination of five different pairs of targets.
The event served as a tune-up for the Feb. 6-9 ACUI Lower East Coast Regional Championships in Savannah, Ga., which is a qualifier for the March 16-22 ACUI Collegiate Clay Target Championships in San Antonio. The Flames and Lady Flames will continue to train at the Liberty Mountain Gun Club to determine their top 12 student-athletes to compete at regionals. Only the team's top 10 student-athletes will be permitted to compete at nationals with Liberty classifying as a Division 3 team.
"We have not won the (Lower East Coast Regional) tournament before," Davis said, noting that the Flames and Lady Flames will compete against a combined field of Division 1, 2, and 3 programs. "We will be looking to see how we fare against other Division 3 teams that show up."
Last year at regionals, Liberty placed fifth out of 15 teams combined and first out of five Division 3 teams. Then at the ACUI Clay Target nationals, the Flames and Lady Flames finished third in Division 3 despite posting a higher score than they did in winning the national title in 2023.
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