UTM rifle coach Bob Beard said it was not one of his team’s best performances of the season, but he will take it.

Beard’s women and mixed rifle teams defeated Birmingham Southern recently. The UTM women’s team of Chandra Braun, Jennie Fladebo, Becky Latimer and Jessie Wilson posted a team score of 1,490. Fladebo led the way with a 383, while Braun shot 372. Wilson was one point back at 371, while Latimer shot 364.

Stephanie Talgo competed as an individual for UTM and shot 370.

The UTM mixed team of Jaymi Collar, Matt Furr, Stacy Loyd and Dan Rebhan defeated Birmingham Southern 1,489-1,481. Collar led the way for UTM with a 382. Rebhan shot a 372.

Also competing for UTM as individuals were Devra Harvey, Brandon Kidd, Carson Kuehn, Sam Ruth and Brian Stiles. Harvey led the host of individuals with a 370.

“This wasn’t one of our better performances, but it got both the women’s and mixed teams a win over a team which beat us earlier in the Memphis Invitational,” Beard said. “Our two teams are pretty evenly matched as shown by the one-point difference in their scores.”

Beard said some fine tuning should have his teams shooting above 1,500 soon.

“If we can eliminate a couple of mental lapses which cost us points for both squads, we should be able to break 1,500 in our big match at Xavier.”