Chula Vista, CA – After putting themselves in favorable position during qualification, the UC archery team notched 11 podium finishes, including capturing three goal medals on the second day of competition at the USA Outdoor Championships, Saturday afternoon at the US Training Facility.  The Patriots collected three gold medals, three runner-up finishes, and three bronze medals, while two individual archers advanced to the gold medal match Sunday morning.

Cumberlands saw strong performances throughout the head-to-head eliminations as well as in team rounds, highlighted by the three national titles in the team rounds.  UC closed out the day with three first place finishes, a trio of runner-up finishes, and a fourth-place finish in team rounds.

For the third straight year, the Patriots finished atop the podium in the men's compound division.  The trio of Blaine Kostrzewski, Carson Sapp, and Cole Zeug, who was the top-seed in the event, won their first two matches by a combined 32 points to reach the championship.  In the finals, Cumberlands jumped out to an early lead before Union rallied to force a one-arrow shoot-off, which the Patriots took to earn the gold medal.



UC also found success in women's compound and women's fixed pin as the took the top podium spot in both divisions.  Entering as the top-seed, the Patriots defeated Columbia before rallying in the third end to knock off Union and advance to the gold medal match.  Facing Pikeville, the trio of Madison Grimm, Marissa Harding, and Danielle Woodie led the whole match to finish with a 230-220 win to take the top podium spot.



The Patriots have one of the deepest fixed pin division in the country and after earning the top-seed UC cruised to the gold medal.  Madison Cox, Kaitlyn Shields, and Kimber Wheeler teamed up to defeat Union 214-199 in the semifinals, before knocking off Pikeville 203-197 in the gold medal match.



In addition to the three national titles, the Patriots had three divisions post their highest finish in program history as Cumberlands recorded a trio of silver medals.  The Patriots men's recurve team reached the podium for the first time in history after putting together a 2-1 record on the day.  Reed Goodpaster, Jacob Valentini, and Clay Weaver opened with a 6-2 win over the University of Texas and followed that up by blanking UC San Diego 6-0 in the semifinals.  UC fell in the gold medal match, however, earned eight points for the runner-up finish.

Cumberlands had both their men's and women's barebow team reach the gold medal match after coming in as the third seed.  The women's barebow team of Makaylee Branham, Kennedy Sumpter, and Kimberley Wheat tallied back-to-back 6-2 wins, including one over the second-seed UC Davis to advance to the gold medal match.  The Patriots won the third end en route to the silver medal.

The trio of Jonathan Morris, Ty Pennington, and Tyler Woosley opened with a 6-2 win in the quarterfinals of the men's barebow team round.  Facing the second-seed UC Irvine, the trio trailed 4-2 heading into the fourth end, when the Patriots won the end and the ensuing shoot-off to advance to the gold medal match.  This marks the second consecutive year that Cumberlands men's barebow team has reached the podium.

UC's women's recurve team of Lidia Quezada, Ceridwyn Salyers, and Whitney Vandiver opened the afternoon with a 6-0 win over Brandeis University.  The trio won a one-arrow shoot-off in the quarterfinals to knock-off UC San Diego 5-4 and placed fourth overall in the event.

In addition to the success that the Patriots had in the team rounds, Cumberlands had a plethora of strong performances during the head-to-head elimination rounds.  Cox (women's fixed pin) and Woodie (women's compound) both advanced to the gold medal match.  Cox, who entered as the top-seed, went 4-0 on the day.  After carding a 143 in her first two matches, the McKee, KY native shot an 144 in the quarterfinals to reach the semifinals.  Cox edged out Aunika Selch (Lindsey Wilson by a point to advance to the gold medal match against Emily Dendinger of UPike.

Woodie posted a 5-0 record on the day to advance to finals.  After winning her first two matches by double-figures, the sophomore edged out sixth-seed Sachiko Kane (Columbia) 147-144 to advance to the quarterfinals.  Woodie's strong shooting continued as she carded a 28 in each of the final four ends to win 142-139 and set up a match with second-seed Elisa Keller (ERAU).  In the semifinals, Woodie tallied four 29's and a 30 over the five ends to knock off her second top-five opponent and reach the gold medal match to face fourth-seed Anna Scarbrough of UPike.

Four Patriots reached the bronze medal match with Sumpter, Wheeler, and Zeug finishing on the podium.  Sumpter, the top-seed in women's barebow, notched consecutive 6-0 wins to open the day and reach the semifinals.  The freshman then knocked off Sarah McCarthy (Lindsey Wilson) 7-3 in the 1/8^th round before utilizing another sweep to advance to the semifinals.  After falling to bronze medal match, Sumpter rebounded with a 6-2 win over Savannah Chouinard to capture her first national podium finish.

Wheeler opened the day with back-to-back wins to reach the quarterfinals, where she knocked off the second-seed Jalyn Shoemaker of Wabash Valley College 137-133.  After reaching the bronze medal match, Wheeler posted a perfect 30 on both the first and third end en route to a 142-135 win over Selch.

Zeug notched the third-seed during the men's compound qualification and won his first two matches by at least six points.  The freshman then faced sixth-seed Matthew Russell (UPike) and need a 30 on the fifth end to edge out the win 147-146.  In the bronze medal match, Zeug dropped just two points defeating Ethan Merrill of Texas A&M 148-137 for his second consecutive podium finish.

Morris notched a fourth-place finish in the men's barebow division to earn five points for the Patriots. The freshman opened with consecutive 6-0 wins, including a win over the tenth-seed, before defeating teammate Bradley Faulkner 6-2 in the 1/8^th round.  In the quarterfinals Morris, who was the 23^rd-seed, utilized a strong start to knock off second-seed Kyle Coffey of Union to reach the semifinals before placing fourth.

Valentini (men's recurve), Kostrzeski and Sapp (men's compound), Hannah Moose (women's compound), Brandon Durham and Coby Hudson (men's fixed pin), and Kaitlyn Shields and Julia Shepherd (women's fixed pin) all reached the quarterfinals of their respective divisions and scored points for the Patriots.

Cumberlands returns to the range tomorrow for the final day of competition at the USA Outdoor National Championships.  Cox and Woodie will begin the day with their gold medal matches, with mixed teams set to follow.  Fans can follow the live results here.

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