........ 7-1? HOW? Did you use any special tactics or anything? Seriously, 7 kills for one death is super-ace level. I wanna know how you did it. I imagine you were selective about who you fought, didn't go head on, tried to get into a turning fight, and tried to attack from behind?
To be clear, you shouldn't do that stuff all the time. Never be selective to preserve yourself, fight aces. You'll get better so much faster than shooting down noobs.
The rest should be practiced, but it shouldn't be all you do. Some aces can shoot you head on even if you use evasive tecniques, so you need to learn to fight head on.
Congrats on a F**KING AWESOME first game!