And not only did the team surpass the shooting prowess of a West Virginia team that was heavily favored to repeat its 2009 title, it won with a team comprised entirely of women—the first time in the history of the event that an all-female team has taken the NCAA rifle crown.
You see, in collegiate competitive shooting, there’s no such thing as separate men’s teams and women’s teams.
The Horned Frog women posted a respectable second-place score of 2,314 in smallbore (.22 cal.) on Friday, following it up with a blistering 2,361 in air rifle Saturday. Alaska-Fairbanks shot a two-day aggregate score of 4653 to finish in second place, with West Virginia University placing third, Kentucky fourth and Army fifth. A total of eight teams qualified for the finals, which took place at TCU’s home range in Ft. Worth, Texas.
Coming off this weekend’s NCAA Championship performance, five members of the TCU rifle team received All-American honors. Senior Erin Lorenzen joined Sarah Scherer and Sarah Beard as All Americans in both smallbore and air rifle. Team members Simone Riford and Caitlin Morrissey garnered All-American honors in air rifle. The TCU Rifle Team is coached by Karen Monez.
Go Frogs!
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