Rifle tops Air Force
10/27/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Rifle
Oct. 27, 2003
FORT WORTH, Texas - TCU Rifle split their match with Air Force this weekend. The Frogs placed first in air rifle and then second in smallbore. Senior Nina Martinez (Houston, Texas/Jersey Village) continued to improve her scores and led the Purple team to a total score of 1498 in air rifle.
Martinez's air rifle score of 380 topped her previous high score of 377 that she shot at the Horned Frog Invitational two weeks ago. Martinez, who had her first first-place finish, is the only shooter whose scores are continuously improving with each match and has an average air rifle score of 373 for the season. She also topped her previous smallbore score with a mark of 1055 and earned a ninth place finish.
Sophomore Celeste Green (Lufkin, Texas/Hewitt) led the Frogs in the smallbore competition with a score of 1159 and a second place finish. Green shot her best mark for smallbore for the season. Green also shot a 374 in air rifle and placed sixth in that event.
Freshman Nikki LeCompte (Manassas, Va./Osbourn Park) had her second top-five finish for the year in air rifle with a score of 374. LeCompte shot her first top-ten score of 1075 in smallbore to earn an eighth place finish. Junior Jess Parras (Monahans, Texas/Monahans) had her third top-10 finish for the year with an air rifle score of 370 to earn a seventh place finish. Parras also shot a 967 to earn an 11th place finish in smallbore.
Junior Joncee Moulder (Weatherford, Texas/Weatherford) led the White team in air rifle with a score of 353 and a 12th place finish. Moulder shot as an individual in the smallbore competition and had her best score of 1044 for that event and earned a top-10 finish. Senior Dana O'Shea (Palm Harbor, Fla./Palm Harbor Univ.) shot her best air rifle score of 342 and came in 13th place.
Sophomore Janelle Stecklein (Plano, Texas/Plano Senior) and Junior Stephanie Lawrenz (Corona Del Mar, Calif./Corona Del Mar) both earned top-15 finishes for air rifle with scores of 328 and 322, respectively. Lawrenz shot as an individual in the smallbore competition and shot a score of 940 to earn a 12th place finish.
The Frogs will be in action again Saturday, Nov. 1 at Army.
TCU vs. Air Force (Oct. 25, 2003)
Team Air Rifle
1. TCU (Purple) 1498
2. Air Force (Blue) 1477
3. TCU (White) 1345
TCU Individual Performances
1. Nina Martinez (P) 380
5. Nikki LeCompte (P) 374
6. Celeste Green (P) 374
7. Jess Parras (P) 370
12. Joncee Moulder (W) 353
13. Dana O'Shea (W) 342
14. Janelle Stecklein (W) 328
15. Stephanie Lawrenz (W) 322
Team Smallbore
1. Air Force 4570
2. TCU (Purple) 4256
TCU Individual Performances
2. Celeste Green (P) 1159
8. Nikki LeCompte (P) 1075
9. Nina Martinez (P) 1055
10. Joncee Moulder 1044
11. Jess Parras (P) 967
12. Stephanie Lawrenz 940
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