Saturday, November 10
Fort Worth, Texas
All Day
TCU
vs
West Virginia
Photo by: Sharon Ellman
11/8/2018 4:14:00 PM | Women's Rifle
TCU Rifle hosts a top-three showdown
FORT WORTH, Texas – The TCU Horned Frogs welcome the No. 2 ranked West Virginia Mountaineers to town for a top-three matchup.
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Both teams come into the match undefeated. The No. 3 ranked Horned Frogs have won their past 12 regular season matches and haven't lost in Fort Worth since Feb. 20, 2016. Entering this weekend TCU is 17-0 at home when shooting a score of 4,700 or better and 43-6 when hosting since the 2009-10 season.
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TCU currently boasts the second-best aggregate average (4700.7) in the country behind West Virginia. The Frogs lead the nation in air rifle average at 2,374.7. They also rank fifth overall in smallbore average with a 2,326.
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The Frogs are led by three of the top eight shooters in the NCAA. Rachel Garner ranks second nationally with a 1,183.1 aggregate average followed by Elizabeth Marsh in fifth with a 1,175.9 and Casey Lutz in eighth with a 1,174.1. West Virginia is paced by Ginny Thrasher, who sits in third with a 1,180.5 average.
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In smallbore, TCU has the second- and eighth-ranked performers in the nation. Garner owns the second-best mark in the country with a 586.6 average, while Marsh is currently averaging a score of 583.6. In their last two matches, Garner and Lutz have both posted season-high scores of 589, tied for the second-best mark in the NCAA this season. WVU is led by Morgan Phillips with an average of 586.3.
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The Frogs have dominated the air rifle discipline on the season with three of the top 11 shooters in the country. Garner ranks second in the nation with a 596.5 average. Lutz sits in fifth with a 595.6 followed by Marsh with a 592.33. TCU has recorded three of the top five team air rifle scores in the NCAA this season. Millica Babic owns the top average score for the Mountaineers with a 595.8 (3rd).
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TCU last faced off against West Virginia last season in Morgantown where they dropped the match, despite shooting a solid score, by a score of 4,727-4,717.
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Both teams come into the match undefeated. The No. 3 ranked Horned Frogs have won their past 12 regular season matches and haven't lost in Fort Worth since Feb. 20, 2016. Entering this weekend TCU is 17-0 at home when shooting a score of 4,700 or better and 43-6 when hosting since the 2009-10 season.
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TCU currently boasts the second-best aggregate average (4700.7) in the country behind West Virginia. The Frogs lead the nation in air rifle average at 2,374.7. They also rank fifth overall in smallbore average with a 2,326.
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The Frogs are led by three of the top eight shooters in the NCAA. Rachel Garner ranks second nationally with a 1,183.1 aggregate average followed by Elizabeth Marsh in fifth with a 1,175.9 and Casey Lutz in eighth with a 1,174.1. West Virginia is paced by Ginny Thrasher, who sits in third with a 1,180.5 average.
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In smallbore, TCU has the second- and eighth-ranked performers in the nation. Garner owns the second-best mark in the country with a 586.6 average, while Marsh is currently averaging a score of 583.6. In their last two matches, Garner and Lutz have both posted season-high scores of 589, tied for the second-best mark in the NCAA this season. WVU is led by Morgan Phillips with an average of 586.3.
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The Frogs have dominated the air rifle discipline on the season with three of the top 11 shooters in the country. Garner ranks second in the nation with a 596.5 average. Lutz sits in fifth with a 595.6 followed by Marsh with a 592.33. TCU has recorded three of the top five team air rifle scores in the NCAA this season. Millica Babic owns the top average score for the Mountaineers with a 595.8 (3rd).
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TCU last faced off against West Virginia last season in Morgantown where they dropped the match, despite shooting a solid score, by a score of 4,727-4,717.
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