Air Force rifle team takes two from UTEP
11/24/2015 12:00:00 AM | Rifle
U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo. - The Air Force rifle team won two matches against the UTEP Miners this past weekend, Saturday, Nov. 21 and Sunday, Nov. 22, in El Paso, Texas. On Saturday, the Falcons won the match 4651-4581. On Sunday, they won 4673-4586; the two wins give Air Force a 6-4 record. Air Force is 9-2 against UTEP since 2006. Air Force is currently ranked sixth in the College Rifle Coaches Poll as of Nov. 23, and UTEP is now ranked No. 18.
In Saturday's match, David Higgins was the top individual with an aggregate 1166. Anna Weilbacher was the runner up with an aggregate 1162, and Ryan Jacobs finished the day with an 1161.
In the individual air rifle standings, Higgins was No. 1 with 589 points. He was the runner up in smallbore scoring a 577 and scored a perfect 200 in prone 1 and 2. In air rifle, his scores were 196, 196, and 197. Spencer Brandon, who was No. 1 in the smallbore standings, with a 579, finished the day with an 1160 aggregate. He also shot a 581 in air rifle. Weilbacher, No. 2 in air rifle (589) finished with a 573 in smallbore. Jacobs was the No. 3 shooter with 577 in smallbore and had a perfect 100 in prone 1. He had a 584 in air rifle with scores of 197, 190, and 197.
In official NCAA scoring, the smallbore squad of Spencer Cap (1160), Higgins, Jacobs, Tyler Rico (1159), and Weilbacher scored 2303 points, and scored a 2348 in air rifle (4651). The Miners finished 2272- 2309 (4581), respectively. Also shooting in Saturday's match was Mary Simonton who finished with a 554 smallbore and a 571 air rifle (1125).
In Sunday's match, Higgins came out ahead again as the top individual shooter with an aggregate 1174, Cap followed with an 1170, Weilbacher was third with an 1163 and Jacobs finished with 1161 points. Rico came in fifth with an 1159 aggregate.
Higgins was the No. 1 shooter in the smallbore standings with 583 points. Higgins showed his skills in prone by shooting another perfect 200. Cap and Brandon followed with 581 and 577 points, respectively. Weilbacher was the fifth highest scorer with a 575. In smallbore, Brandon had a perfect 200 in the prone positions and scored a 193, 192, and 195 in air rifle, while Cap scored a 100 in prone 1, and had a 198, 193, and 198 in air rifle.
In the air rifle standings, Rico was the top performer with a 593. Higgins finished with 591 points. Jacobs had the third highest finish with 590 points followed by Cap and Weilbacher who had 589 and 588 points, respectively.
In NCAA scoring, Cap, Higgins, Jacobs, Rico and Weilbacher scored with 2310 points in smallbore, they scored 2363 points in air rifle (4673). The Miners scored 2274-2312 (4586), respectively. Also in Sunday's match was Kevyn Stinett who shot a 561 smallbore and 581 in air rifle (1142), and Simonton with a 577 smallbore and 580 air rifle (1157).
The team's upcoming schedule includes hosting Ohio State on Dec. 3. The Winter Airgun Championships start Dec. 4-6 at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.
Team Standings:
Nov. 21, 2015
Air Force: 2303 SB; 2348 AR (4651)
UTEP: 2372 SB; 2309 AR (4581)
Top Individuals:
#1 - David Higgins, 577 SB, 589 AR (1166)
#2 - Anna Weilbacher, 573 SB, 589 AR (1162)
#3 - Ryan Jacobs, 577 SB, 584 AR (1161)
#4 - Spencer Brandon, 579 SB, 581 AR (1160)
#5 - Spencer Cap, 574 SB, 586 AR (1160)
#6 - Tyler Rico, 575 SB, 584 AR (1159)
#7 - Kevyn Stinett, 571 SB, 585 AR (1156)
#8 - R. Schoenrock (UTEP), 569 SB, 584 AR (1153)
#9 - Nick Learn, 564 SB, 587 AR (1151)
#10 - Jessica Kinder (UTEP), 564 SB, 585 AR (1149)
Mary Simonton, 554 SB, 571 AR (1125)
Team Standings:
Nov. 22, 2015
Air Force: 2310 SB; 2363 AR (4673)
UTEP: 2274 SB; 2312 AR (4586)
Top Individuals:
#1 - David Higgins, 583 SB, 591 AR (1174)
#2 - Spencer Cap, 581 SB, 589 AR (1170)
#3 - Anna Weilbacher, 575 SB, 588 AR (1163)
#4 - Ryan Jacobs, 571 SB, 590 AR (1161)
#5 - Tyler Rico, 566 SB, 593 AR (1159)
#6 - Nick Learn, 575 SB, 583 AR (1158)
#7 - Spencer Brandon, 577 SB, 580 AR (1157)
#8 - Jessica Kinder (UTEP), 568 SB, 584 AR (1152)
#9 - Rachael Schoenrock (UTEP), 576 SB, 576 AR (1152)
#10 - Amy Bock (UTEP), 572 SB, 578 AR (1150)
Kevyn Stinett, 561 SB, 581 AR (1142)
Mary Simonton, 577 SB, 580 AR (1157)
