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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss Rifle Opens Season This Weekend
9/21/2000 | Rifle
Sept. 21, 2000
OXFORD, Miss. - The Ole Miss Rifle team will open the 2000-01 season on Saturday when it hosts Texas Christian. With two veteran shooters and three talented newcomers for a season in which Ole Miss has its sights set on making the NCAA championship round for the first time in school history.
"We are excited about opening our season at home," said fifth-year head coach Valerie Boothe. "Texas Christian be a good challenge for our team."
Returning for the Rebels are Samantha Ball, a senior from New Albany, Miss., and Maranda Stockton, a sophomore from Livingston, Tenn. Ball, who averaged 349.0 for 1999-00, ranked fourth on the team in rifle competition. Stockton led the team with a 374.8 average and a school record score of 383 against Memphis in 1999.
Among the newcomers are Misty Ballard, a junior from Glen, Miss., Kristin Parker, a freshman from Fort Mill, S.C., and Kathleen Trickett, a freshman from Woburn, Mass.
"If these kids really put it together and achieve the goals they set for themselves, we will definitely reach the NCAA's," said Boothe. "The team is a very close group. They do a lot of things together, they really care about each other.
The Rebels will return to action on Oct. 14-15 when they hosts the Ole Miss Invitational.
