Eagles See Strong Results At The Citadel

Saturday, October 3

Charleston, SC

8:30 AM

Georgia Southern University

4506

4596

The Citadel

10/3/2020 1:30:00 PM | Women's Rifle

Pierce has career day in smallbore; Herring posts a 100

SCORECARD

CHARLESTON , S.C. - It was rinse and repeat for the Georgia Southern rifle team as it returned to the Inouye Marksmanship Center Saturday for a tri-match with The Citadel and the Bulldogs' women's team one week after opening the season there. The Eagles scored 4,506 points this week, topping their team air rifle score from last week by two points.

In smallbore, freshman Brianne Staton led the way with a 565 to place fifth. She was followed by, in order, Kinsley Hannon, who shot a 551 in her collegiate smallbore debut to place seventh, Lillian Herring (550; 8th), Amelia Pierce (career-high 548; 9th), Gabby Morrow (season-high 546; 10th) and Erin Ballard (535;12th).

For Pierce, she set career highs in 60-shot smallbore (548), 20-shot standing (177) and 10-shot standing (92).

In air rifle, Ashley Judson led the way with a season-best 580, which placed her third. Staton placed fifth with a career-high 578, followed by Hannon (career-high 573; 8th), Herring (career-high 571; 9th), Ballard (career-high 569; 10th), Morrow (566; 11th) and freshman Amy Visconti (career-best 565; 12th).

Herring posted her first collegiate 100 in a 10-shot frame, coming in the fifth grouping of shots.

Staton led the Eagles with a 1,140 aggregate to place fourth. Hannon (career-high 1,124; 6th), Herring (season-high 1,121; 7th), Morrow (1,112; 8th) and Ballard (1,104; 9th) all placed in the top 10.

Words From Coach Worman:
"We had a second match, against a rival school on our proper field of play, so we started the day with many layers of gratitude already in place. A deeper look at the things that are coming together finds the "froshmores" are working hard and smart and with determination. This is showing up on the line and I was pleased to see that I can change up the counters and still come away with a consistent result. I wasn't expecting their hard work to start paying off like that until next semester, or maybe even next year. Well done, froshmores!"

THE SCORES
The Citadel: 4,596 (2,271 smallbore; 2,325 air rifle)
Georgia Southern: 4,506 (2,209 smallbore; 2,297 air rifle)
The Citadel (W): 3,748 (1,582 smallbore; 2,166 air rifle)

THE INDIVIDUALS (Alphabetical Order)
Erin Ballard
Freshman - Reedsville, W.Va.
Smallbore - 535 (12th)
Air Rifle - 569 (10th; CAREER HIGH)
Aggregate - 1,104 (9th)

Kinsley Hannon
Freshman - Newnan, Ga.
Smallbore - 551 (7th)
Air Rifle - 573 (8th; CAREER HIGH)
Aggregate - 1,124 (6th; CAREER HIGH)

Lillian Herring
Sophomore - York, Pa.
Smallbore - 550 (8th)
Air Rifle - 571 (9th; CAREER HIGH)
Aggregate - 1,121 (7th; SEASON HIGH)

Ashley Judson
Sophomore - Acworth, Ga.
Air Rifle - 580 (3rd; SEASON HIGH)

Gabby Morrow
Sophomore - Locust Grove, Ga.
Smallbore - 546 (10th; SEASON HIGH)
Air Rifle - 566 (11th)
Aggregate - 1,112 (8th)

Amelia Pierce
Sophomore - Greencastle, Pa.
Smallbore - 548 (9th; CAREER HIGH)

Brianne Staton
Freshman - Deatsville, Ala.
Smallbore - 565 (5th)
Air Rifle - 578 (5th; CAREER HIGH)
Aggregate - 1,140 (4th)

Amy Visconti
Freshman - Champlain, N.Y.
Air Rifle - 565 (12th; CAREER HIGH)

Up Next: The Eagles are tentatively scheduled to return to action on Oct. 17 against VMI at the Shooting Sports Education. No fans are allowed in the SSEC this season due to COVID capacity issues.