SEASON STATS
RECORD BOOK
STATESBORO - Coming off two of the best team performances in program history, the Georgia Southern rifle squad is ranked 19th in the country the week by CRCA, marking the highest ranking in program history. The Eagles cracked the top 20 in November of 2017 with a No. 20 ranking.
At the halfway point of the season, and with over two months until their next match, the Eagles are flying high heading to the break. In their last match, the squad set a new program record with a 2,265 in small bore and their 4,579 aggregate is the second-highest mark in program history. The match prior, the Eagles shot a 4,563, the now fourth-best in program history.
Currently, Georgia Southern has a 2,233.833 team average in smallbore, 50.583 points higher than last season's average. In air rifle, the squad is averaging 2,305.677, 34.500 points higher than last year's average and the 4,359.500 team aggregrate average is a whopping 85.083 points higher than last year's team average.
The Eagles also beat No. 20 North Georgia by one point to notch their first top-20 win in program history to claim the Georgia Collegiate Championship.
Other notable marks:
• Brianne Staton's 574 in smallbore on Nov. 19 is tied for the fifth-highest total in program history. She shot a 198 in prone to break that school record by one point. Her 191 in standing at that match is tied for the second-highest score in program history.
• Bella Gamez posted a 192 in kneeling smallbore on Nov. 19, which is tied for the fifth-best mark in program history.
• Four of the top six team smallbore scores in program history have come this fall.
• Two of the top four aggregate scores in program history have come this fall.
• Staton's current 567.167 average in smallbore would be a new program record for highest average in a season. Kinsley Hannon's 559.600 smallbore average would place her sixth and Ashley Judson's 555.000 average would place her eighth.
• Judson's current 582.333 average in air rifle would place her third all-time for a single season and Staton's 582.333 average would place her eighth.
• Staton's current 1,146.000 aggregate average would place her third all-time for a single season while Judson's 1,137.800 would place her seventh and Hannon's 1,136.200 average would place her eighth.
• Lillian Herring set a new career high with a 571 in air rifle on Oct. 3.
• Judson tied her career best with a 588 in air rifle on Nov. 19.
• Amelia Pierce set a new career high with a 548 smallbore on Oct. 3.
• Erin Ballard shot a 99 in an air rifle series on Oct. 31.
• Anna Mayo shot a perfect 10.9 in air rifle on Sept. 26 in Charleston.
• Gabby Morrow shot a career-high 194 in smallbore prone on Oct. 3 and topped her smallbore prone 10-shot high with a 99 on Oct. 31.
• Amy Visconti bested her air rifle high by 14 points with a 573 on Oct. 31 thanks in part to a 98 on a 10-shot series.
The Eagles will return to action on Jan. 31, 2021 against The Citadel and The Citadel Women at the Shooting Sports Education Center in Statesboro.
