Saturday, March 5
Lexington, VA
All Day
Georgia Southern University
at
Southern Conference Championships
Eagle Rifle Ready For SoCon Championships This Weekend
3/3/2022 11:30:00 AM | Women's Rifle
Event takes place at VMI
MEGALINK LIVE SCORING
STATESBORO - Georgia Southern rifle, ranked 17th in the country, closes out the 2021-22 season this weekend at the Southern Conference Rifle Championships, a two-day event hosted by VMI in Lexington, Virginia.
The SoCon will crown team champions in both the smallbore and air rifle disciplines as well as an overall champion. In addition, individual champions will be crowned in each discipline. Smallbore competition will take place Saturday, followed by air rifle on Sunday.
The Schedule *
Saturday, March 5 (Smallbore)
8-9:45 am - Relay 1 (Bella Gamez)
10:30 am-12:15 pm - Relay 2 (Erin Ballard, Amy Visconti)
1-2:45 pm - Relay 3 (Lillian Herring, Kinsley Hannon)
4 pm - Smallbore finals (Top 8 scorers)
Sunday, March 6 (Air Rifle)
7:45-9 am - Relay 1 (Ashley Judson, Amy Visconti)
9:45-11 am - Relay 2 (Erin Ballard)
11:45 am-1 pm - Relay 3 (Anna Mayo, Kinsley Hannon)
2:15 pm - Air Rifle finals (Top 8 scorers)
3:15 pm - Awards Ceremony
Eight teams will be competing for the 2022 title. UAB, The Citadel (co-ed and women's teams), No. 17 Georgia Southern, No. 18 North Georgia, VMI (co-ed and women's teams) and Wofford will compete this weekend. The Eagles went 8-0 in SoCon competition this year and hold the highest marks in smallbore (2,289; tied with North Georgia), air rifle (2,358) and aggregate (4,643) although UNG's top scores and team averages are right there with Georgia Southern's.
The 2022 Southern Conference Rifle Championship will be contested at VMI's Kilbourne Hall. The championship was contested in Lexington, Virginia, 10 times from 1974-85 during the SoCon's first stint sponsoring the sport, from 1956-85, and last year as well.
North Georgia won the 2021 SoCon Rifle Championship after a strong showing in air rifle. Georgia Southern won its first smallbore title, but the Nighthawks pushed past the Eagles in air rifle to take the team title. Georgia Southern's Ashley Judson garnered Air Rifle Co-Athlete of the Year honors for the second year in a row.
Georgia Southern has won two conference air rifle titles (2017, 2019) and a smallbore crown (2021), but has never won the overall team title.
Rifle returned to the SoCon in 2017, adding to the conference's rich rifle history. Current members The Citadel have won a league-best 10 team titles and VMI claimed two titles during the league's first incarnation (1956-85). West Virginia's John Writer, the 1965 and 1966 SoCon individual champion, won a gold medal in the 1972 Munich Olympic Games and a silver in 1968 in Mexico City, both in rifle three positions. ETSU became a player on the national scene from the late 1970s to the mid-1980s, winning seven straight SoCon titles and placing third at the inaugural NCAA Championships in 1980. The Bucs finished no worse than fourth at the NCAA Championships each year from 1980-85. North Georgia won the first two team titles since the return of SoCon rifle before UAB and GS cracked the podium last year.
Live scoring will be available through MegaLink.
STATESBORO - Georgia Southern rifle, ranked 17th in the country, closes out the 2021-22 season this weekend at the Southern Conference Rifle Championships, a two-day event hosted by VMI in Lexington, Virginia.
The SoCon will crown team champions in both the smallbore and air rifle disciplines as well as an overall champion. In addition, individual champions will be crowned in each discipline. Smallbore competition will take place Saturday, followed by air rifle on Sunday.
The Schedule *
Saturday, March 5 (Smallbore)
8-9:45 am - Relay 1 (Bella Gamez)
10:30 am-12:15 pm - Relay 2 (Erin Ballard, Amy Visconti)
1-2:45 pm - Relay 3 (Lillian Herring, Kinsley Hannon)
4 pm - Smallbore finals (Top 8 scorers)
Sunday, March 6 (Air Rifle)
7:45-9 am - Relay 1 (Ashley Judson, Amy Visconti)
9:45-11 am - Relay 2 (Erin Ballard)
11:45 am-1 pm - Relay 3 (Anna Mayo, Kinsley Hannon)
2:15 pm - Air Rifle finals (Top 8 scorers)
3:15 pm - Awards Ceremony
Eight teams will be competing for the 2022 title. UAB, The Citadel (co-ed and women's teams), No. 17 Georgia Southern, No. 18 North Georgia, VMI (co-ed and women's teams) and Wofford will compete this weekend. The Eagles went 8-0 in SoCon competition this year and hold the highest marks in smallbore (2,289; tied with North Georgia), air rifle (2,358) and aggregate (4,643) although UNG's top scores and team averages are right there with Georgia Southern's.
The 2022 Southern Conference Rifle Championship will be contested at VMI's Kilbourne Hall. The championship was contested in Lexington, Virginia, 10 times from 1974-85 during the SoCon's first stint sponsoring the sport, from 1956-85, and last year as well.
North Georgia won the 2021 SoCon Rifle Championship after a strong showing in air rifle. Georgia Southern won its first smallbore title, but the Nighthawks pushed past the Eagles in air rifle to take the team title. Georgia Southern's Ashley Judson garnered Air Rifle Co-Athlete of the Year honors for the second year in a row.
Georgia Southern has won two conference air rifle titles (2017, 2019) and a smallbore crown (2021), but has never won the overall team title.
Rifle returned to the SoCon in 2017, adding to the conference's rich rifle history. Current members The Citadel have won a league-best 10 team titles and VMI claimed two titles during the league's first incarnation (1956-85). West Virginia's John Writer, the 1965 and 1966 SoCon individual champion, won a gold medal in the 1972 Munich Olympic Games and a silver in 1968 in Mexico City, both in rifle three positions. ETSU became a player on the national scene from the late 1970s to the mid-1980s, winning seven straight SoCon titles and placing third at the inaugural NCAA Championships in 1980. The Bucs finished no worse than fourth at the NCAA Championships each year from 1980-85. North Georgia won the first two team titles since the return of SoCon rifle before UAB and GS cracked the podium last year.
Live scoring will be available through MegaLink.
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