Records Fall as Eagles Take Down Black Knights

Saturday, October 19

West Point, N.Y.

7:15 AM

Georgia Southern University

4734

4710

Army

10/19/2024 11:33:00 AM | Women's Rifle

Team posts highest score of the season

NCAA SCORECARD

WEST POINT, N.Y. - The record book will get a workout after Saturday's Georgia Southern rifle squad's 4,734 performance at Army West Point. The Eagles set a new school record in smallbore, Tori Watts tied the school record in smallbore and aggregate while Emme Walrath tied the school mark in air rifle.

In smallbore, Georgia Southern broke the school record for a team score with a 2,351 and Watts tied the school record with a 592. Walrath took third with a 588, Emma Pohlmann took fourth with a 587, Ella Goldfaden took sixth with a 584, Bremen Butler took eighth with a 580, Hailey Singleton took 10th with a 578 and Zahra Gonzalez Mazo took 11th with a 577. In prone, four Eagles shot perfect 200s. In the previous 10 years of GS rifle, that had only been done a six times total.

In air rifle, Walrath tied the school mark with a 599. Pohlmann shot that last year and Rosemary Kramer shot it at the 2019 NCAA Championships. Watts finished second with a career-best 598, followed by Goldfaden in third with a 596. Singleton shot a career-best 594 to take fourth. Pohlmann and Butler both tied her mark to finish fifth and sixth, respectively, based on center shots. Gonzalez Mazo shot a 593 to finish eighth.

The Eagles were led in aggregate by Watts, who tied the school record with am 1,182. Walrath was second with an 1,187 and Pohlmann was fourth with an 1,181. Goldfaden placed fifth with an 1,180, Butler took eighth with an 1,174 and Singleton took 10th with a career-best 1,172.

Words From Coach Soren Butler:
"I'm really happy with our performance overall. This is our first road trip of the year and we definitely saw some things we need to differently to prepare, but I'm really happy with the way the girls conducted themselves and the way they performed. We're looking forward to competing again tomorrow. Hail Southern!"

THE SCORES
#3 Georgia Southern: 4,734 (2,351 smallbore; 2,383 air rifle)
#15 Army West Point: 4,710 (2,337 smallbore; 2,373 air rifle)

THE INDIVIDUALS (Alphabetical Order)
Bremen Butler
Sophomore - Fort Wayne, Ind.
Smallbore - 580 (8th)
Air Rifle - 594 (6th)
Aggregate - 1,174 (8th)

Ella Goldfaden
Sophomore - Bat Hefer, Israel
Smallbore - 584 (6th)
Air Rifle - 596 (3rd)
Aggregate - 1,180 (5th)

Zahra Gonzalez Mazo
Sophomore - Logroño, Spain
Smallbore - 577 (11th)
Air Rifle - 593 (8th)
Aggregate - 1,170

Emma Pohlmann
Junior - Nentershausen, Germany
Smallbore - 587 (4th)
Air Rifle - 595 (5th)
Aggregate - 1,181 (4th)

Hailey Singleton
Freshman - Bellevue, Ohio
Smallbore - 578 (10th)
Air Rifle - 594 (4th)
Aggregate - 1,172 (10th)

Emme Walrath
Freshman - Kenosha, Wis.
Smallbore - 588 (3rd)
Air Rifle - 599 (1st)
Aggregate - 1,187 (2nd)

Tori Watts
Junior - Folsom, Calif.
Smallbore - 592 (1st; TIES SCHOOL RECORD)
Air Rifle - 598 (2nd)
Aggregate - 1,190 (1st; TIES SCHOOL RECORD)

UP NEXT: The Eagles will stay in New York to take on the defending national champions and No. 8 TCU Sunday at the Army Range with action starting at 8 a.m.