Saturday, November 16
Lexington, Va.
9 AM
Georgia Southern University
at
VMI
PREVIEW: Southern Back in Action at VMI
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STATESBORO - After nearly a month off from competition, the second-ranked Georgia Southern rifle squad returns to action on Saturday, traveling to Virginia to take on VMI co-ed and VMI women in a tri-match at Kilbourne Hall. Action begins at 9 a.m. with the five counters from each squad shooting. All seven Eagle student-athletes are scheduled to shoot in the match.
The matches against both squads will serve a SoCon matched for Georgia Southern The Eagles have won 23 consecutive SoCon matches dating back to a Oct. 31, 2020 loss to UAB at home.
Georgia Southern last shot on Oct. 20 at Army, posting a school-record 4,745 against TCU. The Eagles currently hold the third-best team aggregate average in the country at 4,728.8, trailing only Alaska Fairbanks and West Virginia (4,739.5). Southern's smallbore average of 2,346.6 is third-best in the country and its air rifle average of 2,382.2 is tied for third best. VMI's co-ed is averaging 4,572.8 in aggregate while its women's team is averaging 4,530.8 in aggregate.
Live targets for the match can be viewed via MegaLink. A link are on the Rifle Schedule Page. Choose the Georgia Southern range, and then the lanes you'd like to watch (if not all of them).
The Schedule:
Smallbore Relay #1 Call to the Line: 8:45 am
Sighters and Prep: 9:00 am
First Shot: 9:15 am
Smallbore ends: 10:45 am
Smallbore Relay #2 and Air Rifle Relay #1 Call to the Line: 11:15 am
Sighters and Prep: 11:30 am
First Shot: 11:30 am
Air rifle ends: 12:45 pm
Smallbore ends: 1:00 pm
Air Rifle Relay #2 Call to the Line: 1:30 pm
Sighters and Prep: 1:45 pm
First Shot: 2:00 pm
Air rifle ends: 3:15 pm
The matches against both squads will serve a SoCon matched for Georgia Southern The Eagles have won 23 consecutive SoCon matches dating back to a Oct. 31, 2020 loss to UAB at home.
Georgia Southern last shot on Oct. 20 at Army, posting a school-record 4,745 against TCU. The Eagles currently hold the third-best team aggregate average in the country at 4,728.8, trailing only Alaska Fairbanks and West Virginia (4,739.5). Southern's smallbore average of 2,346.6 is third-best in the country and its air rifle average of 2,382.2 is tied for third best. VMI's co-ed is averaging 4,572.8 in aggregate while its women's team is averaging 4,530.8 in aggregate.
Live targets for the match can be viewed via MegaLink. A link are on the Rifle Schedule Page. Choose the Georgia Southern range, and then the lanes you'd like to watch (if not all of them).
The Schedule:
Smallbore Relay #1 Call to the Line: 8:45 am
Sighters and Prep: 9:00 am
First Shot: 9:15 am
Smallbore ends: 10:45 am
Smallbore Relay #2 and Air Rifle Relay #1 Call to the Line: 11:15 am
Sighters and Prep: 11:30 am
First Shot: 11:30 am
Air rifle ends: 12:45 pm
Smallbore ends: 1:00 pm
Air Rifle Relay #2 Call to the Line: 1:30 pm
Sighters and Prep: 1:45 pm
First Shot: 2:00 pm
Air rifle ends: 3:15 pm
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