NCAA SCORECARD

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Behind a school-record team air rifle score of 2,391, the fifth-ranked Georgia Southern rifle team rallied for a draw with No. 3 Kentucky Sunday morning at Barker Hall, shooting a 4,742 which is the second-highest score in program history.

In smallbore, Ella Goldfaden shot her highest score of the year, a 589, to take third place. Bremen Butler placed fourth with a 588 while Emma Pohlmann (5th), Emme Walrath (7th) and Zahra Gonzalez Mazo (8th) all shot a 587. For Gonzalez Mazo, it marked a career high for the sophomore. Tori Watts shot a 582 (11th) and Hailey Singleton shot a 575 (13th).

In air rifle, Pohlmann tied the school record with a 599 to take second place. Butler (3rd) and Watts (4th) both shot 588s and Walrath's 596 rounded out the record-setting team score. It's tied for the second-highest air rifle score this season in the NCAA. Gonzalez Mazo (589, 10th), Singleton (589, 11th) and Goldfaden (585, 13th) also put up strong scores for the Eagles.

The Eagles were led in aggregate by Butler (3rd) and Pohlmann (4th), who both tallied 1,186 points for the visitors. Walrath's 1,183 placed her fifth while Watts' 1,180 put her in seventh place. Gonzalez Mazo took ninth with an 1,176 and Goldfaden finished 10th with an 1,174.

Words From Coach Soren Butler:
"What a day to be an Eagle! We're so impressed with the team's attitudes and resiliency they've kept this whole trip. Today was another great test against a great team and we really performed well. We shot some world class air rifle today and had great matches across the board. We're looking forward to getting back to Statesboro and preparing for our next matches. Hail Southern!

THE SCORES *
#3 Kentucky: 4,742 (2,360 smallbore; 2,382 air rifle)
#5 Georgia Southern: 4,742 (2,351 smallbore; 2,391 air rifle)

* - first tiebreaker (343-343 center shots); second tiebreaker (UK wins 1,175-1,167)

THE INDIVIDUALS (Alphabetical Order)
Bremen Butler
Sophomore - Fort Wayne, Ind.
Smallbore - 588 (4th)
Air Rifle - 598 (3rd)
Aggregate - 1,186 (3rd)

Ella Goldfaden
Sophomore - Bat Hefer, Israel
Smallbore - 589 (3rd; TIES CAREER HIGH)
Air Rifle - 585 (13th)
Aggregate - 1,174 (10th)

Zahra Gonzalez Mazo
Sophomore - Logroño, Spain
Smallbore - 587 (8th; CAREER HIGH)
Air Rifle - 589 (10th)
Aggregate - 1,176 (9th)

Emma Pohlmann
Junior - Nentershausen, Germany
Smallbore - 587 (5th)
Air Rifle - 599 (2nd; TIES SCHOOL RECORD)
Aggregate - 1,186 (4th)

Hailey Singleton
Freshman - Bellevue, Ohio
Smallbore - 575 (13th)
Air Rifle - 589 (11th)
Aggregate - 1,164

Emme Walrath
Freshman - Kenosha, Wis.
Smallbore - 587 (7th)
Air Rifle - 596 (6th)
Aggregate - 1,183 (5th)

Tori Watts
Junior - Folsom, Calif.
Smallbore - 582 (11th)
Air Rifle - 598 (4th; TIES CAREER HIGH)
Aggregate - 1,180 (7th)

UP NEXT: The Eagles will have a week off before traveling to Fort Worth, Texas, on Jan. 24 to take on No. 4 TCU.