Eagles Knock Off #12 Air Force

Saturday, January 17

Statesboro, GA

8 AM

Georgia Southern University

4717

4703

Air Force

1/17/2026 1:40:00 PM | Women's Rifle

Team Moves to 17-2 on the season

NCAA SCORECARD

STATESBORO - The sixth-ranked Georgia Southern rifle team started the spring portion of its schedule with a 4717-4703 victory over 12-ranked Air Force Saturday morning at the Shooting Sports Education Center to move to 17-2 on the season.

In smallbore, Emme Walrath took first place with a 591 while Bremen Butler took second with a 588. The Falcons took the next three places to help pace them to a 2335 and win the discipline by one point.

In air rifle, the Eagles got another strong performance from Butler to roar back with a 2,382 to take the aggregate win. After shooting a nine in her third shot, Butler reeled off 56 10s to shoot her fourth 599 of the season to take first place. Matilda Eylander placed third with a 595 while Walrath (51x) and Emma Pohlmann (49x) tied for fourth but Walrath won the tiebreaker based on center shots. .

The Eagles took the top two spots in aggregate, led by Butler's 1,187. Walrath took second with a 1,185.

Words From Coach Soren Butler: "Tough start back. Definitely didn't expect this outcome but we're looking forward to having an opportunity to bounce back tomorrow. It'll be a good opportunity to see what we're actually made of. We had some really solid individual performances from Emme in smallbore and Bremen in air. I'm excited to see what the girls do tomorrow. Hail Southern!"

THE SCORES
#6 Georgia Southern: 4,717 (2,335 smallbore; 2,382 air rifle)
#12 Air Force: 4,703 (2,336 smallbore; 2,367 air rifle)

THE INDIVIDUALS (Alphabetical Order)
Bremen Butler
Junior - Fort Wayne, Ind.
Smallbore - 588 (2nd)
Air Rifle - 599 (1st)
Aggregate - 1,187 (1st)

Matilda Eylander
Freshman - Adelaide, South Australia
Smallbore - 571 (12th)
Air Rifle - 595 (3rd)
Aggregate - 1,166 (9th)

Zahra Gonzalez Mazo
Junior - Logroño, Spain
Smallbore - 575 (10th)
Air Rifle - 582 (15th)
Aggregate - 1,157

Emma Pohlmann
Senior - Nentershausen, Germany
Smallbore - 577 (8th)
Air Rifle - 594 (5th)
Aggregate - 1,171 (6th)

Hailey Singleton
Sophomore - Bellevue, Ohio
Smallbore - 576 (9th)
Air Rifle - 593 (7th)
Aggregate - 1,169 (8th)

Emme Walrath
Sophomore - Kenosha, Wisc.
Smallbore - 91 (1st)
Air Rifle - 594 (4th)
Aggregate - 1,185 (2nd)

Tori Watts
Senior - Folsom, Calif.
Smallbore - 579 (6th)
Air Rifle - 591 (8th)
Aggregate - 1,170 (7th)

UP NEXT: The Eagles will return to action on Sunday, hosting Air Force again, along with The Citadel mixed team and The Citadel women team. The first of two relays begins at 8 a.m. at the Shooting Sports Education Center.