Friday, February 6
Statesboro, GA
All Day
Georgia Southern University
vs
SoCon Rifle Championships
The Drive For Five Is On This Weekend
2/4/2026 1:30:00 PM | Women's Rifle
SoCon Championshup takes place in Statesboro
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STATESBORO - The sixth-ranked Georgia Southern rifle is back in action this weekend as it hosts the Southern Conference Rifle Championships, a two-day event hosted at the Shooting Sports Education Center, as it looks for its fifth straight conference crown.
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 Friday, followed by air rifle on Saturday.
The Schedule
Friday, Feb. 6 (Smallbore)
8-9:30 am - Relay 1 (Emme Walrath, Bremen Butler)
10:05 am-11:35 am - Relay 2 (Zahra Gonzalez Mazo, Emma Pohlmann)
12:10 pm-1:40 pm - Relay 3 (Tori Watts)
2:35 pm - Smallbore finals (Top 8 scorers)
Saturday, Feb. 7 (Air Rifle)
7:45-9 am - Relay 1 (Bremen Butler, Emme Walrath)
9:35-10:50 am - Relay 2 (Emma Pohlmann, Hailey Singleton)
11:25 am-12:40 pm - Relay 3 (Tori Watts)
1:35 pm - Air Rifle finals (Top 8 scorers)
30 minutes following end of finals - Awards Ceremony
Eight teams will be competing for the 2026 title. UAB, The Citadel (co-ed and women's teams), Georgia Southern, North Georgia, VMI (co-ed and women's teams) and Wofford will compete this weekend.
The 2026 Southern Conference Rifle Championship will be contested at the Shooting Sports Education Center. Admission is free. Fans may park across the street from the facility at the RAC basketball courts.
Georgia Southern won the 2022, 2023, 2024 and SoCon Rifle Championships and will be looking for a five-peat this weekend. Georgia Southern has won four conference air rifle titles (2017, 2019, 2024 and 2025) and five smallbore crowns (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025).
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.
Live scoring will be available through Shooter Online.
STATESBORO - The sixth-ranked Georgia Southern rifle is back in action this weekend as it hosts the Southern Conference Rifle Championships, a two-day event hosted at the Shooting Sports Education Center, as it looks for its fifth straight conference crown.
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 Friday, followed by air rifle on Saturday.
The Schedule
Friday, Feb. 6 (Smallbore)
8-9:30 am - Relay 1 (Emme Walrath, Bremen Butler)
10:05 am-11:35 am - Relay 2 (Zahra Gonzalez Mazo, Emma Pohlmann)
12:10 pm-1:40 pm - Relay 3 (Tori Watts)
2:35 pm - Smallbore finals (Top 8 scorers)
Saturday, Feb. 7 (Air Rifle)
7:45-9 am - Relay 1 (Bremen Butler, Emme Walrath)
9:35-10:50 am - Relay 2 (Emma Pohlmann, Hailey Singleton)
11:25 am-12:40 pm - Relay 3 (Tori Watts)
1:35 pm - Air Rifle finals (Top 8 scorers)
30 minutes following end of finals - Awards Ceremony
Eight teams will be competing for the 2026 title. UAB, The Citadel (co-ed and women's teams), Georgia Southern, North Georgia, VMI (co-ed and women's teams) and Wofford will compete this weekend.
The 2026 Southern Conference Rifle Championship will be contested at the Shooting Sports Education Center. Admission is free. Fans may park across the street from the facility at the RAC basketball courts.
Georgia Southern won the 2022, 2023, 2024 and SoCon Rifle Championships and will be looking for a five-peat this weekend. Georgia Southern has won four conference air rifle titles (2017, 2019, 2024 and 2025) and five smallbore crowns (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025).
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.
Live scoring will be available through Shooter Online.
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