Murray State University Athletics
Murray State
Georgia Southern
11/13/2026 10:34:00 AM | Rifle
Murray State Rifle returns home riding a five-match winning streak to host Georgia Southern on Saturday morning, a matchup that brings one of the nation's hottest teams to Murray after the Eagles knocked off the country's No. 1 and No. 5 teams over the past month.
Last Time Out
The Racers swept their weekend in Columbus, Ohio, opening with a 4725 to win a tri-match against host Ohio State and UTEP on Oct. 31 before firing a 4732 the next day to top UTEP and both of VMI's squads. The highlight of that Sunday match was freshman Anceline Brackman, who put all 60 of her air rifle shots in the center ring for a perfect 600-60X, the first in NCAA history and the first 600 of any kind in Murray State program history. Brackman led all shooters with an 1190 aggregate after adding a 590 in smallbore, while Lea Soulé posted the match's best smallbore score with a 595. That smallbore strength proved decisive, as the Racers won the discipline 2354-2322 to offset a one-point loss to UTEP in air rifle.
Brackman's record day came just a week after she tied the program air rifle record with a 599 in the Oct. 24 home opener against Jacksonville State, a match in which Murray State also set a program team air rifle record of 2386 and Carlotta Salafia set the program individual aggregate record with a 1192.
Scouting the Eagles
Georgia Southern arrives in Murray on a serious roll. The Eagles beat then-No. 1 West Virginia with a 4740 in October for the first win over a top-ranked opponent in program history, and they followed that last Sunday by beating No. 5 Nebraska 4726-4707 in Statesboro. Head coach Soren Butler's program has won six straight Southern Conference titles and reached the NCAA Championships in each of the past two seasons, and it is led by fourth-year shooter and reigning CRCA All-American Bremen Butler.
Series History
The all-time series is tied 2-2, with Georgia Southern taking the last two meetings at the Pat Spurgin Rifle Range: 4731-4691 in January 2024 and a narrow 4728-4720 in January 2025.Â
