UNG rifle team finishes second in home event
Press Release February 14, 2022PRESS RELEASE
DAHLONEGA – The No. 17 University of North Georgia rifle team finished second in its home event Sunday, falling to No. 18 Georgia Southern while defeating Wofford.
North Georgia finished with an aggregate score of 4611, 14 points behind the Eagles. Wofford’s aggregate score was 4322.
Jaden-Ann Fraser was the top Nighthawk shooter on the day and third best on the day with an aggregate 1162. Finishing as the top Nighthawk in both disciplines, Fraser was the top air rifle shooter with a 588. One point behind her in air was Alyssa Kiser after she started the discipline with a perfect 100 string.
Kiser was the fourth best shooter on aggregate while Jayne Fraley finished fifth on the day.
North Georgia will next be in action at the NCAA qualfier at West Virginia Saturday in a match that will also serve as a SoCon match against VMI.
UNG Rifle Team beats The Citadel
Business February 13, 2022PRESS RELEASE
DAHLONEGA – The No. 17 University of North Georgia rifle team prevailed in a top 20 matchup, defeating No. 19 The Citadel, 4605-4581. UNG also defeated The Citadel’s women’s team that scored 4292 in aggregate.
UNG was tops in both smallbore and air rifle, edging the Bulldogs by a single point in the latter. The Nighthawks also claimed the top three spots in the individual standings in the win.
Alyssa Kiser was the top shooter on the day in aggregate, finishing atop the air rifle standings with a 585. Dawson Kissik was one point behind Kiser in the aggregate standings, claiming the top smallbore score by 10 points. His 581 in the smallbore included a perfect 100 string as well as a 99 in the prone position.
Jaden-Ann Fraser finished third in aggregate, ending with the second best air rifle score and the fourth best smallbore tally.
North Georgia will be back in action tomorrow at the COL Raymond C. Hamilton Rifle Range as they welcome No. 18 Georgia Southern and Wofford to Dahlonega.
UNG rifle team earns win over Wofford
Press Release October 26, 2021PRESS RELEASE
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The No. 18 University of North Georgia rifle team dominated Saturday, defeating a short-handed Wofford team, 4555-3210, Saturday in Southern Conference action.
Kevin Vaughn was the top performer in the meet, finishing with an aggregate score of 1145. Vaughn scored 570 in smallbore before a 575 in air rifle. His prone shooting in the smallbore discipline was scored at 99-99 in the two strings.
Alyssa Kiser finished one point back of Vaughn in the aggregate scoring, finishing as the top air rifle shooter for UNG. Her 586 in the discipline was punctuated by the final string scoring at a perfect 100.e
Dawson Kissik and Jaden-Ann Fraser finished third and fourth, respectively, in the aggregate rankings.
North Georgia will compete next weekend at home against Jacksonville State.
UNG freshman sets new rifling record as No. 19
Business October 30, 2018DAHLONEGA, GA
According to a press release from the University of North Georgia Athletics Department, UNG freshman, Ricky Medina, shot an aggregate score of 1170, beating the previous aggregate scoring record by four points as the No. 19 UNG rifle team defeated the University of Alabama Saturday at the COL Raymond C. Hamilton Rifle Range. Clemson also shot in the event, but they do not count in the results, due to the Tigers competing as a club sport.
Medina tied the smallbore scoring record, firing a 584 in the discipline. He was perfect in the prone position, scoring two perfect 100 strings in the process. He coupled that with a 586 in the air rifle discipline to defeat the field by 19 points in the aggregate scoring.
UNG shot a season-high 4617 as a team, finishing just five points off the school record in aggregate, and had the top three shooters with Medina, Tobin Sanctuary and Kimberlee Nettles.
Other highlights from the event were personal records for Veronica Stanley in smallbore (567), Eric Azotea in air rifle (573) and Lucas Gilliland in air rifle (582).
UNG women’s soccer seniors earn all-region honors
University of North Georgia November 29, 2018DAHLONEGA, GA
According to press release from the University of North Georgia Athletic’s Department, UNG women’s soccer seniors, Renee VanHorn and Asa Thorsen, were announced as the newest members of the United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Region team. VanHorn earned second team honors, and Thorsen was named to the third team.
VanHorn finished in fourth place at the Peach Belt Conference, with 12 goals for the season. She also added three assists, bringing her collective total to 27 points and six game-winning goals.
Thorsen scored two goals, assisted on three other goals, and was a key player in the midfield for UNG.
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CHARLESTON, S.C. – Ruthanne Conner shot a 584 in smallbore, breaking the previous individual smallbore record, as the University of North Georgia rifle team competed against some of the best rifle teams in the country Saturday at The Citadel.
North Georgia broke team records in smallbore with a score of 2291 and aggregate with a score of 4608. Conner finished in second place overall in smallbore, breaking Matt Settele’s previous record of 581. Dakota Spivey finished in eighth in air rifle with a score of 588. Eric Azotea finished with personal records in both air rifle and smallbore, while Kimberlee Nettles finished with a personal best in air rifle as well. The Nighthawks will travel to Ole Miss to take part in the Ole Miss Invitational next Saturday, September 30. |