Athletics

Eagles on the Virtual Battlefield

Eagle Esports Brings GATA to College Call of Duty League Georgia Southern University student-athletes have left their mark on fields and courts, the track and the range. Now they’re also creating a name for themselves on the battlefield — the virtual battlefield, that is. Eagle Esports is a group of Georgia Southern student-gamers who play the Call of…
Women’s Rifle Team Wins 2022 Southern Conference Championship

The flashing lights of the black SUV escort was the first thing you saw. Then the bus holding the Georgia Southern Rifle Team rounded the corner towards the Shooting Sports Education Center on March 6, their homecoming from the 2022 conference meet. Cheerleaders, coaches and fans hooted and hollered as the Southern Conference Rifle Champions…
Women’s Golf Win First Sun Belt Championship

Freshman Sarunchana Rattanasin earned medalist honors, senior Mia Kness tied for second and Georgia Southern won the Sun Belt Women’s Golf Championship on Tuesday, April 19, at the LPGA International Hills Course in Daytona Beach, Florida. It’s the first Sun Belt women’s golf title for the Eagles as Georgia Southern began its women’s golf program…
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WOMEN’S TENNIS Women’s Tennis Notches Fifth Straight Winning Season Georgia Southern’s women’s tennis team’s winning season ended in the first round of the 2022 Sun Belt Conference Women’s Tennis Championships held in Peachtree City, Georgia. They were eliminated from the tournament by Louisiana. Georgia Southern finished its season at 12-11, its fifth straight winning season…
Eagle Offense Soars in Blue-White Game

Under new Head Coach Clay Helton, offense abounded at Georgia Southern’s annual Blue vs. White Spring Game on April 23. The White Squad (offense) amassed 51 points and nearly 700 yards of offense to the Blue Squad’s (defense) 28 points thanks to several big stops. In front of a crowd of more than 4,000 fans,…
Home of the Pirates

Georgia Southern to Open Armstrong Hall of Fame Exhibit on Savannah Campus By 2017, the Armstrong State University Pirates were an NCAA Division II sports powerhouse. It was their 50th year in collegiate athletics, during which time they won 11 National Championships, 97 Peach Belt Conference Championships, made 148 NCAA Championship appearances and produced 316…
Against the Current

Meredith Novack finds her lane at Georgia Southern, breaks world record and convention Meredith Novack finds her lane at Georgia Southern, breaks world record and convention A professional swimmer and triathlete, world-record holder, coach, motivator and model, Meredith Novack has heard it all. You’re too short. You’re too small. You’re too old. And her personal favorite — you…
Championship Berth

Women’s Soccer Battles to the End in Team’s First Sun Belt Title Match In a close title match with defending champions South Alabama, the Eagles fought hard, but ended their first Sun Belt Championship run after a crushing second-half Jaguars score. South Alabama built a 10-1 edge in shots in the first half, but both…
A Winning Season

Eagles Quarterfinals Comeback Falls Short in Sun Belt Volleyball Tournament In just their fourth appearance in the Sun Belt Tournament since joining the conference in 2014, Georgia Southern fell just short of a comeback, losing to the University of Texas-Arlington, 3-2. The quarterfinal game, held on Nov. 19 in Foley, Alabama, was a rematch against…
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MEN’S TENNIS NEW COACH IN CHARGE Georgia Southern director of athletics Jared Benko named Jeremy Bayon head coach of the men’s tennis team. Bayon comes to Statesboro after two successful seasons as an assistant coach with the Nebraska women’s tennis program and has 11 years of experience coaching men’s tennis in the Southeastern Conference. At…