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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Sunday, November 16
Fort Worth, Texas
9 AM
Ole Miss
at
TCU
Rifle Faces No. 2 TCU in Fort Worth
11/15/2025 | Rifle
FORT WORTH, Texas – Ole Miss' ninth-ranked rifle team is traveling to Texas for the second time in the fall to face No. 2 TCU for the first head-to-head matchup as PRC foes on Sunday in Fort Worth.
Six Rebels (2-1,1-1 PRC) are set to travel with the team to face the Horned Frogs (2-1, 1-1 PRC), highlighted by Audrey Gogniat, who has returned to the team after competing in the ISSF World Championship in Cairo, Egypt. Ole Miss was without Gogniat's services last week against No. 8 Alaska Fairbanks. The Rebels dropped their first match of the season against the Nanooks in a narrow 4716-4709 defeat.
Gracie Dinh, Jordan de Jesus and Regan Diamond, who finished in the top three of the individual rankings against the Nanooks, are also joining the Rebels on the trip to Fort Worth. The trio impressed against Alaska Fairbanks, with Diamond tying a career high in smallbore with a 590.
Smallbore sighters are set to start at 9 a.m. CT with only one relay for the Rebels to determine the outcome.
On the Line
2024-25 Season in Review
Ole Miss is coming off one of its most memorable seasons to date, headlined by the top freshmen class in the country. Audrey Gogniat burst onto the collegiate rifle season in the spring semester of competition, sweeping the Patriot Rifle Conference individual titles in February, and following that by becoming Ole Miss' first individual national champion in air rifle at the NCAA Tournament. Throughout the season, Gogniat rewrote Ole Miss' record books by setting the top three smallbore scores and the top two aggregate scores.
Alongside Gogniat, Gracie Dinh became Ole Miss' 13th All-American after earning First Team Smallbore and Honorable Mention Aggregate nods. Dinh had the 12th-best smallbore average in the country last season. Jordan de Jesus, Susan Carter, Claudia Muzik and Kayla Riewe each had strong freshmen campaigns, with de Jesus serving as the anchor for Ole Miss' starting five.
Ole Miss went 10-6, its first 10-win season since 2021-22 and only its third time doing so ever. The team earned a silver medal in smallbore and overall scoring at its inaugural PRC Tournament in February. Additionally, the Rebels bid farewell to all-time competitors Lea Horvath and M'Leah Lambdin, who helped Ole Miss reach the NCAA Tournament each year they spent in Oxford.
Head Coach Will Shaner
Scouting the Opponent
TCU
Katie Zaun of TCU is one of the conference's most prolific scorer but has been outshot by Ole Miss' Audrey Gogniat thus far this season, who is the PRC's top shooter. Zaun is the fifth-best shooter in the country according to aggregate scoring entering the match. In 2023-24, Zaun was the CRCA Rifle Athlete of the Year while leading the Horned Frogs to their fourth national championship under head coach Karen Monez.
Monez has led TCU since 2004 and guided the Horned Frogs to four national championship titles. The Horned Frogs boast the top air rifle average in the country through seven outings, as well the second-best average in smallbore and aggregate scoring. Behind Zaun is Alexandra Rosenlew, who is top-20 in the country in aggregate scoring.
Series History
TCU
Ole Miss has faced off against TCU two times since joining the Patriot Rifle Conference, with a 1-1 overall split. The Horned Frogs bested the Rebels in the regular season bout, which also featured Murray State, but Ole Miss outshot TCU in the PRC Tournament last season. Ole Miss finished second in the overall tournament with TCU finishing third.
In the regular season meeting, TCU's Katie Zaun was the top overall shooter of the day with an 1194 aggregate, while Ole Miss' Audrey Gogniat was fourth overall, 10 points behind Zaun. However, in the PRC Tournament, Gogniat swept the individual smallbore, air rifle and aggregate titles with an Ole Miss record-setting 1197 aggregate. That score is tied for the second-best in NCAA rifle history.
Rebs in the Rankings
The Collegiate Rifle Coaches Association ranked Ole Miss as the No. 9 team in the nation in its most recent rankings.
Three other members of the Patriot Rifle Conference sit in the top 10 rankings. Nebraska sits at the No. 1 spot with TCU sitting right behind at No. 2. UTEP has leapt to No. 7 and defending PRC Champions Alaska Fairbanks sits at eighth. Air Force rounds out the six members of the PRC at No. 10. Ohio State (17) is the other ranked members of the PRC.
Bang Bang
Ole Miss opened the 2025-26 in electrifying fashion, putting up 4735 points at UTEP. The Rebels had only two scores higher than that aggregate last season, and it's tied for the fifth-highest score in program history.
To get there, the Rebels fired a 2352 in smallbore and a 2383 in air rifle. Ole Miss' air rifle score is tied for the third highest in program history. Audrey Gogniat led the charge, scoring 594 in smallbore and 598 in air rifle. She began air rifle with 55 consecutive bullseyes but fell just shy of completing her third career perfect air rifle score.
Four Rebels housed the top four aggregate finishes, with Gracie Dinh, Jordan de Jesus and Regan Diamond following Gogniat in scoring.
Ole Miss will look to build on that momentum for the remainder of the season.
Audrey Gogniat: National Champion
Following a historic freshman campaign where she only appeared in seven matches, Audrey Gogniat is back and looking for improvement. The reigning national air rifle and PRC aggregate champion has made a splash in the collegiate rifle world and has personally rewritten Ole Miss' record books.
Now the owner of the top three smallbore scores in program history, the top aggregate score the NCAA has seen since 2015 and a pair of perfect 600s in air rifle, there's not much to say about Gogniat that hasn't already been said. With her back in the rotation, Gogniat is looking to lead Ole Miss to a team title while continuing to excel as an individual.
Gogniat is the only active student-athlete at Ole Miss who has earned a medal in an Olympic sport, and the seventh in Ole Miss athletic history. She's the only Ole Miss rifle athlete to medal in the Olympics.
It came down to the last shot last season, after Gogniat outlasted a ferocious comeback attempt from Kentucky's Braden Peiser. She fired a 10.6 on the tiebreak shot to Peiser's 9.9.
With her accomplishment, Gogniat is the second Rebel to medal in the national tournament, joining former teammate Lea Horvath. Horvath earned two bronzes in the 2021 national tournament for both smallbore and air rifle.
Gogniat reached the final round after firing the second perfect 600 in air rifle of her career in the preliminary round. She had the highest score of the day, with Peiser and TCU's Katie Zaun firing 599 each. Gogniat and Horvath combined for three perfect scores last season for Ole Miss, showing a collective improvement in the event. Ole Miss was one of two teams, and the only one in the PRC, to fire three total perfect scores last season.
The Le Noirmont, Switzerland, native fired the best individual aggregate score in Ole Miss history with an 1197 mark. It's the highest among all NCAA shooters this season and set the best mark in Division I collegiate rifle since at least 2014-15.
To do that, Gogniat broke her own Ole Miss smallbore record with a 597 mark, as well as becoming the second Rebel to ever fire a perfect 600 in air rifle. In total, Gogniat missed only three bullseyes on the weekend while recording 99 center shots.
In her collegiate debut, Gogniat toed the line for the first time as a Rebel on Jan. 18 and casually swept the No. 1 spot in each event of the day. She tied the then-program record in smallbore with a 594 mark and followed that with a 599 finish in air rifle to form an 1193 aggregate. All three scores were the highest of the day in the field as she reached an Ole Miss season-high 100 center shots.
In the NCAA Qualifier, she fired a 596 in smallbore. In doing so, she officially holds the three highest smallbore scores by an individual in Ole Miss school history.
The Sophomore Six
Aptly nicknamed the "Sophomore Six," all members of the 2023 signing class are returning to Oxford for their second season of competition for the Rebels. Arguably the most talented class of athletes in all collegiate rifle, this group boasts some of the top competitors entering the 2025-26 campaign.
Audrey Gogniat, Gracie Dinh and Jordan de Jesus headline the group as the three most experienced competitors from last season, with Susan Carter, Claudia Muzik and Kayla Riewe providing invaluable depth to the lineup. All six were counters last season in at least one event, with Dinh being the only Rebel during the 2024-25 season to serve as counter in both smallbore and air rifle in all 13 appearances.
Rebs on Socials
For more information on Ole Miss rifle, follow the Rebels on Facebook (OleMissRifle), Twitter/X (@OleMissRifle), Instagram (@OleMissRifle) and at OleMissSports.com.
Six Rebels (2-1,1-1 PRC) are set to travel with the team to face the Horned Frogs (2-1, 1-1 PRC), highlighted by Audrey Gogniat, who has returned to the team after competing in the ISSF World Championship in Cairo, Egypt. Ole Miss was without Gogniat's services last week against No. 8 Alaska Fairbanks. The Rebels dropped their first match of the season against the Nanooks in a narrow 4716-4709 defeat.
Gracie Dinh, Jordan de Jesus and Regan Diamond, who finished in the top three of the individual rankings against the Nanooks, are also joining the Rebels on the trip to Fort Worth. The trio impressed against Alaska Fairbanks, with Diamond tying a career high in smallbore with a 590.
Smallbore sighters are set to start at 9 a.m. CT with only one relay for the Rebels to determine the outcome.
On the Line
- Ole Miss' 67-point victory over UTEP is its largest margin of victory since defeating John Jay College by over 400 points in 2024.
- Jordan de Jesus secured Ole Miss' win against Murray State with a 10 on her final shot in air rifle, giving the Rebels a one-point victory.
- The Rebels' roster features two juniors and six sophomores, who each competed multiple times last season.
- Ole Miss welcomed two freshmen, Savannah Criddle and Jadyn Morgan, as part of National Signing Day 2024.
- The 2025-26 season marks Ole Miss' 30th season of competition.
- Head coach Will Shaner began his first season at the helm for the Rebels.
- Ole Miss hired former student-athlete Katie Tedeschi as assistant coach prior to the 2025-26 season.
- Sophomore sharpshooter Audrey Gogniat won the 2025 individual air rifle championship at the NCAA Tournament in Lexington, Kentucky.
- Gogniat holds Ole Miss' individual smallbore and aggregate record, firing a 597 and 1197, respectively. She also tied the program air rifle record two times, shooting a perfect 600.
- Sophomore Gracie Dinh was Ole Miss' lone CRCA All-American last season, garnering First Team Smallbore and Honorable Mention Aggregate nods.
2024-25 Season in Review
Ole Miss is coming off one of its most memorable seasons to date, headlined by the top freshmen class in the country. Audrey Gogniat burst onto the collegiate rifle season in the spring semester of competition, sweeping the Patriot Rifle Conference individual titles in February, and following that by becoming Ole Miss' first individual national champion in air rifle at the NCAA Tournament. Throughout the season, Gogniat rewrote Ole Miss' record books by setting the top three smallbore scores and the top two aggregate scores.
Alongside Gogniat, Gracie Dinh became Ole Miss' 13th All-American after earning First Team Smallbore and Honorable Mention Aggregate nods. Dinh had the 12th-best smallbore average in the country last season. Jordan de Jesus, Susan Carter, Claudia Muzik and Kayla Riewe each had strong freshmen campaigns, with de Jesus serving as the anchor for Ole Miss' starting five.
Ole Miss went 10-6, its first 10-win season since 2021-22 and only its third time doing so ever. The team earned a silver medal in smallbore and overall scoring at its inaugural PRC Tournament in February. Additionally, the Rebels bid farewell to all-time competitors Lea Horvath and M'Leah Lambdin, who helped Ole Miss reach the NCAA Tournament each year they spent in Oxford.
Head Coach Will Shaner
- This year marks his first season as the Rebels head coach, after being promoted following two seasons as assistant coach.
- This is Shaner's first head coaching gig.
- He earned the first victory as a head coach against UTEP.
- A former collegiate shooter, he competed with Kentucky from 2018-22.
- Shaner was an 11-time first team All-American at Kentucky, where he helped the Wildcats win two team national championships.
- He earned CRCA Senior Shooter of the year in 2021-22. That same year, he earned the NCAA Individual Smallbore National Title.
- Shaner competed for Team USA at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, winning the gold medal in the 10-meter air rifle event.
Scouting the Opponent
TCU
Katie Zaun of TCU is one of the conference's most prolific scorer but has been outshot by Ole Miss' Audrey Gogniat thus far this season, who is the PRC's top shooter. Zaun is the fifth-best shooter in the country according to aggregate scoring entering the match. In 2023-24, Zaun was the CRCA Rifle Athlete of the Year while leading the Horned Frogs to their fourth national championship under head coach Karen Monez.
Monez has led TCU since 2004 and guided the Horned Frogs to four national championship titles. The Horned Frogs boast the top air rifle average in the country through seven outings, as well the second-best average in smallbore and aggregate scoring. Behind Zaun is Alexandra Rosenlew, who is top-20 in the country in aggregate scoring.
Series History
TCU
Ole Miss has faced off against TCU two times since joining the Patriot Rifle Conference, with a 1-1 overall split. The Horned Frogs bested the Rebels in the regular season bout, which also featured Murray State, but Ole Miss outshot TCU in the PRC Tournament last season. Ole Miss finished second in the overall tournament with TCU finishing third.
In the regular season meeting, TCU's Katie Zaun was the top overall shooter of the day with an 1194 aggregate, while Ole Miss' Audrey Gogniat was fourth overall, 10 points behind Zaun. However, in the PRC Tournament, Gogniat swept the individual smallbore, air rifle and aggregate titles with an Ole Miss record-setting 1197 aggregate. That score is tied for the second-best in NCAA rifle history.
Rebs in the Rankings
The Collegiate Rifle Coaches Association ranked Ole Miss as the No. 9 team in the nation in its most recent rankings.
Three other members of the Patriot Rifle Conference sit in the top 10 rankings. Nebraska sits at the No. 1 spot with TCU sitting right behind at No. 2. UTEP has leapt to No. 7 and defending PRC Champions Alaska Fairbanks sits at eighth. Air Force rounds out the six members of the PRC at No. 10. Ohio State (17) is the other ranked members of the PRC.
Bang Bang
Ole Miss opened the 2025-26 in electrifying fashion, putting up 4735 points at UTEP. The Rebels had only two scores higher than that aggregate last season, and it's tied for the fifth-highest score in program history.
To get there, the Rebels fired a 2352 in smallbore and a 2383 in air rifle. Ole Miss' air rifle score is tied for the third highest in program history. Audrey Gogniat led the charge, scoring 594 in smallbore and 598 in air rifle. She began air rifle with 55 consecutive bullseyes but fell just shy of completing her third career perfect air rifle score.
Four Rebels housed the top four aggregate finishes, with Gracie Dinh, Jordan de Jesus and Regan Diamond following Gogniat in scoring.
Ole Miss will look to build on that momentum for the remainder of the season.
Audrey Gogniat: National Champion
Following a historic freshman campaign where she only appeared in seven matches, Audrey Gogniat is back and looking for improvement. The reigning national air rifle and PRC aggregate champion has made a splash in the collegiate rifle world and has personally rewritten Ole Miss' record books.
Now the owner of the top three smallbore scores in program history, the top aggregate score the NCAA has seen since 2015 and a pair of perfect 600s in air rifle, there's not much to say about Gogniat that hasn't already been said. With her back in the rotation, Gogniat is looking to lead Ole Miss to a team title while continuing to excel as an individual.
Gogniat is the only active student-athlete at Ole Miss who has earned a medal in an Olympic sport, and the seventh in Ole Miss athletic history. She's the only Ole Miss rifle athlete to medal in the Olympics.
It came down to the last shot last season, after Gogniat outlasted a ferocious comeback attempt from Kentucky's Braden Peiser. She fired a 10.6 on the tiebreak shot to Peiser's 9.9.
With her accomplishment, Gogniat is the second Rebel to medal in the national tournament, joining former teammate Lea Horvath. Horvath earned two bronzes in the 2021 national tournament for both smallbore and air rifle.
Gogniat reached the final round after firing the second perfect 600 in air rifle of her career in the preliminary round. She had the highest score of the day, with Peiser and TCU's Katie Zaun firing 599 each. Gogniat and Horvath combined for three perfect scores last season for Ole Miss, showing a collective improvement in the event. Ole Miss was one of two teams, and the only one in the PRC, to fire three total perfect scores last season.
The Le Noirmont, Switzerland, native fired the best individual aggregate score in Ole Miss history with an 1197 mark. It's the highest among all NCAA shooters this season and set the best mark in Division I collegiate rifle since at least 2014-15.
To do that, Gogniat broke her own Ole Miss smallbore record with a 597 mark, as well as becoming the second Rebel to ever fire a perfect 600 in air rifle. In total, Gogniat missed only three bullseyes on the weekend while recording 99 center shots.
In her collegiate debut, Gogniat toed the line for the first time as a Rebel on Jan. 18 and casually swept the No. 1 spot in each event of the day. She tied the then-program record in smallbore with a 594 mark and followed that with a 599 finish in air rifle to form an 1193 aggregate. All three scores were the highest of the day in the field as she reached an Ole Miss season-high 100 center shots.
In the NCAA Qualifier, she fired a 596 in smallbore. In doing so, she officially holds the three highest smallbore scores by an individual in Ole Miss school history.
The Sophomore Six
Aptly nicknamed the "Sophomore Six," all members of the 2023 signing class are returning to Oxford for their second season of competition for the Rebels. Arguably the most talented class of athletes in all collegiate rifle, this group boasts some of the top competitors entering the 2025-26 campaign.
Audrey Gogniat, Gracie Dinh and Jordan de Jesus headline the group as the three most experienced competitors from last season, with Susan Carter, Claudia Muzik and Kayla Riewe providing invaluable depth to the lineup. All six were counters last season in at least one event, with Dinh being the only Rebel during the 2024-25 season to serve as counter in both smallbore and air rifle in all 13 appearances.
Rebs on Socials
For more information on Ole Miss rifle, follow the Rebels on Facebook (OleMissRifle), Twitter/X (@OleMissRifle), Instagram (@OleMissRifle) and at OleMissSports.com.
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