STATESBORO, Ga., - University of Pikeville archery wrapped up their 2023-24 season with a third-place finish at the 2024 USA Archery Collegiate Target Nationals this past weekend.  

In the ranking round, Maggie Brensinger finished first in the women's recurve and broke multiple records in the process. Brensinger shot a 620, which is a new collegiate national record, a U21 national record, and a U21 world record.  Matthew Russell shot a 699 in the men's compound, good for fifth place. Allison Collinsworth and Alicia Aviles also scored team points for finishing top eight in the barebow and fixed pins. Olivia Hale set a school record of 602 in the recurve. 

Brensinger also took first place in the barebow elimination round while Nate Harper took third in the men's fixed pins. In the women's recurve, Olivia Hale finished second. 

The Bears earned two medals in the official team rounds, one in the women's barebow and one in the women's fixed pins. The team of Maggie Brensinger, Allison Collinsworth, and Morrighain Nyer edged out Lindsey Wilson for first in the barebow while the team of Alicia Aviles, Emily Dendinger, and Hunter Tunstill took silver in the fixed pins. Olivia Hale, Bella Barrett, and Anna Howard finished fourth in the recurve. In the men's compound, Matthew Russell, Caden Jones, and Braydin White also finished fourth. 

UPIKE had two gold medals in the mixed teams, starting with Matthew Russell and Alyssa Tenney taking a 154-150 win over Union Commonwealth in the compound mixed team final. The other gold medal came after the team of John Shelby Stephens and Maggie Brensinger won 5-4 over Texas A&M in the mixed barebow final. 

USA Archery also released the All-Americans, and UPIKE was well represented. UPIKE Archery's All-Americans were Olivia Hale in the recurve, Matthew Russell in the compound, John Shelby Stephens in the barebow, Maggie Brensinger in barebow, Allison Collinsworth in barebow, Morraghain Nyer in barebow, Nate Harper in fixed pins, Alicia Aviles in fixed pins, and Hunter Tunstill in fixed pins. 

Maggie Brensinger was also named All-Around Archer of the Year in the women's barebow and Nate Harper was named All-Around Archer of the Year in the men's fixed pins. 

As a team, the Bears finished with 98.0 team points and finished third out of 49 teams. With the result, UPIKE archery closes out the 2023-24 season. 

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