Falcons Preview Conference Championship Site Sunday at Ball State

BGSU GYMNASTICS WEEKLY SCHEDULE
DATE	OPPONENT	TIME
2/28/16	vs. Ball State	1 p.m. (ET)

Bowling Green (4-8, 0-3 MAC)
vs.
Ball State (5-8, 0-5 MAC)
Sunday, February 21, 2016; 1:00 p.m. ET
Worthen Arena / Muncie, Ind.
ESPN3
LIVE STATS
MEET NOTES
PERFORMANCE LIST

Bowling Green, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University gymnastics team has now posted back-to-back scores of 195 plus, as the Falcons look for their third in a row against Mid-American conference foe Ball State. BGSU, who now ranks inside of the top 36, travels to Muncie, Ind. for an ESPN3 broadcast Sunday matchup with the Cardinals in Irving Gymnasium, the location for this season's MAC Championships.

FOLLOW THE FALCONS
Fans can follow the BGSU Gymnastics team on Twitter @FalconGymn for in-meet updates, news and notes. Links to live stats, video (as available) and away-meet live stats can be found at BGSUFalcons.com. For home meets, fans can follow live stats by downloading the app, "Beyond The Scores," on your smartphone or tablet. Create an account, add "Bowling Green State Gym Team" to your favorites, select the meet, and enjoy an interactive scoring system.

HEAD COACH'S THOUGHTS
Kerrie Turner: "Our team is truly gaining confidence each meet and I expect another great road score this weekend at Ball State. We are very focused on improving the details in each routine to help build our scores for NCAA regional qualification at this point. I am asking each athlete to find one more tenth they can earn in each routine to help us achieve better scores. This method has worked well."

ABOUT BALL STATE
The Cardinals (5-8, 0-5 MAC) are coming off a season-high score of 194.775 on the road against Northern Illinois. The team, led by head coach Joanna Saleem, ranks third on floor in the conference with an average of 48.822 and Denasiha Christian Sr. leads the MAC on the event, averaging a 9.856. Ball State tied for sixth at last year's MAC Championships with a 193.200. The Falcons lead the all-time series 43-30 and the last meeting between the two teams came on Feb. 8, 2015 when BGSU defeated the Cardinals 195.5-193.875.

LAST TIME OUT
For the second straight meet this season, the Bowling Green State University gymnastics team surpassed a total team score of 195, earning a 195.350 against Mid-American Conference foe Kent State this past Sunday. The Golden Flashes scored a 196.125 routing Bowling Green in the M.A.C. Center. Placing individually for the Falcons, Victoria Heath and Lauren Feely tied for first on vault with scores of 9.8. Feely also earned a first-place finish in the all-around, tying her career-best score of 39.175. Alyssa Nocella placed third on uneven bars with a 9.825, adding to her second place all-around (39.150) and balance beam (9.825) finishes. Nocella had the team's top score on three of the four individual events and Heath on two of the three she competed.

TOP ROUTINES IN 2016
All-Around: 39.325 | Alyssa Nocella (2/13/16 vs. EMU/SEMO)
Vault: 9.825 | Lauren Feely, Alyssa Nocella (2/13/16 vs. EMU/SEMO)
Bars: 9.9 | Alyssa Nocella (2/13/16 vs. EMU/SEMO)
Beam: 9.9 | Laura Mitchell (2/13/16 vs. EMU/SEMO)
Floor: 9.850 | Lauren Feely, Victoria Heath, Alyssa Nocella

MAC RANKINGS
Listed below are the student-athletes, and their averages, who rank top 10 in the conference in each event.

Vault- 8. Lauren Feely 9.761
Bars- 6. Alyssa Nocella 9.818
Beam- 2. Laura Mitchell 9.832, 10. Alyssa Nocella 9.671
Floor- t6. Lauren Feely 9.800, t10. Victoria Heath 9.775
All-Around- t3. Lauren Feely 38.907, 5. Alyssa Nocella 38.882

EVENT SCORES REMAIN HIGH
For the second straight meet this season, the Bowling Green State University gymnastics team surpassed a total team score of 195, earning a 195.350 against Kent State on Feb. 21. On three of the four events at the meet, the Falcons posted their second highest event scores of the season. BG vaulted its way to a 48.725, recorded a 48.900 on uneven bars and earned a 49.075 on balance beam. This was the second meet in a row the Orange and Brown have broken the 49 mark on beam.

FALCONS ARE BEAMING
Ranked third as a team in the conference, the Falcons have recorded back-to-back scores of 49 plus. Most recently against the Golden Flashes, BGSU's first three gymnasts in the lineup, Lauren Feely (9.8), Victoria Heath (9.75) and Rachel Reis (9.8), all set or tied career-highs. The final three to go all recorded team-highs on the event, as Caroline Ellingboe, Alyssa Nocella and Laura Mitchell received 9.825s. Mitchell leads the Falcon on beam this season, ranking second in the MAC with a season-high score of 9.9. Nocella ranks 10th in the conference on the event, with a season-high 9.850.

ELECTRIC FEEL-Y
Lauren Feely, is currently tied for third in the conference as an all-around gymnast. Her season-high is a 39.175 and she averages a score of 38.907. Feely, who recorded three 9.8s, led Bowling Green to its second highest team score of the season (195.350) against Kent State this past Sunday. She took home the all-around title, tying her career-best score of 39.175 and tied for first on vault with a team-high event score of 9.8. The junior received a 9.8 on uneven bars and a 9.775 on floor, before earning a new career-best on balance beam with a 9.8.

ALL-AROUND ALYSSA
Alyssa Nocella has recorded team-high scores this season on vault, uneven bars, floor exercise and in the all-around. Her highest all-around score of 39.325 came on Feb. 13 against Eastern Michigan and SEMO, where she also recorded her highest vault score (9.825) and bars score (9.9) of 2016. The senior had her best floor routine against Arizona State and Nebraska in the team's season opener on the road in Tempe, Ariz. on Jan. 8.

OTHER FALCON NOTEABLES
*BGSU has brought home five conference awards this season already. Feely and Nocella both have won gymnast and scholar athlete of the week, while Mitchell earned a gymnast of the week honor.
*Victoria Heath is finding her rhythm on floor this season, as she has recorded three of the 9.850s out of the six total earned by any Falcon.
*Freshman Shannon Goniwiecha stepped up on bars last weekend at Kent State, scoring a career-best 9.750.
*The Orange and Brown are now in regional contention, ranking 35th overall. The top 36 teams in the country are invited to the regional meets April 2nd.

NEWCOMERS TAKE OVER
The 2016 BGSU roster features eight freshmen and one redshirt-freshman who will all look to compete for the first time as collegiate gymnasts in 2016. The newcomers include Julia Beyer, Rachel Creagh, Lauren De Meno, Leslie Delgado, Erika Houser, Taylor Livingston, Katie Morsefield and Kayla Rose.

PRESEASON POLL
The Falcons were picked to finish fourth in the Mid-American Conference in 2016 as voted on by the league's head coaches. Central Michigan was selected to win the conference, while 2015 tournament winners Kent State were chosen second. Eastern Michigan and Bowling Green followed, with Northern Illinois and Western Michigan tying for fifth and Ball State rounding out the conference.

GYMNASTICS ADDITIONS
In November, Turner announced the addition of five student-athletes for the 2017 season. Randi Morris, Shannon St. Jean, Alex Johnston, Taylor Worthington and Kelsi Kuprat have all committed to BGSU, and will join the team next fall. Additionally, the Falcons added Leslie Delgado to this season's squad in December.

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