Bowling Green State University Athletics
Saturday, March 19
Muncie, Ind.
2:00 PM
Bowling Green State University
at
MAC Championships
MAC Championships to Take Place Saturday
March 17, 2016 | Gymnastics
| BGSU GYMNASTICS WEEKLY SCHEDULE | ||
|---|---|---|
| DATE | OPPONENT | TIME |
| 3/19/16 | MAC Championships | 2 p.m. (ET) |
| Bowling Green (6-12, 1-5 MAC) at MAC Championships Saturday, March 19, 2016; 2:00 p.m. ET Worthen Arena / Muncie, Ind. LIVE STATS ESPN3 PERFORMANCE LIST MEET NOTES |
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University gymnastics team will compete at the Mid-American Conference Championships on Saturday, March 19, at 2 p.m. inside of Worthen Arena on the campus of Ball State University. The meet will be streamed live on ESPN3 and can be found here. The Falcons are seeking their fourth MAC Championship title.
FOLLOW THE FALCONS
Fans can follow the BGSU Gymnastics team on Twitter @FalconGymn for in-meet updates, news and notes. Links to live stats and video (as available) and away-meet live stats can be found at BGSUFalcons.com. In addition, for the conference championships, fans now have an opportunity to get a closer look at the action by following BGSUFalcons and BGSU_Gym on Snapchat.
BOWLING GREEN AT THE MAC CHAMPIONSHIPS
Last season, the team scored a 193.575 at the MAC Championships to place fifth of seven schools at Kent State's M.A.C. Center. Then-sophomore Lauren Feely, who was named to the All-Tournament Team, took home the co-vault championship by scoring a 9.900. It marked the third straight year that a Falcon has won the event, as Jamilah Ali won it in 2013 and Amanda Lievendag in 2014. Two years ago, BGSU scored a 194.625 and placed third, which was the program's best finish in 22 years.
HEAD COACH'S THOUGHTS
Kerrie Turner: "Coming off a record breaking competition, I am looking for our team to use the confidence gained from that meet but yet also look for places they can continue to make improvements for the MAC Championships. I spoke to the team last night about going into MACs determined and confident. It is also important that all the athletes do not make any changes to the normal mental and physical routine of meet day. This is one more opportunity to shine on the competition floor and it is as simple as that. In addition to our goal of competing successfully this Saturday, we also have an excellent opportunity to add one more regional qualifying score to help us achieve team qualification to the NCAA regional championships. As with all meets, wins and great scores are the results of excellent mind-sets and aggressive competition routines. The focus will be on hitting routines and staying together as a team. We can't wait for Saturday at 2:00pm!"
WHAT A WIN WOULD MEAN
*A win at the MAC Championships would be Bowling Green's first since 1985. The Falcons also placed first at the conference championships in 1982 and 1983.
*If the Falcons place second, it will be the program's best finish since the 1987 team also placed second.
*A third-place finish would be Bowling Green's third top-three finish over the last 25 years. The 2014 and 1991 teams both finished third.
RACE TO REGIONALS
With the top 36 schools earning a trip to the NCAA Regionals and the Falcons sitting at No. 37 entering the final week of the season, BGSU's hopes at earning a trip to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1991 are very much alive. Mathematically, there are 10 school fighting for seven spaces, and it will all be determined this Saturday at five conference meets: Mid-American Conference, Mountain Rim Gymnastics Conference, East Atlantic Gymnastics League, Big 10 and Big 12. The teams in contention are, in order from 30-39, are Kent State, Brigham Young University, University of New Hampshire, NC State, Utah State, Central Michigan, Michigan State, BGSU, University of Maryland and Iowa State.
SCHOOL RECORDS FALL ON SENIOR DAY
The team set two school records in a win over Mid-American Conference foe Northern Illinois on Saturday. In front of a roaring crowd of 466 at Anderson Arena, the Falcons earned a 196.500 to NIU's 195.475, demolishing the previous school best of 196.100. The last time BGSU scored 49.000 pluses on all four events was back in 2005. In that meet, the team set what was then a school-record of 196.100. The Falcons' success showed on all four events, as the team recorded multiple 9.900s on one event on two separate occasions at the meet (beam, floor). This feat alone had yet to happen in the Turner era, and BGSU managed to accomplish this twice in one day. Individually, senior Alyssa Nocella won the all-around with a career-high 39.425 (9.850 vault, 9.850 bars, 9.825 beam, 9.900 floor). Junior Lauren Feely placed second, also earning a career-high. Her 39.375 was comprised of 9.850 vault, 9.800 bars, 9.825 beam and 9.900 floor scores.
TOP ROUTINES IN 2016
All-Around: 39.425 | Alyssa Nocella (3/12/16 vs. NIU)
Vault: 9.875 | Lauren Feely (3/10/16 at Illinois State)
Bars: 9.900 | Alyssa Nocella (Two times)
Beam: 9.900 | Laura Mitchell (Two times), Caroline Ellingboe (3/12/16 vs. NIU)
Floor: 9.900 | Alyssa Nocella (Three times), Lauren Feely (3/12/16 vs. NIU)
MAC RANKINGS
Listed below are the student-athletes, and their RQS, who rank top 10 in the conference in each event.
All-Around: 1. Alyssa Nocella 39.170, 3. Lauren Feely 39.115
Vault: 4. Lauran Feely 9.825, t8. Victoria Heath 9.800
Bars: 2. Alyssa Nocella 9.865, 6. Caroline Ellingboe 9.830
Beam: 4. Laura Mitchell 9.845, 10. Caroline Ellingboe 9.800
Floor: 4. Alyssa Nocella 9.870, t9. Lauren Feely & Victoria Heath 9.845
FALCON NOTABLES
*BGSU has brought home seven conference awards this season already. Nocella has won gymnast of the week twice, as well as scholar athlete of the week. Feely was tabbed both gymnast and scholar athlete of the week, while Mitchell and Heath earned a gymnast of the week honor.
*Alyssa Nocella was tabbed first-team All-MAC and Lauren Feely earned second-team All-MAC, the league announced Wednesday.
*In BGSU's last four meets, the team has recorded three team scores of over 195.000. Most recently, the Falcons broke the school record with a 196.500 against NIU.
*Versus the Huskies, the Falcons broke another school record, this time on balance beam with a score of 49.200.
*Alyssa Nocella's career-high all-around score of 39.425 against NIU ranks third best in program history. She sits at first in all-around in the conference heading into MAC Championships, and ranks inside the top four on three events: all-around: 1st, bars: 2nd, floor: 4th.
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