Ball State Tops Falcons With Final Rotation Comeback

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MUNCIE, Ind. -- Bowling Green State University gymnasts could not maintain their lead over Ball State through the final rotation and suffered a loss in their third consecutive meet. The Falcons came out of the gate strong with a season-best team effort on the uneven bars, then regained form in the floor exercise by surpassing 49 for the third time. However, the balance beam lineup suffered three falls, and that proved to be the difference. The Cardinals finished with a 195.000 to BGSU's 194.275. The Falcons are now 3-5 overall and 1-2 in MAC meets, while Ball State improves to 9-4 overall and 2-0 in the MAC. Bowling Green's team average drops to 194.692 through six meets; the team's initial Regional Qualifying Score (RQS) is 194.530.

Lexi Augustine and Laura Mitchell began the meet by sharing second place on the beam with a pair of 9.850s. Augustine earned a new personal record, while Mitchell marked her best routine of the season to date. Augustine also earned fourth place (9.825) in the floor exercise. Mitchell completed her best meet since the 2017 MAC Championships with a trio of routines that earned 9.800 or above, including a team-best 9.800 on the balance beam that earned third place.

Sophomore Jovannah East continued her stellar run on the vault and the floor with another pair of first-place finishes. She earned her fourth outright victory of 2018 on the vault with a 9.850. She has finished first and scored at least a 9.850 in all six meets on that apparatus. On the floor, she tied her season-best with a 9.875 and shared the title with Ball State's Tia Kiaku. She now has nine first-place finishes this season. However, it was the routine she could not complete that was indicative of BGSU's struggles in the final rotation. On the beam, East slipped to the floor late in her routine and took home a 9.325. That was the third fall of the rotation for the Falcons, one of which occurred during a dismount.

HEAD COACH KERRIE TURNER SAYS...
"While we had the lead through three events, our beam rotation was a disaster. I am disappointed the mental focus wasn't stronger going in to the last event. We will need to get back in the gym and work harder to correct those mistakes. We have a strong team, and it didn't show on the competition floor today."

FACTS AND FIGURES

BGSU's 194.275 is the team's sixth straight meet in 2018 with a 194 or above and eighth straight overall.
The in-season streak ties the program record (2002); the overall streak sets a new program record.
The Falcons' average score is now 194.692. Only the 2016 team (194.0500 also had a 194+ average through six meets.
Two personal records were tied or broken, and three other individual season-bests were tied or broken at Ball State.
FIve BGSU gymnasts earned top-three finishes against the Cardinals.
Jovannah East had a pair of first-place finishes (vault, floor).
East now has 21 career wins and 30 top-three finishes. She has nine wins out of 18 events in 2018.
Laura Mitchell tied for second on the bars and placed third on the beam.
Mitchell is BGSU's active leader with 39 top-three finishes.
Lexi Augustine also tied for second on the bars.
Augustine now has four career top-threes, all within the last four meets.
East has 9.8+ in 15 of 18 events in 2018 (.833) and 43 of 50 career events (.860).

PERSONAL RECORDS

Lexi Augustine: 9.850 (bars)
Laura Mitchell: 9.850 (bars, tied)

NON-PR SEASON BESTS (INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM)

Lauren DeMeno: 9.650 (bars)
Jovannah East: 9.875 (floor - tied)
Laura Mitchell: 9.800 (floor - tied)
Team, bars: 48.800

TEAM EVENT SCORES

	BGSU	Ball St.
Vault	48.475	48.475
Bars	48.800	48.625
Beam	47.975	48.825
Floor	49.025	49.075
TOTAL	194.275	195.000

UP NEXT...
Bowling Green hits the road for non-conference action next weekend, when they head to Durham, N.H. for a dual meet against the University of New Hampshire. The meet is scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m. EST on Sunday, Feb. 11 and will be held in Lundholm Gymnasium. The Wildcats are 4-4 overall and 3-2 in the EAGL. They began this week ranked 38th nationally with a 194.630 but should see that ranking rise following a 195.775-193.975 win over Towson on Saturday (Feb. 10). BGSU is 1-9 all-time against UNH; the victory came in 1987 during the first meeting between the schools. This will be the Falcons' fourth trip to Durham and first since 2003.

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