Bowling Green State University Athletics
Thursday, January 31
Bowling Green, Ohio
6:30 PM
Bowling Green State University
vs
Eastern Michigan
Falcons Take Center Stage Thursday At EMU
January 30, 2019 | Gymnastics
FALCONS TO FACE EMU IN YPSILANTI THURSDAY
Bowling Green returns to the road for a pivotal Mid-American Conference meet at Eastern Michigan Thursday, beginning at 6:00 pm. EMU enters the contest with a 1-1 conference record while the Falcons are 0-1. BGSU is a top 20 team on vault and will look to use that event to springboard past Eastern Michigan Thursday in the Convocation Center.Â
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COMPLETE NOTES
ESPN3
LIVE SCORES
THE ALL-TIME HISTORY
BGSU is 27-23 all-time against Eastern Michigan, but the Eagles have won each of the past two meetings in Ypsilanti. A year ago, BGSU won in Anderson Arena 195.025-193.950. In 2017, BGSU posted a 194.675 in the Convocation Center, but EMU scored 195.225.
VAULTING TOWARDS SUCCESS
BGSU is ranked among the top 20 teams in the country on the vault, currently sitting at No. 19. Bowling Green has been consistently great in all three meets, twice going over 49.000. BGSU has peaked at 49.050 in the home meet against UIC and has scored at least 48.625 each time out. Jovannah East and Lauren DeMeno are each ranked among the top 80 nationally on the event.
HISTORICALLY GREAT
Bowling Green has placed in the top three at the MAC Championships in each of the past three seasons, peaking with a runner-up finish in 2017. For the Falcons, it is the first time the team has placed that high in three consecutive years since doing so for eight straight years from 1981-88.
FALCONS PICKED SECOND IN PRESEASON POLL
The Mid-American Conference coaches have selected Bowling Green as the MAC runner-up in the preseason coaches poll. The Falcons earned one first place vote and 37 total vote points. Northern Illinois was selected to win the MAC with 42 vote points and three MAC Championship votes. Defending MAC champion Central Michigan is third, followed by Eastern Michigan, Ball State, Kent State and Western Michigan.
LAWSON SENDS NOTICE EARLY
Sophomore Elena Lawson has set new career-highs in each of the team's first three meets of the year.
Lawson opened the 2019 season by recording a career-best 9.800 on vault in the Alabama quad meet.Â
She followed that up by setting three more career-highs against UIC in the home opener. She once again broke her own personal best on vault with a 9.825, while adding career-best scores of 9.725 on floor and 9.500 on uneven bars.
At NIU, Lawson pushed her career-high on uneven bars to 9.575. She equaled her career-best 9.725 on floor.
JOVANNAH EAST GOING WHERE FEW HAVE GONE BEFORE
As a sophomore a year ago, Jovannah East became just the second Falcon gymnast to qualify for the NCAA Division I National Championships and the first to do so in the all-around competition. Her 39.250 score in Columbus was the greatest all-around performance ever by a BGSU gymnast in a regional meet, tying for fourth place. She scored identical scores of 9.850 on beam and floor, added 9.825 on vault and had a 9.725 on bars. She won the tiebreaker and advanced to the national championships.
EAST'S OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Jovannah East became the first Falcon to advance to the NCAA Women's Gymnastics National Championships since Marny Oestreng reached nationals in 1999 on the floor. Oestreng went on to win the national championship with a 9.925. East's career accomplishments include the following:
Two-time First Team All-MAC (2017, 2018)
Academic All-MAC (2018)
MAC Vault Co-Champion (2018)
MAC All-Tournament Team (2017, 2018)
NCAA Regionals Qualifier (2017, 2018)
NCAA Nationals Qualifier (2018)
MAC Gymnast of the Week (2x in 2018, 1x in 2019)
MAC Specialist of the Week (2017)
IN THE RECORD BOOK
Junior Jovannah East put her name at the top of the record book on the balance beam at the 2019 home opener against UIC. With a 9.950, she tied former teammate Laura Mitchell for the top mark in program history. East has also posted two of the five highest single-meet all-around scores in program history (39.425 and 39.400), as well as the third-highest vault score in program history (9.925) and fourth-highest beam score (9.925). East is also among the top 10 on floor (with both a 9.925 and a 9.900). Alexandra Fochler has a pair of the top 10 uneven bars scores in school history (two identical 9.875 scores). On floor, Kayla Rose recorded a 9.950 in 2017, tied for the second-highest score ever by a Falcon on the event.
49 OR MORE
Bowling Green posted a team score of 49.000 or higher in three of the four rotations against UIC two weeks ago. It is the first time the team has done that since the 2017 MAC Championships. The Falcons scored 49.175 on beam, 49.050 on vault and 49.025 on floor.
AWARD WINNERS
Jovannah East and Taylor Worthington swept the MAC awards on Jan. 22 with East earning Gymnast of the Week honors and Worthington taking home Specialist of the Week honors. For East, it is the third time in her career she has been named MAC Gymnast of the Week, while it is Worthington's first accolade.Â
FROM COACH TURNER
"With a quick turnaround from our last meet on Sunday, I am excited to meet Eastern Michigan this Thursday. Our team did an excellent job staying together and being energized as a team at NIU. We need to continue to keep the team chemistry strong. Bars improved but we are capable of more. I want to see a strong start out of our bar lineup and give the rest of our event lineups something to build on. This is a great opportunity to work towards an excellent road score." -- Kerrie Turner
Bowling Green returns to the road for a pivotal Mid-American Conference meet at Eastern Michigan Thursday, beginning at 6:00 pm. EMU enters the contest with a 1-1 conference record while the Falcons are 0-1. BGSU is a top 20 team on vault and will look to use that event to springboard past Eastern Michigan Thursday in the Convocation Center.Â
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COMPLETE NOTES
ESPN3
LIVE SCORES
THE ALL-TIME HISTORY
BGSU is 27-23 all-time against Eastern Michigan, but the Eagles have won each of the past two meetings in Ypsilanti. A year ago, BGSU won in Anderson Arena 195.025-193.950. In 2017, BGSU posted a 194.675 in the Convocation Center, but EMU scored 195.225.
VAULTING TOWARDS SUCCESS
BGSU is ranked among the top 20 teams in the country on the vault, currently sitting at No. 19. Bowling Green has been consistently great in all three meets, twice going over 49.000. BGSU has peaked at 49.050 in the home meet against UIC and has scored at least 48.625 each time out. Jovannah East and Lauren DeMeno are each ranked among the top 80 nationally on the event.
HISTORICALLY GREAT
Bowling Green has placed in the top three at the MAC Championships in each of the past three seasons, peaking with a runner-up finish in 2017. For the Falcons, it is the first time the team has placed that high in three consecutive years since doing so for eight straight years from 1981-88.
FALCONS PICKED SECOND IN PRESEASON POLL
The Mid-American Conference coaches have selected Bowling Green as the MAC runner-up in the preseason coaches poll. The Falcons earned one first place vote and 37 total vote points. Northern Illinois was selected to win the MAC with 42 vote points and three MAC Championship votes. Defending MAC champion Central Michigan is third, followed by Eastern Michigan, Ball State, Kent State and Western Michigan.
LAWSON SENDS NOTICE EARLY
Sophomore Elena Lawson has set new career-highs in each of the team's first three meets of the year.
Lawson opened the 2019 season by recording a career-best 9.800 on vault in the Alabama quad meet.Â
She followed that up by setting three more career-highs against UIC in the home opener. She once again broke her own personal best on vault with a 9.825, while adding career-best scores of 9.725 on floor and 9.500 on uneven bars.
At NIU, Lawson pushed her career-high on uneven bars to 9.575. She equaled her career-best 9.725 on floor.
JOVANNAH EAST GOING WHERE FEW HAVE GONE BEFORE
As a sophomore a year ago, Jovannah East became just the second Falcon gymnast to qualify for the NCAA Division I National Championships and the first to do so in the all-around competition. Her 39.250 score in Columbus was the greatest all-around performance ever by a BGSU gymnast in a regional meet, tying for fourth place. She scored identical scores of 9.850 on beam and floor, added 9.825 on vault and had a 9.725 on bars. She won the tiebreaker and advanced to the national championships.
EAST'S OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Jovannah East became the first Falcon to advance to the NCAA Women's Gymnastics National Championships since Marny Oestreng reached nationals in 1999 on the floor. Oestreng went on to win the national championship with a 9.925. East's career accomplishments include the following:
Two-time First Team All-MAC (2017, 2018)
Academic All-MAC (2018)
MAC Vault Co-Champion (2018)
MAC All-Tournament Team (2017, 2018)
NCAA Regionals Qualifier (2017, 2018)
NCAA Nationals Qualifier (2018)
MAC Gymnast of the Week (2x in 2018, 1x in 2019)
MAC Specialist of the Week (2017)
IN THE RECORD BOOK
Junior Jovannah East put her name at the top of the record book on the balance beam at the 2019 home opener against UIC. With a 9.950, she tied former teammate Laura Mitchell for the top mark in program history. East has also posted two of the five highest single-meet all-around scores in program history (39.425 and 39.400), as well as the third-highest vault score in program history (9.925) and fourth-highest beam score (9.925). East is also among the top 10 on floor (with both a 9.925 and a 9.900). Alexandra Fochler has a pair of the top 10 uneven bars scores in school history (two identical 9.875 scores). On floor, Kayla Rose recorded a 9.950 in 2017, tied for the second-highest score ever by a Falcon on the event.
49 OR MORE
Bowling Green posted a team score of 49.000 or higher in three of the four rotations against UIC two weeks ago. It is the first time the team has done that since the 2017 MAC Championships. The Falcons scored 49.175 on beam, 49.050 on vault and 49.025 on floor.
AWARD WINNERS
Jovannah East and Taylor Worthington swept the MAC awards on Jan. 22 with East earning Gymnast of the Week honors and Worthington taking home Specialist of the Week honors. For East, it is the third time in her career she has been named MAC Gymnast of the Week, while it is Worthington's first accolade.Â
FROM COACH TURNER
"With a quick turnaround from our last meet on Sunday, I am excited to meet Eastern Michigan this Thursday. Our team did an excellent job staying together and being energized as a team at NIU. We need to continue to keep the team chemistry strong. Bars improved but we are capable of more. I want to see a strong start out of our bar lineup and give the rest of our event lineups something to build on. This is a great opportunity to work towards an excellent road score." -- Kerrie Turner
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