Bowling Green State University Athletics
Friday, February 15
Bowling Green, Ohio
6:30 PM
Bowling Green State University
vs
Towson
Falcons Host Towson Friday, Kent State Sunday For Weekend Set
February 14, 2019 | Gymnastics
FALCONS HOST PAIR OF WEEKEND MEETS
Bowling Green concludes a stretch of four consecutive home meets over the weekend as the Falcons host Towson Friday at 6:30 pm before returning two days later to host Kent State in a Mid-American Conference meet Sunday at 2:00 pm. Friday will serve as the team's Pink Meet for breast cancer awareness, while Sunday will be Mental Health Awareness Day, Alumnae Day and Military Appreciation Day.Â
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COMPLETE WEEKEND NOTES
LIVE SCORES
THE ALL-TIME HISTORY
Towson leads the all-time series with Bowling Green 3-0 but the two programs have not faced each other since 2006. All three meetings (the others being in 1996 and 1999) have been at neutral sites.
Kent State leads the all-time series with Bowling Green 48-13-1. Kent State has won three straight since the Falcons scored 195.700 in 2015 to defeat the Golden Flashes. That victory snapped a 19-meet losing streak by the Falcons. A year ago, BGSU scored 195.400 but Kent earned a 196.625 for the win.
VAULTING TOWARDS SUCCESS
BGSU is currently ranked No. 25 in the country on vault, the best ranking in any event among the three teams competing at Anderson Arena over the weekend. In fact, it is the only top 25 team ranking in the MAC for any of the four events. Bowling Green has been consistently great in all five meets, scoring at least 48.525 each time out and twice going over 49.000. BGSU peaked at 49.050 in the home meet against UIC. Jovannah East leads the Falcons individually, averaging a 9.790, followed by Taylor Worthington at 9.780 and Lauren DeMeno at 9.770. The Falcons have five athletes averaging at least a 9.737 on the event.
LAWSON SENDING NOTICE
* Sophomore Elena Lawson has set new career-highs in each of the team's first four 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.
* Against Eastern Michigan, Lawson broke her career-best on uneven bars again with a 9.625. She also tied her career high on floor at 9.725.
* In the fifth meet of the year, she came up .025 shy of a new personal best on bars and scored 9.775 on vault to lift her season average to 9.755, a strong improvement over the 9.529 she averaged a year ago.
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.
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 in its home opener. 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
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Bowling Green concludes a stretch of four consecutive home meets over the weekend as the Falcons host Towson Friday at 6:30 pm before returning two days later to host Kent State in a Mid-American Conference meet Sunday at 2:00 pm. Friday will serve as the team's Pink Meet for breast cancer awareness, while Sunday will be Mental Health Awareness Day, Alumnae Day and Military Appreciation Day.Â
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COMPLETE WEEKEND NOTES
LIVE SCORES
THE ALL-TIME HISTORY
Towson leads the all-time series with Bowling Green 3-0 but the two programs have not faced each other since 2006. All three meetings (the others being in 1996 and 1999) have been at neutral sites.
Kent State leads the all-time series with Bowling Green 48-13-1. Kent State has won three straight since the Falcons scored 195.700 in 2015 to defeat the Golden Flashes. That victory snapped a 19-meet losing streak by the Falcons. A year ago, BGSU scored 195.400 but Kent earned a 196.625 for the win.
VAULTING TOWARDS SUCCESS
BGSU is currently ranked No. 25 in the country on vault, the best ranking in any event among the three teams competing at Anderson Arena over the weekend. In fact, it is the only top 25 team ranking in the MAC for any of the four events. Bowling Green has been consistently great in all five meets, scoring at least 48.525 each time out and twice going over 49.000. BGSU peaked at 49.050 in the home meet against UIC. Jovannah East leads the Falcons individually, averaging a 9.790, followed by Taylor Worthington at 9.780 and Lauren DeMeno at 9.770. The Falcons have five athletes averaging at least a 9.737 on the event.
LAWSON SENDING NOTICE
* Sophomore Elena Lawson has set new career-highs in each of the team's first four 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.
* Against Eastern Michigan, Lawson broke her career-best on uneven bars again with a 9.625. She also tied her career high on floor at 9.725.
* In the fifth meet of the year, she came up .025 shy of a new personal best on bars and scored 9.775 on vault to lift her season average to 9.755, a strong improvement over the 9.529 she averaged a year ago.
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.
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 in its home opener. 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
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