Falcons Dump Towson For Home Victory

Friday, February 15

Bowling Green, Ohio

6:30 PM

Bowling Green State University

194.375

193.025

Towson

February 15, 2019 | Gymnastics

By: by Jason Knavel, Assistant Athletic Director for Athletic Communications

Bowling Green, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University gymnastics team led wire-to-wire in a non-conference victory over Towson Friday Night at Anderson Arena. The Falcons posted their second-highest team score of the year, recording a 194.375. Towson finished with 193.025.

The Falcons controlled the meet behind a season-best scored of 48.750 on bars. Individually, Jovannah East posted an all-around score of 39.325, tied for the seventh-highest all-around score in program history. It was her second-highest all-around score of her career.

FULL RESULTS

EAST LEADS FALCONS

Although Jovannah East competed in the all-around at the NCAA National Championships a year ago, Friday was just the second time this year she has competed in all four rotations.
East scored 39.325 to tie Alyssa Nocella for seventh all-time at BGSU. East's career-best score of 39.425 is tied for third.
Beginning on vault, East scored a 9.875. She dipped to just a 9.675 on bars, the event she had not competed in over the first four meets of the year.
But East rebounded with a 9.875 on beam and then tied her season best with a 9.900 on floor to round out the competition.

FALCONS VAULT TO THE LEAD IN ROTATION ONE

BGSU scored 48.775 on vault in the opening rotation to build a slim .075 lead.
Jovannah East led the way with her 9.875, but the Falcons got three other scored of at least 9.725.
Elena Lawson and Lauren DeMeno each scored 9.750 and Taylor Worthington scored 9.725.

MAKING YOUR WEAKNESS (BARS) YOUR GREATEST STRENGTH

In the second rotation, the Falcons scored a season-best 48.750 on bars to build a sizable lead. Bars had been an area that had caused BGSU to struggle at times earlier in the year.
Leslie Delgado earned a 9.800 on bars marking the third consecutive meet in which she has scored at least a 9.800 in the event.
Elena Lawson and Katelyn Goldstrom scored identical 9.750 scores, both of which were career-highs.
Lauren DeMeno added a season best 9.775 and Jovannah East also had a season-best score of 9.675.

TAKING OVER ON BEAM

The Falcons posted a 48.725 on beam, their second-highest score of the year on the apparatus.
Jovannah East led the team with a 9.875 and Julia Beyer had a season-best score of 9.725.
Lexi Augustine recorded a 9.775 and Taylor Worthington added a 9.750.

CLOSING IT OUT ON THE FLOOR

The Falcons struggled early on floor but regained their balance and closed out the meet in strong fashion.
Jovannah East recorded a 9.900 on floor and Lexi Augustine added a 9.825.
Kayla Rose, expected to be a stalwart on floor for the Falcons, debuted after injury derailed the early part of her season. She scored a 9.700.

FROM HEAD COACH KERRIE TURNER
"Tonight was a positive improvement for this team. We changed our approach to the warm-up so that we could really use all of our focus and energy in the meet. The team effort showed as we achieved consistent scores on all events. We counted a fall on floor, but the line-up stayed focused and finished strong. As our line-ups build, we will continue to increase our consistency and improve on this score. There is a great deal more we are capable of. With another opportunity to compete Sunday, I look forward to seeing continued improvements."

UP NEXT

Bowling Green returns to action Sunday at home as the Falcons host Kent State for a Mid-American Conference meet, beginning at 2:00 pm.
That meet will serve as Mental Health Awareness Day, Alumnae Day and Military Appreciation Day.