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Falcons To Host WMU For Senior Night Friday
March 14, 2019 | Gymnastics
Bowling Green, Ohio - Coming off of its highest score of the season, the Bowling Green State University gymnastics team returns home to host Western Michigan for Senior Night Friday at 6:30 pm. BGSU will recognize six seniors on the team -- Julia Beyer, Rachel Creagh, Leslie Delgado, Lauren DeMeno, Katie Morsefield and Kayla Rose.
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SENIOR NIGHT
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THE ALL-TIME HISTORY
Bowling Green is 27-17-1 all-time against Western Michigan but the Broncos have won the past four meetings, including last year's slim 195.675-195.500 victory. WMU has won two in a row in Bowling Green but the Falcons are 19-4 all-time against the Broncos at home.
VAULTING TOWARDS SUCCESS
BGSU is currently ranked No. 30 in the country on vault, second-best in the MAC. Two weeks ago at Oregon State, the Falcons set a new season-best with a 49.075, just shy of the school record 49.125. The Falcons have been consistently strong, scoring at least 48.450 each time out and going over 49.000 three times. Jovannah East leads the MAC, with a National Qualifying Score (NQS) of 9.860 and an average score of 9.827. Lauren DeMeno is third in the MAC with an NQS of 9.810 and Taylor Worthington is at 9.785. Those three rank among the top eight in the conference.
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.
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.
LOOKING TOWARDS REGIONALS
Bowling Green will look towards regionals with an eye on individual qualifications in 2019. In each event, the gymnasts with the top four Regional Qualifying Scores (RQS) among non-qualifying teams (all teams outside the top 36) will qualify for regional competition. In the all-around, 12 gymnasts among non-qualifying teams will advance individually. Jovannah East currently sits in the final spot for qualification with an RQS of 38.990. East is currently first on balance beam among non-qualifying team individuals.
MAKING SIGNIFICANT STRIDES
A handful of Falcons have made strides in 2019.
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, 2x in 2019)
MAC Specialist of the Week (2017)
B'EAST MODE
Jovannah East continues to pace the MAC. Her 9.860 Regional Qualifying Score (RQS) on vault ranks No. 1 in the conference. She is tied for first on balance beam at 9.865 and second on floor at 9.895. In the all-around, East's RQS of 38.990 is tied for fourth, but her average score of 39.046 is first.
FROM HEAD COACH KERRIE TURNER
"Friday marks a very special evening for our seniors. We have six very talented and dedicated seniors and it will be a special opportunity to recognize their accomplishments. It will be an emotional night as they take the floor for one last time in Anderson Arena. This group has done an incredible job both in the gym and in the classroom. All six have competed for BGSU on a variety of events and they hold a cumulative grade point average, as a class, above a 3.6. What I really appreciate is how much each of them have grown as individuals throughout their years at BGSU. I am thankful for their incredible dedication to the program and I am excited to honor them this Friday."
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COMPLETE NOTES
SENIOR NIGHT
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THE ALL-TIME HISTORY
Bowling Green is 27-17-1 all-time against Western Michigan but the Broncos have won the past four meetings, including last year's slim 195.675-195.500 victory. WMU has won two in a row in Bowling Green but the Falcons are 19-4 all-time against the Broncos at home.
VAULTING TOWARDS SUCCESS
BGSU is currently ranked No. 30 in the country on vault, second-best in the MAC. Two weeks ago at Oregon State, the Falcons set a new season-best with a 49.075, just shy of the school record 49.125. The Falcons have been consistently strong, scoring at least 48.450 each time out and going over 49.000 three times. Jovannah East leads the MAC, with a National Qualifying Score (NQS) of 9.860 and an average score of 9.827. Lauren DeMeno is third in the MAC with an NQS of 9.810 and Taylor Worthington is at 9.785. Those three rank among the top eight in the conference.
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.
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.
LOOKING TOWARDS REGIONALS
Bowling Green will look towards regionals with an eye on individual qualifications in 2019. In each event, the gymnasts with the top four Regional Qualifying Scores (RQS) among non-qualifying teams (all teams outside the top 36) will qualify for regional competition. In the all-around, 12 gymnasts among non-qualifying teams will advance individually. Jovannah East currently sits in the final spot for qualification with an RQS of 38.990. East is currently first on balance beam among non-qualifying team individuals.
MAKING SIGNIFICANT STRIDES
A handful of Falcons have made strides in 2019.
- Junior Lexi Augustine is averaging a 9.803 on floor after posting 9.731 a year ago.
- Senior Lauren DeMeno has scored an average of 9.775 on vault in 2019 after averaging a 9.770 last year.
- Junior Jovannah East has improved her beam score from 9.765 in 2018 to 9.838 this year.
- Sophomore Elena Lawson competed on just vault a year ago, averaging 9.529. She has improved to a 9.680 this year. She's also added regular competition on bars and floor.
- Katie Morsefield is scoring 9.711 on vault this year after 9.668 a year ago. She has added the floor exercise to her repertoire, averaging 9.741 on the event.
- Taylor Worthington missed the entire 2018 season due to injury but has rebounded even better than ever. She's scoring a 9.770 on vault (compared to 9.704 in 2017) and a 9.645 on beam, up from 9.615 in 2017.
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, 2x in 2019)
MAC Specialist of the Week (2017)
B'EAST MODE
Jovannah East continues to pace the MAC. Her 9.860 Regional Qualifying Score (RQS) on vault ranks No. 1 in the conference. She is tied for first on balance beam at 9.865 and second on floor at 9.895. In the all-around, East's RQS of 38.990 is tied for fourth, but her average score of 39.046 is first.
FROM HEAD COACH KERRIE TURNER
"Friday marks a very special evening for our seniors. We have six very talented and dedicated seniors and it will be a special opportunity to recognize their accomplishments. It will be an emotional night as they take the floor for one last time in Anderson Arena. This group has done an incredible job both in the gym and in the classroom. All six have competed for BGSU on a variety of events and they hold a cumulative grade point average, as a class, above a 3.6. What I really appreciate is how much each of them have grown as individuals throughout their years at BGSU. I am thankful for their incredible dedication to the program and I am excited to honor them this Friday."
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