Sunday, February 23
Morgantown, W. Va.
1:00 p.m.
Bowling Green State University
194.225
at
196.000
West Virginia
Falcons Bounce Back With Strong Performance At West Virginia
February 23, 2020 | Gymnastics
Morgantown, W. Va. – Just two days after struggling at home in a dual-meet home loss to Central Michigan, the Bowling Green State University gymnastics team bounced back with its second-best team score of the year. The Falcons recorded a 194.225 team score and placed third of four teams at West Virginia's Beauty and the Beast quad meet.
West Virginia led wire-to-wire and scored a 196.000 to take first place. Western Michigan added a 195.075, followed by BGSU. Towson finished fourth with a 193.425 team score.
FULL RESULTS
Jovannah East won both the vault and bars, as well as the all-around competition with a score of 39.275. It was the first time in her star-studded career that East won the bars in a meet.
TEAM SCORING
BEAST OF THE EAST
OTHER NOTABLE PERFORMANCES
UP NEXT
West Virginia led wire-to-wire and scored a 196.000 to take first place. Western Michigan added a 195.075, followed by BGSU. Towson finished fourth with a 193.425 team score.
FULL RESULTS
Jovannah East won both the vault and bars, as well as the all-around competition with a score of 39.275. It was the first time in her star-studded career that East won the bars in a meet.
TEAM SCORING
- Bowling Green's 194.225 team score was the Falcons' second-best of the year, just behind a 194.550 the team scored at home in wins over Temple and Illinois State.
- On a rotational basis, BGSU posted its second-best vault (48.725) and bars (48.550) scores of the season.
- The team added a 48.475 on balance beam for its third-best score of the year. The Falcons also had an identical 48.475 on floor.
BEAST OF THE EAST
- After placing in the top three in three events and the all-around Friday against Central Michigan, Jovannah East added three more top three finishes in Sunday's quad meet. In fact, all three were victories as she won the vault, bars and all-around.
- East won the vault with a 9.850 score, narrowly defeating West Virginia's Abbie Pierson, who scored a 9.825.
- On bars, East tied her personal best with a 9.825 to defeat four gymnasts, including teammates Alexandra Fochler and Elena Lawson, with a 9.800.
- Traditionally considered her weakest event, East won the bars for the first time in her career. In total she has 63 career victories, but the other 62 have all come on the other three rotations or the all-around.
- East scored 39.275 on the all-around, her second-best score of the season. She outdistanced Towson's Ally Wesoly, who scored a 39.150.
- East was the only competitor at the meet to win more than one event.
OTHER NOTABLE PERFORMANCES
- Samantha Marion tied for third on vault with a 9.800. It is the fourth time in seven meets this year that she has recorded a 9.800+ on vault.
- Elena Lawson and Alexandra Fochler each tied for second on bars with a 9.800. For Fochler, she has finished in the top three on bars in five of the past six meets. She was unable to compete in Friday's home meet – the only time she has not placed in the top three.
- Lawson's 9.800 on bars bettered her career best score of 9.750 and her season best of 9.700.
- Freshman Olivia Williams set a new personal best score on floor with a 9.700.
- Sophomore Katelyn Goldstrom scored a 9.650 on floor, tying her career high.
UP NEXT
- BGSU will be on the road Friday for a quad meet at Kent State. The competition is set to begin at 7:00 pm and will include Brockport and Ursinus.
- The Falcons do not return home until Saturday, March 14 when the team hosts Northern Illinois for Senior Day at 2:00 pm.
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