Falcons Sweep Brown, Rhode Island College For Best Win Total Since 2002

Sunday, March 8

Providence, R.I.

1:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

193.900

193.500

Brown

Falcons Sweep Brown, Rhode Island College For Best Win Total Since 2002

March 08, 2020 | Gymnastics

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

Providence, R.I. – The Bowling Green State University gymnastics team dominated the floor exercise and the vault to rally past Brown University in a tri-meet Sunday afternoon. The Falcons also defeated Rhode Island College as BGSU put together one of its most complete performances of the 2020 season. The Falcons recorded a team score of 193.900 to overcome a deficit of more than a full point at the halfway point of the meet. Brown ended with a 193.500 and Rhode Island College had a 180.000.

FULL RESULTS

With the wins, Bowling Green improves to 10-12 on the season. It is the first double-digit win total for the Falcons since the 2002 team went 17-1 and a large improvement over a two-win season just a year ago.

The Falcons nearly broke the school record on vault and BGSU tied or broke career bests seven times between floor and vault, the final two events that Bowling Green competed on. Both Alexandra Fochler and Elena Lawson etched their names into the record book for top-10 individual performances.

THE TEAM RESULT

Bowling Green got off to a bit of a slow start on bars and beam and the Falcons trailed Brown 97.200-95.925 after two rotations Sunday.
By posting a season-best 48.875 on floor, the Falcons closed the gap after three rotations. BGSU trailed by just 0.100 points heading to the vault.
Three of Bowling Green's first four competitors on vault scored career-highs and the Falcons roared all the way back to get the win, on the strength of a 49.075 team score. That total was just shy of the school record 49.125 set in 2014.
BGSU's 193.900 total team score is its fourth-highest of the year.

INTO THE RECORD BOOK THEY GO

Even though BGSU struggled as a team on bars to kick off the meet, Alexandra Fochler certainly did not.
Fochler scored a career-best 9.925, a total that is tied for the fourth-best in program history. It is the highest score for a Falcon since Amanda Lievendag recorded the same score in 2014.
Elena Lawson scored a 9.900 on vault, also a new career-best and a mark that is tied for seventh-highest in school history. Teammate Jovannah East has earned that score a handful of times, most recently a year ago.

SWEEPING MEDALIST HONORS

Bowling Green recorded the top score on all four rotations, as well as in the all-around.
Jovannah East equaled her season-best all-around score with a 39.300. She also won the balance beam (9.850) and the floor exercise (9.875).
Elena Lawson won the vault with her 9.900 score and Alexandra Fochler won bars with a 9.925.
The Falcons, in fact, posted all of the top four scores on vault, the top three scores on floor exercise, and the top two scores on balance beam.
Lawson's vault title is the first individual event championship of her career. Katelyn Goldstrom tied for second on the event with a 9.825 and it was the first time she has earned a top three score on an event.
Lily Harsch placed second on floor exercise. Just a freshman, it is the first top two event finish of her career.

NOTABLE SCORES

Along with Alexandra Fochler's 9.925 on bars, she also posted a career-best 9.800 on floor. Those were the only two events she competed in.
Katelyn Goldstrom recorded career-best scores on floor (9.675) and vault (9.825).
Olivia Williams also posted career-best scores on floor and vault, with identical 9.700 marks.
Lily Harsch added a career-best 9.825 on floor.

UP NEXT

Bowling Green closes the regular season Saturday as the Falcons host Northern Illinois at 2:00 pm for Senior Day.
The Falcons will then head to the MAC Championships March 21 at 2:00 pm, hosted by Western Michigan.