Jensen Wins the All-Around as BGSU Narrowly Loses to NIU

Sunday, January 30

Bowling Green, Ohio

2 p.m.

Bowling Green State University

194.575

195.075

Northern Illinois

Photo by: Mallory Hiser, BGSU Athletics

January 30, 2022 | Gymnastics

Final Results Hear from Head Coach Kerrie Turner Hear from All-Around Winner Taylor Jensen Photo Gallery

By: by Vincent Briedis, BGSU Strategic Communications

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green Falcons (0-7, 0-3 MAC) fell on Sunday afternoon in a MAC meet against NIU (5-2, 1-1 MAC), which was contested at Anderson Arena, by a score of 195.075-194.575.

Taylor Jensen won her second all-around of the year, tying her personal record at 39.350. The all-around score for Jensen is tied for the eighth-best in program history in the event. She also had the best vault score of the meet (9.875) and tied for the meet high on the floor (9.925). Jensen tied her career high on vault and set a new standard on floor, which is tied for ninth all-time in BGSU program history on the floor.

Inside the Scoresheet
• Lily Harsch tied a PR on the bars at 9.800. It was the best overall score in the event, tying her with two Huskies from NIU.
• Paige Bachner made her season debut with a 9.675 on bars.
• BGSU had its best score on bars of the year (48.525).
• Freshman Lexi Bornhorn had a season-high 9.625 on bars.
• Freshman Emily Castiglia had a season-high 9.775 on beam.
• Megan Decious made her season debut on floor and notched a PR with a 9.725.
• Freshman Brooke McNamara had a season-high 9.825 on floor.
• Freshman Katrina Mendez Aboolnik had season bests on beam (9.800) and floor (9.775).
• Freshman Kathryn Weilbacher made her all-around debut (38.925).
• Weilbacher competed in the bars for the first time in her career (9.675) and tied her PR on the floor (9.825).

From the Locker Room
"I saw more detail work in practice this past week and you could see it start to come together. Confidence was the biggest thing they needed, and you can see them believe in themselves and know they can go out there and hit those routines. We still have a lot of work to do, but I feel this is our starting point and this is where we are going to build from." – Kerrie Turner, head coach

Next Up
Bowling Green returns to action on Saturday for a non-conference meet with Illinois State at home in Anderson Arena. First rotation starts at 2 p.m.