Falcons Soar Friday to the City of Brotherly Love for a Meet with Temple

Friday, February 21

Philadelphia, Pa.

6 p.m.

Bowling Green State University

Temple

Photo by: Avery Zuercher, BGSU Athletics

Falcons Soar Friday to the City of Brotherly Love for a Meet with Temple

February 20, 2025 | Gymnastics

Performance List Support Our Student-Athletes

By: by Vincent Briedis, BGSU Strategic Communications

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green gymnastics team heads to Philadelphia on Friday for a dual meet against Temple. The meet starts at 6 p.m. inside McGonigle Hall.

MEET INFO
• Live results and live video are available via BGSUFalcons.com.
• The contest will be broadcast live on ESPN+ which can be accessed with a subscription.

IN THE RANKINGS
• Bowling Green is ranked No. 58 in the nation per Road to Nationals. Temple comes in at No. 52.
• Bowling Green is ranked No. 50 on vault, No. 58 on floor, No. 59 on bars and No. 64 on beam.
• Temple is No. 41 on beam, No. 52 on vault, No. 53 on bars and No. 54 on floor.

ALL-TIME SERIES
• BGSU is 2-2 all-time against Temple, including 0-1 in Philadelphia. BGSU last faced Temple in 2020 when the Falcons went 1-1. BGSU's win came at home and its loss at Temple.

TEMPLE
• Temple is 6-12 on the season and coming off a loss at No. 8 Kentucky last weekend. Temple's most recent home meet was a split with a win over Fisk and a loss to Penn on Feb. 8.

LAST WEEK
• BGSU hosted Western Michigan for a MAC meet at the Stroh Center.
• Keira Thornton's win on floor was her first event win at the collegiate level.
• Katrina Mendez Abolnik tied her season high with a 9.800 on vault.
• Megan Bingham had a season high on bars with a 9.775.
• Bingham also had a season on beam with a 9.800.
• Faye Dubin had a PR on beam with a 9.700.
• Nadia Parente tied her season high on beam with a 9.750.

CAREER-HIGH TRACKER
• After six weeks, nine-different Falcons have set or tied career highs.

AT EASTERN MICHIGAN
• Akpan (UB – 9.825)
• Bingham (FX – 9.775)
• Bingham (AA – 38.950)
• Dubin (BB – 9.575)
• Dzialo (VT – 9.675)
• Dzialo (FX – 9.750)
• Gianfrancesco (FX – 9.500)
• Shaw (UB – 9.750)
• Shaw (BB – 9.475)
• Shaw (FX – 9.725)

AT CENTRAL MICHIGAN
• Shaw (VT – 9.750)
• Shaw (FX – 9.800)
• Gianfrancesco (FX – 9.500) *** Tied
• Dubin (BB – 9.575) *** Tied

VS. CENTRAL MICHIGAN/SEMO
• Dzialo (VT – 9.700)
• Bingham (VT – 9.800)
• Shaw (UB – 9.750)*** Tied
• Kreinbrink (UB – 9.750)

VS. BALL STATE
• Bingham (VT – 9.825)
• Bingham (FX – 9.825)
• Bingham (AA – 39.075)
• Dzialo (FX – 9.825)
• Gianfrancesco (BB – 9.650)
• Brown (VT – 9.800)
• Shaw (BB – 9.675)
• Shaw (FX – 9.875)

AT TOWSON
• Gianfrancesco (BB – 9.800)
• Milligan (BB – 9.400)

VS. WESTERN MICHIGAN
• Dubin (BB – 9.700)
• Milligan (BB – 9.450)

NEXT UP
• BGSU heads to Normal, Ill., to take part in Illinois State's quad-meet on Fri., Feb. 28. Central Michigan and Centenary College will also be part of the meet that starts at 8 p.m.