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Ball State Gymnastics Falls to Ohio State In Season Opener
January 13, 2007 | Gymnastics
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ball State University women's gymnastics team (0-1) fell to Big Ten foe Ohio State by a score of 193.625 to 185.325 Saturday night at St. John Arena.
Ball State's Erica Gilkerson tied Ohio State's Alyssa Meyer for a third place finish on vault after scoring a 9.650. Kristin Sprague finished sixth on bars (9.550) while teammate Brittany George took home fourth on beam (9.575). BSU's Lauren West took home sixth on floor after scoring a 9.575. West's floor routine was brand new this season.
The Cardinals started on bars hitting four out of six of their routines which all came from freshmen. BSU managed their third highest score on bars (46.850) since second year head coach Lisa Simonton has been at the helm of the Cardinals. The freshman continued competing strong hitting all of their vaults.
"What was really impressive for our first meet was the positive team energy and focus that we had with such a young team," said Simonton. "The upperclassmen really kept the team pumped up and will continue to do that throughout the season. Overall, we improved on our team score for the first meet of the season from last year's opening meet. We are determined to correct our major mistakes for our Mid-American Conference opener at Kent State next week."
Ball State returns to action on Friday, Jan. 19 as it travels to Kent State for its MAC opener. The meet will begin at 7 pm.
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