BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green gymnastics team returns to action on Saturday night when the Falcons head to Maryland to take part in a quad-meet hosted by Towson at TU Arena. The meet will also feature William & Mary and Illinois State and starts at 5 p.m.
 
 MEET INFO  
• Live results and live video are available via BGSUFalcons.com.  

IN THE RANKINGS 
• Bowling Green is ranked No. 58 in the nation per Road to Nationals. Towson comes in at No. 38, Illinois State is at No. 34 and William & Mary is No. 64. 
• Bowling Green is ranked No. 46 on vault, No. 49 on floor, No. 55 on bars and No. 70 on beam 
• Towson is No. 26 on bars, No. 38 on beam, No. 43 on floor and No. 49 on vault. 
• Illinois State is No. 22 on floor, No. 27 on vault, No. 38 on bars and No. 46 on beam.
• William & Mary is No. 55 on beam, No. 56 on bars, No. 66 on floor and No. 78 on vault. 
 
ALL-TIME SERIES 
• BGSU is 2-2 all-time against Towson and making its first trip to TU. BGSU has won two in a row over the Tigers, including in 2020 before the Covid-19 Pandemic halted all competition. That meet was at West Virginia.
• BGSU is 15-11 all-time against Illinois State. ISU has won the last four meetings against the Falcons with Bowling Green's last win coming in 2020 at Anderson Arena.
• BGSU is 1-1 all-time against William & Mary and are meeting for the first time since a 2013 meet at NC State when the Tribe narrowly topped the Falcons. 

TOWSON
• Towson is 10-5 on the season and coming off a strong showing at the Temple Women in Sports Meet where the Tigers went 3-1 with wins over Temple, New Hampshire and LIU.

ILLINOIS STATE
• Illinois State is 9-3 on the season and coming off a victory at Southeast Missouri State. ISU has also faced MAC foes NIU twice (2-0), Western Michigan (1-0) and Ball State (0-1).

WILLIAM & MARY
• W&M is 2-6 on the season and coming off a previous meet hosted by Towson in nearby Upper Marlboro where the Tribe finished fifth out of five teams.
• BGSU head coach Brittney Emmons is in her first season leading the Falcons after spending five seasons at William & Mary where she earned ECAC Assistant Coach of the Year honors.
 
LAST WEEK 
• BGSU narrowly fell to Ball State as the Falcons notched their best score of the season (194.775).
• Various Falcons enjoyed personal records and season highs, highlighted by Megan Bingham's 39.075 in the All-Around. That is tied for the fourth-best score in the MAC this season.
• Kayla Shaw also led BGSU on an impressive afternoon on floor with a PR of 9.875.
• BGSU's 48.825 on vault was its best team score in the event this season 
• BGSU's 48.350 on beam was its best team score in the event this season 

CAREER-HIGH TRACKER 
• After four weeks, eight-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)

 NEXT UP 
• BGSU returns home for a dual meet with MAC foe Western Michigan on Sun., Feb. 16. The meet will celebrate National Girls and Women in Sports Day and be the team's Think Pink meet. It will start at 2 p.m.