BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green gymnastics team returns to action on Sunday afternoon when the Falcons host MAC foe Ball State inside the Stroh Center. The meet begins at 2 p.m.
 
MEET INFO  
• Live results and live video are available via BGSUFalcons.com.  
• It is an Orange Wave game, so wear your orange!

ADMISSION AND ATTENDANCE GUIDELINES
• Admission for Sunday's meet is $6 ($5+$1 fee). Gates open at 1 p.m.
• Fans are encouraged to purchase tickets ahead of time online. 
• The concession stand will open at 1 p.m.
• All parking lots surrounding the Stroh Center are free of charge
• All bags will be checked upon entrance into the Stroh Center. No outside food or drink will be allowed.

IN THE RANKINGS 
• Bowling Green is ranked No. 60 in the nation per Road to Nationals. Ball State comes in at No. 33. 
• Bowling Green is ranked No. 49 on vault, No. 55 on floor, No. 60 on bars and No. 72 on beam 
• Ball State is No. 25 on floor, No. 33 on bars, No. 44 on vault and No. 42 on beam.  
 
ALL-TIME SERIES 
• BGSU is 27-21 all-time against Ball State. BGSU's win in 2022 in Muncie, Ind., snapped a five-meet losing streak to the Cardinals. 
• BSU has a two-meet winning streak with a 196.600-193.200 triumph last year in Muncie. 
• Ball State narrowly topped BGSU in 2023 Anderson Arena, 196.375-196.000. 
• BGSU's 196.000 was the fifth-best score in program history.  
• The last time Ball State came to Bowling Green, Megan Bingham tied the program record on beam with a 9.950.
• BGSU head coach Brittney Emmons is a 2012 graduate of Ball State. She was honored as the 2013 Mid-American Conference Senior Gymnast of the Year. A two-time team captain, she qualified for the NCAA Regionals three times as an all-arounder (2010, 2011, 2013) and competed at the 2009 regional meet on vault and floor. She earned All-MAC honors for three seasons and placed third on vault at the championship meet in 2011.
 
LAST WEEK 
• BGSU split a tri-meet at the Stroh Center last Sunday.
• The Falcons topped SEMO as Central Michigan took the event.
• Katrina Mendez Abolnik was in the lineup for the first time since the 2023 NCAA Regional in Pittsburgh and nailed her vault with a 9.800. She and Bingham (9.800) tied for third on the vault for the meet.
• Kennady Kreinbrink had a PR on bars with a 9.750 in the anchor position. 
• Landyn Williams made her BGSU debut on floor. She is a second-year transfer from Talladega College.
 
CAREER-HIGH TRACKER 
• After three weeks, seven-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)

 NEXT UP 
• BGSU heads to the Mid-Atlantic for a quad-meet at Towson on Sat., Feb. 8. Illinois State and William & Mary are also at the meet that starts at 7 p.m.