Falcons Head To No. 8 Michigan State on Sunday for Final Regular Season Meet
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green gymnastics team concludes the regular season on Sunday when the Falcons head to East Lansing to face Michigan State. The meet will start at 2 p.m. inside Jenison Field House.
MEET INFO
• Live results and live video for both meets are available via BGSUFalcons.com.
• The meet will be broadcast live on Big Ten Network+, which can be accessed via a subscription.
IN THE RANKINGS
• Bowling Green is ranked No. 57 in the nation per Road to Nationals. MSU comes in at No. 8.
• Bowling Green is ranked No. 53 on vault, No. 55 on bars, No. 59 on floor and No. 66 on beam.
• MSU is No. 4 on vault, No. 8 on bars, No. 15 on floor and No. 16 on beam.
ALL-TIME SERIES
• The Falcons are 4-19 all-time against Michigan State. BGSU last met MSU in East Lansing last year, which was the first meeting since the Falcons won at Michigan State in 2018.
• The last meeting in 2023 the Falcons registered the program's second Top-5 team performance over a three-day span, but it wasn't enough as Michigan State broke its program record for team scoring with a 198.225. BGSU's 196.200 was the fourth-best team score in program history.
• Katrina Mendez Abolnik had a career-high 9.900 on vault, which is tied for No. 7 all-time at BGSU the last time these teams met.
MICHIGAN STATE
• MSU is 13-3 on the year and coming off a second-place finish at a quad-meet at then-No. 14 Alabama last weekend.
• Michigan State topped the Tide and then-No. 24 North Carolina, while then-No. 6 Cal won the event over the Spartans by a narrow margin, 197.200-197.150.
LAST WEEK
• At NIU last weekend Megan Bingham won the the All-Around for the second week in a row after tying her PR (39.075).
• Katrina Mendez Abolnik won the vault (9.875) and Kayla Shaw won the floor (9.800) to pace BGSU in the event.
CAREER-HIGH TRACKER
• After nine weeks, 11-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)
AT ILLINOIS STATE/CMU/CENTENARY
• Shaw (UB – 9.800)
• Milligan (BB – 9.650)
VS. KENT STATE/WILBERFORCE
• Bingham (VT – 9.850)
• Bingham (AA – 39.075)***-Tied
• Dzialo (VT – 9.775)
• Shaw (UB – 9.825)
• Thornton (UB – 9.800)***-Tied
• Dubin (BB – 9.750)
• Coburn (FX – 9.875)
AT NIU
• Bingham (VT – 9.850)***-Tied
• Bingham (AA – 39.075)***-Tied
NEXT UP
• BGSU heads to Mount Pleasant, Mich., on Sat., March 22 for the 2025 MAC Championship. The event will start at 2 p.m. and be broadcast live on ESPN+.
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