Falcons Soar Friday to the City of Brotherly Love for a Meet with Temple
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.
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- Various Falcons Shine at Illinois State Quad-Meet on Friday NightNORMAL, Ill. – Led by Katrina Mendez Abolnik and Kayla Shaw, BGSU placed third on Friday night at Illinois State's quad-meet, which also featured Central Michigan and Centenary College. BGSU scored 193.575, which trailed host Illinois State at 195.725 and CMU at 195.500. Centenary Collee finished fourth with a 189.250.
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- Bingham Wins All-Around, Shaw Win Floor to Pace Falcons at TemplePHILADELPHIA – Megan Bingham won the all-around and Kayla Shaw won the floor, but it wasn't enough as Temple came out victorious over Bowling Green gymnastics on Friday evening, 195.125-191.575, inside McGonigle Hall.