PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – A Friday evening meet inside of the Pennsylvania Convention Center was spirited, as the Illinois State gymnastics team finished second in the Unite for Her Pink Invitational against Temple, West Chester, Southern Connecticut and Ursinus.
Scoring Breakdown:
- Temple: 194.450
- Illinois State: 193.800
- West Chester: 192.000
- Southern Connecticut: 190.250
- Ursinus: 186.200
Thoughts from Coach Bob Conkling:
"We did not do great this weekend. We did really well on bars but did not perform as well as we needed to in the other three events. We need to step it up and do better. Temple deserved to beat us even though we beat them last weekend. We had good all-around performances, but as a team we need to be able to perform better in all four events."
Team Notes:
- The Redbirds started out the meet on a bye and then began on vault, when the Redbirds finished with a 48.025 with two gymnasts posting scores over 9.700.
- ISU moved onto bars and finished the rotation scoring 49.100 as a team and totaling 97.125 … the Redbirds had five gymnasts scoring over 9.700.
- During the third rotation, the Redbirds scored 48.150 on beam, totaling 145.275 and two gymnasts score over 9.700.
- Finishing the meet on floor, ISU scored 48.425 with two gymnasts scoring over 9.700 … the Redbirds totaled 193.800 to finish in second.
Gymnast Notes:
- Gabrielle Cooke scored a 9.850 on floor to take the event win and totaled 39.075 in all-around to finish first … she also posted top 10 finishes on vault (9.700), bars (9.800) and beam (9.725).
- Reigning MIC Gymnast of the Week Angelica Labat tied for second on bars with a 9.875 and third on beam with a 9.775 … she also posted a 9.825 on floor to finish in second and those scores helped her total 38.625 in the all-around to finish third.
- Sofia Iribarren tied her career-high 9.875 on bars to tie for second … she competed in all-around for the second time this season, scoring a career-high and finishing fourth with a 38.550.
- Anna Marema scored a season-high 9.825 on bars to finish in fifth.
Up Next:
- The Redbirds return home on Friday, February 28, after four straight away meets when they host BYU inside Horton Field House. The team will honor its seniors at the meet, which is scheduled to start at 7 p.m.
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