ISU Tops 195 Once Again, Defeat Lindenwood On The Road

ST. CHARLES, Mo. – For the third meet in a row, Illinois State scored over 195 and for the second meet in a row the Redbirds defeated Lindenwood by way of a 195.150 to 194.150 final score on Sunday in St. Charles, Missouri.

Scoring Breakdown:
•    Vault: ISU 48.850, LIND 48.625
•    Bars: ISU 48.750, LIND 47.875
•    Beam: LIND 48.725, ISU 48.550
•    Floor: ISU 49.000, LIND 48.925 

Thoughts from Coach Bob Conkling:
"This was another solid meet and I'm so proud of this team. Four competitions within the last two weekends is a lot of gymnastics, but they handled it by consistently scoring right around 195 in all four meets. The team also had a lot of personal best and event and all-around victories during that stretch which bodes well for the final three meets of the regular season before the conference championship."
 
Team Notes:
•    The Redbirds got off to a solid start on bars, scoring a 48.750 to take a slight advantage into the second event.
•    Coming off a record-setting vault routine on Friday night, ISU followed it with a solid 48.850 to lead halfway through.
•    On floor, the Redbirds posted a 49.000 marking the third time this season they have posted that score or better on the event as they led heading into the final event. 
•    ISU finished strong, posting a 48.550 on beam marking its highest score in the event in three meets.

Gymnast Notes:
•    Angelica Labat was back at it on Sunday, winning the all-around for the fourth time in a row this time with a score of 39.225 to finish ahead of teammate Alana Laster with a 39.100.
•    Labat set a season-high on vault with a 9.925 to take the event win and was followed in second place by Laster who posted her second 9.9 or better on the event this season.
•    The Redbirds took the top two spots on bars as well, as Sofia Iribarren and Madison Kipp tied for the event win with scores of 9.825.
•    Labat the was the top finisher on beam for the Redbirds, tying for second place with a 9.775.
•    Jaye Mack tied her career-high with a 9.900 on floor to take the event win, and Labat picked up a top-5 finish in fourth place with a 9.825.

Up Next:
ISU is back in action on Friday, February 25, when it travels to Cape Girardeau, Missouri, for a dual meet with Southeast Missouri State at Houck Field House set to begin at 6:30 p.m.

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