DENTON, Texas (Jan. 28, 2017) – Texas Woman's University gymnastics is set for its first home meet of the 2017 season and plays host to Iowa State Sunday at 1 p.m.
TEXAS WOMAN'S (1-5, 0-0 MIC) and IOWA STATE (3-2, 0-0 Big 12)
Sunday, Jan. 29, at 1 p.m.
Denton, Texas (Kitty Magee Arena)
About TWU (1-5, 0-0 MIC)
After opening the season with three meets on the road, the Pioneers settle into Kitty Magee Arena for the first home contest of 2017. TWU hopes to keep its trend alive of continued improvement in overall team score, as the squad has upped its total more than three points since the season opener at Arizona. A portion of that improvement can be attributed to
Bria Northrop as the freshman has increased her output in all four events and went on to place second at No. 2 LSU in TWU's last meet. The Pioneers are currently ranked 58
th nationally.
About Iowa State (3-2, 0-0 Big 12)
The Cyclones won their first three matchups of the season against Arizona State, Wisconsin-Oshkosh and Towson before losing at Arizona and top-ranked Oklahoma Friday. ISU is averaging a score of 194.150 with a high of 195.285 coming against OU. The Cyclones are ranked 34
th nationally.
Series between TWU and ISU
The Pioneers and Cyclones have faced each other just once, with TWU defeating ISU 193.875 to 192.675 in a home quad meet Feb. 16, 2014.
Last meeting amongst the Pioneers and Cyclones
DEKALB, Ill. (Feb. 16) – The TWU gymnastics team scored a 48.300 or better on all four events to win a quad meet at Northern Illinois on Sunday afternoon. The Pioneers final team score of 193.875 was better than the host NIU Huskies (193.825), the Big 12's Iowa State Cyclones (192.675) and the Warhawks of Wisconsin-Whitewater (191.800).
The Pioneers opened the meet on beam and scored a 48.425. TWU was led on the event by junior Stephanie Repp and freshman Carley Carter with scores of 9.725.
The Pioneers moved to floor for the second rotation and finished with a 48.300. Senior Margaret Mayfield was the Pioneers' top performer on the event with a 9.750 while Repp scored a 9.725.
TWU continued its solid performance in the third rotation with a 48.375 vault score. Seniors Bethany Larimer and Amy Winczura led the Pioneers with marks of 9.725.
TWU saved its best for last as they scored a 48.775 on bars in the final rotation. Three Pioneers scored a 9.800 or better led by Larimer with a 9.850. Senior Courtney Cochefski and freshman
Katie Simpson both finished with a 9.800.
TWU registers season-high score in front of record-setting crowd at No. 2 LSU
BATON ROUGE (Jan. 20, 2017) – Texas Woman's University gymnastics scored a team season-best 192.625 in a dual meet against No. 2 Louisiana State Friday in front of the fourth-largest crowd in program history inside the Maravich Center with more than 11,500 fans in attendance, as LSU took the team title with a score of 197.475.
Bria Northrop led TWU in the all-around competition by scoring 38.875 to set a career-high and taking second place, marking her third straight meet of improvement.
Schyler Jones followed with an all-around score of 38.720 to set a season-high.
The Pioneers began the evening on uneven bars and went six-for-six by nailing all routines and ending the rotation with a 48.325 in a solid start for the team. Northrop led TWU on bars with a 9.725, tying her career record.
The second rotation moved the Pioneers to vault where the team solidly produced. Northrop totaled a high score of 9.675 and to improve her career-high by .070. The team finished vault with an overall score of 48.075.
TWU shined in their third rotation on floor as
Erin Alderman and Jones both scored 9.825 to tie for fifth place. The Pioneers fed off of the roaring crowd to give an impressive performance and racking up a team score of 48.825.
The squad concluded the meet on balance beam for their fourth rotation.
Madison Dickson and Northrop went one-two in the lineup with each scoring 9.700. A few falls throughout the remainder of the lineup led to a team score of 47.400.
