Gymnastics | 2/4/2024 1:09:00 AM

DENTON, Texas (Feb. 3, 2024) – Another home meet in Kitty Magee Arena means another record-setting night for the Texas Woman's gymnastics team.
 
TWU competed in their fourth meet of the 2024 season and second straight meet in KMA on Saturday night, as the Pioneers hosted No. 9 ranked Missouri.
 
Last week, the Pioneers set a new program record for highest team score in a home opener with a 194.700, breaking a record set in 2017. Tonight, TWU continued their trend of breaking records this season by setting a new program mark on floor with a 49.375, which broke their former record of 49.325 set back in 2015.
 
While TWU recorded the historical score in their final rotation of the night on floor, they set the tone early in the meet to record a new season high team score of 195.475.
 
The Pioneers started the night out on vault and were once again led by senior Kaitlyn Hoiland who vaulted to a 9.775. Sophia Isbell continued to build on her solid freshman season, scoring a 9.750 in the first rotation. In the fourth spot, Steelie King contributed a 9.725. Daisy Woodring added a 9.700, and Sophie Hernandez rounded out the top five scores for the Pioneers with a strong 9.600, marking a career high in her vault collegiate debut. TWU opened the meet with a 48.550 on vault.
 
For the second rotation, TWU moved over to the uneven bars. Continuing her high score trend, Hoiland led the way in the anchor position for the Pioneers on bars, scoring a 9.825. Just before Hoiland, in the fifth spot, Caroline Bowns ignited the 9.800 flame for TWU, as she hit a 9.800 to match her career high. Brooke Ferrari matched her season high on bars with a 9.800 as well for TWU. In the third spot, Kami Zarlengo also matched her season high of a 9.750 to solidify the top scores for the Pioneers on the uneven bars.
 
After scoring a 48.675 in rotation two, TWU moved on to the balance beam for rotation three. The Pioneers righted themselves on the beam and connected for a season high team score of 48.875. Senior Madeline Gose topped the Pioneer leader board with a season high 9.825 in the anchor spot. Starting with Gose, the seniors really brought the royal energy to the beam queen squad today, In the fourth spot, Woodring scored a season high 9.775. Matching the seniors' energy and shining on the balance beam was freshman Hernandez, who recorded an exciting career high 9.775 for the Pioneers. Another pair of seniors rounded out the top five scores for TWU. Emily Six led off with a 9.750 to match her season high, and King recorded a new season high on beam of a 9.750.
 
The season high trend set the tone and ignited the momentum for a historical fourth and final rotation on floor. In fabulous floor fashion, the Pioneers set a new program record with five Pioneers scoring a 9.825 or higher. Hernandez and Woodring neared perfection on floor, both scoring career high 9.950s – which also tied for the TWU individual floor program record. Then, three Pioneers kept the strong scoring going with 9.825s. Gose scored a season high 9.825, while seniors King and Six displayed career high 9.825s.

The Pioneers closed the meet with a season 195.475, while Missouri won the meet with a 197.025
 
During the meet, the Pioneers also partnered with TWU Housing to Pack the House and award a $500 housing scholarship to a TWU student. Additionally, the Pioneers celebrated Black History Month tonight in partnership with TWU Black Student Union.
 
"It's always exciting to be in front of our home crowd, compete in celebration of Black History Month and partner with Housing for a great Pack the House night," TWU Head Coach Lisa Bowerman said. "To end the meet on floor in front of our fans and post a program record was unforgettable. This week, we focused on being locked in and focused on your moment – to silence any meet circumstances that happened before you and to go out and do your best. Our gymnasts did that tonight. They remained composed brought their individual best, which made us better together. I am proud of us for continuing to take steps forward, and we're excited to compete again next week."
 
TWU will be back in action on Friday, Feb. 9. They will travel to the University of Oklahoma to compete in a Quad Meet hosted by the Sooners at 6:45 p.m.