Redbirds To Honor Seniors In Final Home Meet Of The Season
NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State gymnastics will honor its six seniors in the final meet of the regular season on Saturday, when the Redbirds welcome in MIC foe Southeast Missouri State for a 5 p.m. dual meet inside CEFCU Arena.
SETTING THE SCENE
The Redbirds and Redhawks will face off for the third time during the regular season on Saturday night. Action is set to begin at 5 p.m., with live stats available via Virtius and a live stream available on ESPN+.
THOUGHTS FROM ISU HEAD COACH BOB CONKLING
"We are looking forward to another home meet at CEFCU on Saturday night. We hope to see a lot of fans come out to help us celebrate our wonderful senior class in their final meet at home."
SCOUTING ILLINOIS STATE
• ISU currently ranks No. 42 in the country as a team in the latest Road To Nationals rankings and sit at No. 28 in the national floor rankings and No. 27 on the vault.
• The Redbirds are coming off a tough meet against Big Ten Conference foe and No. 15 ranked Minnesota, as ISU scored 195.200 to finish behind the Gophers.
• Senior Alana Laster continues to shine for ISU, as she is currently tied for No. 34 in the country on the vault and looks to have a postseason spot secured.
• Senior Jaye Mack was the top finisher for the Redbirds on vault against Minnesota, tying for second with a 9.900.
• The Redbirds will honor six seniors as part of Senior Night festivities: Kaitlyn Donovan, Julia Heiner, Alana Laster, Jaye Mack, Mya Robinson and Sara Wabi.
SCOUTING SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE
• SEMO ranks No. 59 in the latest Road To Nationals rankings, with rankings of No. 56 nationally on vault and beam.
• Southeast Missouri posted a final score of 194.200 inside the Show Me Center last Saturday night to finish ahead of
• Greenville with a score of 189.025.
• Taylor Ingle won her fourth all around on the year with a final score of 38.450 and led the team on the floor (2nd Overall) and bars (1st Overall).
• Madison Greene led the team on the vault (1st Overall), and Nyah Reader finished first for the Gymhawks on beam (1st overall).
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