Shreveport – The Centenary gymnastics team is back home for the first time in over a month on Friday as the Ladies are set to face the Southeast Missouri State University Redhawks in a Midwest Independent Conference dual meet at 7 p.m. inside the Gold Dome.
Live stats and live video are available for the meet. Live stats will generate once scores are entered and will be available at www.GoCentenary.com and the live video link is below:
Video: https://collegetvticket.com/event/centenary-college-vs-southeast-missouri-state/
The Ladies enter Friday's meet ranked 70th in the country in the latest Road to Nationals rankings and are the seventh-highest ranked division III program in the country. SEMO, a division 1 school, is ranked 57th. The teams were supposed to face off back on Jan. 14 in Cape Girardeau, Mo. but the meet was cancelled.
Friday will be a special evening inside the Gold Dome as the Ladies will honor the memory of former Centenary gymnast Sylvia Keiter and also honor head coach Jackie Fain who will retire at the end of the season after 11 successful seasons at the helm.
Centenary posted a season-high 188.075 team score last Friday in the TWU Quad 1 hosted by Texas Woman's University to finish fourth. The Ladies were joined by the host Pioneers, a division II program and a fellow MIC member, and a pair of division 1 programs in No. 5 LSU and No. 48 Pittsburgh.
Centenary's previous season high score was a 187.650 back on Jan. 23 at home versus Air Force, its only home meet so far this season. The Ladies earned their highest score of the meet on floor (47.700) followed by a 47.550 on vault, a 46.925 on beam, and a 45.900 on bars.
Senior All-American Kendall Sanders (Spring Branch, Texas) finished third in the all-around competition with a 37.525. Sanders' top score of the night was a season-high 9.65 on floor (T17th place) followed by a 9.625 on beam (19th place). She earned a 9.450 on vault to place 22nd and an 8.80 on bars good for 20th place. Sanders won the all-around twice earlier this season in a pair of non-conference meets on the road versus the University of Alaska Anchorage Seawolves on Feb. 11 and 13.
Centenary freshman Emma Lavelle (Mandeville, La.) had the Ladies' top individual finish last weekend as she placed 12th on beam with a 9.725. Freshman Carissa Martinez (Albuquerque, N.M.) finished 14th on beam with a 9.70 and 17th on floor (9.65) as both scores were season bests, and junior Kendall Huff (Riviera, Texas) finished 15th on vault with a 9.70. Sanders and Martinez tied for 17th on floor (9.65). Lavelle also finished 24th on floor with a 7.90.
Junior Leilani Johnson (Wichita, Kan.) finished 19th on vault (9.60) and 21st on floor with a season-high 9.525, junior All-American Taylor Ann Wilson (Memphis, Tenn.) earned a 9.30 on vault to finish in 23rd place and her best finish of the night was on bars (17th) with a 9.65.
Junior Rose Deshler (Hastings, Minn.) finished 18th on bars (9.60), 23rd on floor (9.325) as both scores were season bests, and 24th on beam (8.15). Senior All-American Xian Baumgartner (Albuquerque, N.M.) had her best finish of the night on floor (9.55 - 20th place) coupled with a pair of 23rd-place finishes on beam (8.90) and on bars (7.25).
Junior Madison McCary (Ozark, Mo.) earned a season-best 9.50 on bars to finish 19th, fellow junior Lacey Wedge (Belle Chasse, La.) scored a 9.050 on vault to finish 24th. Sophomore Rylie Molina (Moss Bluff, La.) earned a 22nd-place finish on beam (8.975) and sophomore Isabel Plaza (San Antonio, Texas) finished 21st on vault with a season-high 9.50. Freshman Chloe Armentor (Harvey, La.) finished 21st on bars (8.35).
Centenary will be back in the Gold Dome next weekend for its final meet of the season as the Ladies will face TWU at 6 p.m. on Senior Night.
See the Ladies' complete season schedule here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/gymnastics/2021-22/schedule
Live stats and live video are available for all home meets.
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