Denton, Texas – The Centenary gymnastics team will participate in the TWU Quad 1 hosted by Texas Woman's University on Friday at 6 p.m. inside Kitty Magee Arena.
Live stats and live video are available for Friday's meet at the links below:
Stats: http://statbroadcast.com/events/statmonitr.php?gid=txwo
Video: https://lonestarconferencenetwork.com/twu/
The Ladies (0-5) will be joined on Friday by the host Pioneers, No. 6 LSU, and No. 30 Pittsburgh. The Ladies altered their schedule as they were supposed to face the University of New Hampshire and Long Island University in a tri-meet on Friday in Durham, N.H. and then complete the weekend against Springfield College, Rhode Island College, and Southern Connecticut State in a quad meet on Feb. 27 in Springfield, Mass.
Centenary and TWU, a division II school ranked 47th in the country and fellow Midwest Independent Conference members, will meet for a second time this season after the Ladies finished second in a dual meet on Jan. 30 in Denton. The teams will also see each other again next month as the Ladies will host the Pioneers on Saturday, March 12 at 6 p.m. on Senior Night. The Ladies will also face LSU for the second time this season after the two met in the season opener on Jan. 7 in Baton Rouge.
The Ladies posted a final team score of 187.175 and earned another runner-up finish to the University of Alaska Anchorage Seawolves in a non-conference dual meet on Feb. 13 in their most recent action. Centenary also placed second to the Seawolves on Feb. 11 with their second-highest score (187.500) of the season. The Ladies are currently ranked 69th in the country in the latest Road to Nationals rankings. Centenary's season high score was a 187.650 back on Jan. 23 at home versus Air Force.
Senior All-American Kendall Sanders (Spring Branch, Texas) won the all-around competition in both meets against the Seawolves and on Sunday she earned a new season high score (38.750) after recording her previous season high (38.475) on Feb. 11. She finished fourth or better in all eight of her individual events during the weekend and won the vault on Sunday with a 9.675 score. Sanders' superb Sunday also included season highs on both bars (9.70) and floor (9.75). Sanders tied for second on floor on Sunday with that season-high 9.75 and tied for third place on bars. She also finished fourth on beam.
Centenary freshman Emma Lavelle (Mandeville, La.) also had an impressive meet on Sunday as she scored a season-high 9.575 on vault to tie for third and earned her second-highest score of the season on beam (9.675) to finish third. She finished seventh on floor (9.45), and 10th on bars (8.80). Junior Kendall Huff (Riviera, Texas) earned a runner-up finish on vault behind Sanders with a 9.65. Huff also finished 12th on floor (8.875). Junior Leilani Johnson (Wichita, Kan.) tied for third place on vault with her teammate Lavelle with a 9.575 and finished 10th on floor (9.05).
Junior All-American Taylor Ann Wilson (Memphis, Tenn.) had her best finish of Sunday's meet on beam (eighth) as she earned a 9.15. She finished ninth on both floor (9.10) and bars (9.25). Junior Rose Deshler (Hastings, Minn.) finished sixth on floor (9.525), eighth on bars (9.45) and ninth on beam (9.125). Fellow junior Lacey Wedge (Belle Chasse, La.) finished eighth on floor (9.275) and 11th on vault (8.95).
Freshman Carissa Martinez (Albuquerque, N.M.) finished sixth on beam (9.475), sophomore Rylie Molina (Moss Bluff, La.) finished 11th on beam (8.775). Junior Madison McCary (Ozark, Mo.) earned an 11th-place finish on bars (8.40) and senior Kendall Knaps (Prairieville, La.) finished 12th on bars with a score of 8.00. Centenary's top individual event score on Sunday was on vault (47.425) followed by floor (47.100), beam (47.050), and bars (45.600).
Centenary will return home to face the SEMO Redhawks in a MIC dual meet on Friday, March 4 at 7 p.m.
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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