OSHKOSH, Wis.- With four individual event winners and four team event wins on Friday night (Jan. 24), UW-Oshkosh women's gymnastics defeated UW-Eau Claire by a score of 193.400-187.450. The Titans' score was the fifth highest in program history and the second highest this season.
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UW-Oshkosh led the way with a 48.275 on the vault, a 48.325 on the uneven bars, a 48.275 on the balance beam, and a 48.525 in the floor exercise, pacing the Blugolds in all four events.
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Averie Evans (Fr. • Fort Worth, Texas) was the top scorer on the vault, tallying a 9.725. The Titans took the following five positions as well:
Reanna McGibboney (Jr. • Chester Springs, Pa.) scored 9.700 points,
Amaya McConkay (Sr. • Broken Arrow, Okla.) scored 9.675,
Mia Lucero (Sr. • Bolingbrook, Ill.) scored 9.600,
Mia Passarella (So. • Atlanta, Ga.) scored 9.575, and
Sam Zeilinger (Sr. • Wheaton, Ill.) scored 9.500.
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On the uneven bars, Oshkosh claimed the top five spot, led by McGibboney's 9.800. Zeilinger placed second with 9.750 points, McConkay third at 9.725, Evans fourth with 9.625, and
Zoe Krull (Sr. • Brownsburg, Ind.) fifth with 9.425.
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Lydia Hayden (Jr. • Broomfield, Colo) grabbed first with a 9.775 on the balance beam.
Emma Steele (So. • Orange County, Calif.) scored 9.675 points to take third and
Jay Ratkowski (So. • Franklin) tied for fourth with a 9.650.
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In the final event of the night,
Delaney Cienkus (Sr. • Plainfield, Ill.) recorded a 9.825 to take first in the floor exercise. She was followed in second by Lucero with a 9.775, in third by
Aleah Radojevich (Jr. • Chicago, Ill.) with a 9.675, and in fourth by both
Jurnee Warkentien (Fr. • Chandler, Ariz.) and McGibboney with 9.625s.
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The Titans will travel to face Simpson College (Iowa) at the Storm's Cowles Fieldhouse for the first time on Saturday, Feb. 1. The first rotation will begin at 1 p.m.