Ladies Set To Face Bridgeport On Senior Night
The Centenary gymnastics team is set to face the University of Bridgeport Purple Knights in a non-conference meet on Monday evening as the Ladies celebrate Senior Night inside the Gold Dome.
Shreveport- The Centenary gymnastics team is set to face the University of Bridgeport Purple Knights in a non-conference meet on Monday evening as the Ladies celebrate Senior Night inside the Gold Dome.
Live results and live video are available for Friday's meet at the links below:
Results: https://virti.us/session?s=9hKwmzJAPC
Video: https://www.youtube.com/live/SwOCGFWTv-s?si=oGLq10s-RXFBsAgA
Centenary will honor its 2024 senior class following Monday's meet - Kendall Huff (Riviera, Texas), Rylie Molina (Moss Bluff, La.), Roxanne Myers (Prairieville, La.), Isabel Plaza (San Antonio, Texas), and Lacey Wedge (Belle Chasse, La.).
Bridgeport, a division III school and a member of the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference, is ranked 65th in the latest Road to Nationals rankings, while the Ladies are 81st.
The Ladies return to action for the first time since Feb. 16 when they finished third in a tri-meet against the host Air Force Academy Falcons and the UC-Davis Aggies with a team score of 185.375 in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Centenary is back in the Gold Dome for the first time since a successful weekend in which they earned a season-best 189.150 in a pair of meets on Feb. 9 and 11 – first a tri-meet against Alaska Anchorage and Talladega College and then a quad-meet against Alaska Anchorage, Greenville University, and Talladega.
The Ladies' top event score of the meet earlier this month against Air Force and UC-Davis was on vault – 47.150, followed by a 46.425 on floor, 46.200 on beam, and a 45.600 on bars. Wedge earned the Ladies' top score of the meet on vault with a season-high 9.725 to tie for seventh place. Junior Emma Lavelle (Mandeville, La.) was the Ladies' top finisher on beam with a new career-high 9.675 to place sixth, Wedge led the way on floor as she tied for seventh with a 9.65 and freshman Olivia Williams (Cape Coral, Fla.) earned a new season and career-high 9.60 on floor to tie for 10th.
Plaza earned a solid 9.55 on vault to tie for 12th, sophomore Sophie Schmitz (Trophy Club, Texas) finished in a tie for 14th with a 9.525, and sophomore Amy Foret (Bedford, Texas) recorded a 9.45 to finish 16th.
See the Ladies' complete season schedule here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/gymnastics/2023-24/schedule
Admission is FREE to all Centenary home athletic contests. Live stats and live video stream are available for all Centenary home contests.
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