Ladies Set To Face Pioneers In MIC Dual Meet On Sunday At Home
The Centenary gymnastics team is back home for the second weekend in a row as the Ladies will face the Texas Woman’s University Pioneers in a Midwest Independent Conference dual meet on Sunday afternoon at 1 PM inside the Gold Dome.
Shreveport - The Centenary gymnastics team is back home for the second weekend in a row as the Ladies will face the Texas Woman's University Pioneers in a Midwest Independent Conference dual meet on Sunday afternoon at 1 PM inside the Gold Dome.
Live results and live video are available for the meet at the links below:
RESULTS: https://scores.virti.us/?s=ohCuX_t7f9
VIDEO: https://youtube.com/live/8xfT3mjMVGk
TICKETS: https://fan.hudl.com/tickets/VGlja2V0ZWRFdmVudDY5NjEzNTgwZDgxMTAxOWU5OTAxOTE0MQ==
Tickets can only be purchased online. NO cash sales will be available. Centenary students, faculty & staff are allowed into every home event FREE with a valid Centenary ID. Passport Points are available for students to claim.
The Ladies posted a season-high team score of 190.100 to defeat the Greenville University Panthers last Friday in a dual meet and the Ladies' home opener inside the Gold Dome. Centenary's score was its best since a 192.175 on Senior Night last season against Fisk University.
The Ladies are 82nd in this week's Road to Nationals rankings while the Pioneers check in at 46th. TWU, a division II school, finished third in the Metroplex Challenge on Sunday with a 195.025 in Fort Worth, Texas.
Centenary finished with season bests on all four events against Greenville, posting a 46.150 on bars, 47.950 on beam, a 48.450 on floor, and a 47.550 on vault. The Ladies' score on floor was the highest in head coach Meg Crowley's four seasons at the helm of the program. Centenary also set seven individual career highs on Friday and eight season highs were either set or tied on a very successful evening.
Junior Olivia Williams (Cape Coral, Fla.) had an impressive meet as she won on bars with a career-high 9.70 and was runner-up on floor with a season-best 9.75. Sophomore Skyla Cruz (El Paso, Texas) continued the strong start to her season as she won on beam with a career-high 9.80 marking the first for Cruz in her young career.
Sophomore Anna Ichiba (Murphy, Texas) finished third on vault with a career high 9.625, fourth on beam with a 9.70, and was seventh on floor with a career-best 9.575. Ichiba earned the MIC Coaches' Choice Award on Wednesday, claiming one of the four individual honors that the conference chooses on a weekly basis.
The honor was the second of the season for Ichiba after she won earned the MIC Performance of the Week honor following her win on beam with a season and career-high 9.80 against Illinois State University on Jan. 18.
Senior Amy Foret (Bedford, Texas) had an impressive night with a season-high 9.725 on floor to tie for third and recorded season-high 9.625 on beam to finish sixth and tied her season-high on vault (9.55) to finish fourth.
Senior Claire Flores (Oklahoma City, Okla.) also had a sensational night as she finished in a tie with Foret for third on floor with a career-high 9.725, finished second on bars with a season-high 9.65 and seventh on vault with a season-high 9.475.
Sophomore Olivia Montgomery (Willard, Mo.) scored a season-high 9.50 on vault to finish fifth, junior Brooke Murdock (Garland, Texas) earned a career-high 9.675 on floor to finish fifth, sophomore Chloe Gilbert (Pflugerville, Texas) had a season-high 9.45 on beam to place 10th, sophomore Peyton Burford (West Monroe, La.) was eighth on vault with a 9.40, and freshman Nyah Washington (Farmington, Minn.) had a career-high 9.475 on floor to finish eighth and tied for fourth on bars with a 9.375.
The Ladies and Pioneers will meet again along with fellow MIC members Illinois State and Southeast Missouri State University (SEMO) on Friday, March 20 in the annual MIC Championships held in Normal, Ill.
See the Ladies' complete season schedule here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/gymnastics/2025-26/schedule
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