Mikailla Northern won the all-around competition and was in the top two on three apparatuses, as UIC came away with their first dual meet win of the season, a 193.625-191.325 decision over Southeast Missouri State on Sunday afternoon. The Flames outscored SEMO on three apparatuses, and tied on the fourth, and had two individual event champions.
"We had a solid team performance today," co-head coach
Peter Jansson said. "Tighter than usual judging kept the scores down somewhat, but the team continues to compete better and better. We started out with a couple of uncharacteristic mistakes on bars but after that, it was smooth sailing with lots of great performances."
Rotation 1 – Bars
- Toni Alicke paced UIC with a first place performance worth 9.800. It was the third time this season that she had the team's highest score.
- Ashley Albrecht and Mikailla Northern each posted a 9.750. They tied for second.
- Riley Cholod was right behind them with a 9.725, in a tie for fourth.
Rotation 2 – Vault
- Northern earned her second, second-place finish of the meet with a 9.775.
- Albrecht's 9.750 tied her season high and was good for third place.
- Serena Baker, competing on vault for just the second time in her career, improved upon her vault debut last week and contributed to the team score.
- Only two of SEMO's vaulters scored higher than UIC's lowest counting score. After two rotations, the Flames led by 2.200 points.
Rotation 3 – Floor
- Abby Hasanov's 9.775 was her season high. She tied for second place.
- Kayla Baddeley and Northern each scored 9.750, right behind Hasanov in a fourth place tie.
- Dani Maciel tied a season high with a 9.700. Alicke also met that mark, giving the Flames a season high-tying 48.675 on the floor.
Rotation 4 – Beam
- Northern was the event champion, scoring 9.775.
- Baddeley tied for second with a 9.700.
- Riley Mahoney gave the Flames a third top score, posting a 9.650.
All-Around
- Northern broke 39 points for the second time this season, and recorded her first all-around win with 39.050 points.
- Albrecht was third with a total of 38.425.
Up Next
- The Flames will travel downstate for a tri-meet with Illinois and Missouri in Urbana-Champaign next Sunday.
- The meet will begin at 2:00 pm.
- It will conclude a stretch of seven out of eight meets on the road.