UIC scored 195 points for the third straight meet, using a season-best team performance on floor to boost their score in the final rotation. All five of the Flames' scores on floor were 9.800 or higher, and the team totaled 49.200, to pull away from Eastern Michigan, 195.000-193.075. It was the fourth straight first place finish for the Flames, and they remained perfect (5-0) against MAC competition.
"The girls just killed it on floor," co-head coach
Peter Jansson said. "This may have been our best meet of the season from start to finish, and I'm a little surprised our score wasn't closer to 196. Against another MAC opponent we knew we had to be close to perfect on floor to hang on, and we were."
Rotation 1 – Vault
- Kayla Baddeley led the team and placed third with her score of 9.800.
- Miki Northern was one spot behind Baddeley as she scored 9.775 for the third straight meet.
- Allison Broad took fifth with a season high score of 9.750.
Rotation 2 – Bars
Rotation 3 – Beam
- Riley Mahoney was the event champion with a score of 9.775.
- EMU's Caitlin Satler tied Mahoney, but the next four scores belonged to Flames.
- Sheremeta scored 9.725 to take third, Baddley was next with 9.700, followed by Northern and Dani Maciel.
Rotation 4 – Floor
- The last two performances of the day were the best. Sheremeta won floor for the third time this season, tying her career high score with a 9.900.
- Northern competed in the anchor spot and took second with a 9.875.
- Baddeley set a career high and finished third, scoring 9.825.
- Ashley Albrecht tied her career high, and Toni Alicke set a season high, as each scored 9.800.
All-Around
- Northern was the only Flame to complete the all-around. She took first place with her total of 38.700.
Up Next
- The Flames will be back in action next weekend against conference foe Illinois State.
- The meet will start at 4 pm Saturday afternoon in Normal.
