Falcons Soar Friday to the City of Brotherly Love for a Meet with Temple

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green gymnastics team heads to Philadelphia on Friday for a dual meet against Temple. The meet starts at 6 p.m. inside McGonigle Hall.
 
MEET INFO  
• Live results and live video are available via BGSUFalcons.com.  
• The contest will be broadcast live on ESPN+ which can be accessed with a subscription.

IN THE RANKINGS 

• Bowling Green is ranked No. 58 in the nation per Road to Nationals. Temple comes in at No. 52. 

• Bowling Green is ranked No. 50 on vault, No. 58 on floor, No. 59 on bars and No. 64 on beam.

• Temple is No. 41 on beam, No. 52 on vault, No. 53 on bars and No. 54 on floor. 

 

ALL-TIME SERIES 

• BGSU is 2-2 all-time against Temple, including 0-1 in Philadelphia. BGSU last faced Temple in 2020 when the Falcons went 1-1. BGSU’s win came at home and its loss at Temple. 

TEMPLE

• Temple is 6-12 on the season and coming off a loss at No. 8 Kentucky last weekend. Temple’s most recent home meet was a split with a win over Fisk and a loss to Penn on Feb. 8.

LAST WEEK 

• BGSU hosted Western Michigan for a MAC meet at the Stroh Center.

• Keira Thornton’s win on floor was her first event win at the collegiate level. 

• Katrina Mendez Abolnik tied her season high with a 9.800 on vault. 

• Megan Bingham had a season high on bars with a 9.775.  

• Bingham also had a season on beam with a 9.800. 

• Faye Dubin had a PR on beam with a 9.700. 

• Nadia Parente tied her season high on beam with a 9.750.

CAREER-HIGH TRACKER 

• After six weeks, nine-different Falcons have set or tied career highs.  

 

AT EASTERN MICHIGAN 

• Akpan (UB – 9.825) 

• Bingham (FX – 9.775) 

• Bingham (AA – 38.950) 

• Dubin (BB – 9.575) 

• Dzialo (VT – 9.675) 

• Dzialo (FX – 9.750) 

• Gianfrancesco (FX – 9.500) 

• Shaw (UB – 9.750) 

• Shaw (BB – 9.475) 

• Shaw (FX – 9.725)  

 

AT CENTRAL MICHIGAN 

• Shaw (VT – 9.750) 

• Shaw (FX – 9.800)

• Gianfrancesco (FX – 9.500) *** Tied

• Dubin (BB – 9.575) *** Tied

 

VS. CENTRAL MICHIGAN/SEMO

• Dzialo (VT – 9.700)

• Bingham (VT – 9.800)

• Shaw (UB – 9.750)*** Tied

• Kreinbrink (UB – 9.750)

VS. BALL STATE

• Bingham (VT – 9.825)

• Bingham (FX – 9.825)

• Bingham (AA – 39.075)

• Dzialo (FX – 9.825)

• Gianfrancesco (BB – 9.650)

• Brown (VT – 9.800)

• Shaw (BB – 9.675)

• Shaw (FX – 9.875)

 

AT TOWSON

• Gianfrancesco (BB – 9.800)

• Milligan (BB – 9.400)

VS. WESTERN MICHIGAN

• Dubin (BB – 9.700)

• Milligan (BB – 9.450)

 NEXT UP 

• BGSU heads to Normal, Ill., to take part in Illinois State’s quad-meet on Fri., Feb. 28. Central Michigan and Centenary College will also be part of the meet that starts at 8 p.m.