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Friday, January 25
Chapel Hill, N.C.
7 p.m.
North Carolina
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Junior Grace Donaghy at the Pink Meet last weekend.
Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati
Carolina Continues Home Stretch, Hosts NC State Friday
January 24, 2019 | Women's Gymnastics
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Carolina gymnastics holds its second home meet of the season Friday night at 6:45 p.m. against East Atlantic Gymnastics League rival NC State. North Carolina (4-1) looks to keep its top spot in the EAGL standings and undefeated record in EAGL play as NC State (4-1) visits Carmichael Arena in Chapel Hill. The meet is Carolina's Diversity and Inclusion meet and admission is free to the public.
"The team is very excited about the competition this Friday night," said Carolina head coach Derek Galvin. "NC State has a strong team and are the defending EAGL champions. They always compete well here. We are looking forward to testing our metal against them."
The Tar Heels come into the meet currently holding the top spot in EAGL play with an average score of 194.663, just ahead of NC State who averages 194.425. Carolina's floor routine continues to be its best apparatus behind Khazia Hislop's EAGL-leading average of 9.900. Carolina leads all of the EAGL in floor, earning placing eighth in the country after three weeks of competition.
The Diversity and Inclusion Meet is one the Carolina Gymnastics program looks forward to each year. Through the meet, the team hopes that everyone feel valued and respected. Representatives from Black Student Movement, the UNC American Indians Center and the LGBTQ community will be in attendance at the meet.
"We feel that the University of North Carolina and this community stands for diversity and inclusion," Galvin stated. "We want to make that more visible to the community and the state of North Carolina… We all have great things that we can contribute to the University and the community in general and to not value that in everyone is a tremendous waste of talent and resources."
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"Today was a lot of fun," stated Carolina head coach Derek Galvin. "Marie [Case Denick], Emma [Sibson] and I were pleased with the way the team preformed. We broke the 195-threshold. The team again looked composed and did quality routines. We know that we can still improve."
The Tar Heels began the meet on vault, with a team score of 48.500. Strong performances from senior Madison Hargrave and junior Mikayla Robinson led the team on vault, with both Hargrave and Robinson scoring a 9.750, finishing in seventh place in the meet. Khazia Hislop finished in ninth-place, rounding out the top-10 Tar Heels with a score of 9.725.
Up next on parallel uneven bars, Carolina scored 48.600 to earn second of the three teams. Strong performances from Rylie Dewhurst and Megan Ruzicka led the Tar Heels. Dewhurst placed sixth with a score of 9.825 while Ruzicka scored a 9.750 to earn an eighth-place finish. Grace Donaghy scored 9.700, finishing behind Dewhurst and Ruzicka in ninth.
The Tar Heels scored a 48.875 on beam, their second-best event of the day. Hislop and Dewhurst tied with sixth place for the top Tar Heel finishes on beam with scores of 9.850, matching Dewhurst's career high. Jamie DeCicco placed tenth on beam with a score of 9.800 for Carolina.
The Tar Heels best performance of the day came on floor exercise. Hislop led the Tar Heels with a second-place finish on floor with an impressive score of 9.925. Lily Dean also took to the floor for the Tar Heels, scoring 9.850 to finish fifth in the event. Although the Tar Heels finished the meet with the highest overall team score for floor (49.175), it was not enough to capture victory in the total team standings.
"The team has been training hard," Galvin said. "They've been working hard in the gym. It is great to see the results of that effort. I know they enjoyed the meet today."
"We had a great crowd," continued Galvin. "The thing I really enjoyed about the spectators is that they were cheering for all three teams. They appreciated good gymnastics and they got to see that today."
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"NC State and Carolina have had a great competitive relationship for many many years," Galvin commented. "Any time the two schools are competing, it doesn't matter what the rankings are, we know it is going to be a great competition. They've got a great coaching staff and a talented team… It is an opportunity for both schools to celebrate the sport of gymnastics."
"The team is very excited about the competition this Friday night," said Carolina head coach Derek Galvin. "NC State has a strong team and are the defending EAGL champions. They always compete well here. We are looking forward to testing our metal against them."
The Tar Heels come into the meet currently holding the top spot in EAGL play with an average score of 194.663, just ahead of NC State who averages 194.425. Carolina's floor routine continues to be its best apparatus behind Khazia Hislop's EAGL-leading average of 9.900. Carolina leads all of the EAGL in floor, earning placing eighth in the country after three weeks of competition.
The Diversity and Inclusion Meet is one the Carolina Gymnastics program looks forward to each year. Through the meet, the team hopes that everyone feel valued and respected. Representatives from Black Student Movement, the UNC American Indians Center and the LGBTQ community will be in attendance at the meet.
"We feel that the University of North Carolina and this community stands for diversity and inclusion," Galvin stated. "We want to make that more visible to the community and the state of North Carolina… We all have great things that we can contribute to the University and the community in general and to not value that in everyone is a tremendous waste of talent and resources."
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LAST WEEK
Carolina Gymnastics put up a strong effort and placed second Saturday against No. 1 Oklahoma University (197.000) and Ball State (193.600) with a score of 195.150 at Carolina Gymnastic's annual Women's Day and Pink Meet. Carolina suffered its first loss of the season, falling to 4-1 overall and 1-0 in EAGL competitions. The UNC gymnasts posted strong numbers on all four events, showing improvement in every event from last week's win at the Lindsey Ferris Invitational."Today was a lot of fun," stated Carolina head coach Derek Galvin. "Marie [Case Denick], Emma [Sibson] and I were pleased with the way the team preformed. We broke the 195-threshold. The team again looked composed and did quality routines. We know that we can still improve."
The Tar Heels began the meet on vault, with a team score of 48.500. Strong performances from senior Madison Hargrave and junior Mikayla Robinson led the team on vault, with both Hargrave and Robinson scoring a 9.750, finishing in seventh place in the meet. Khazia Hislop finished in ninth-place, rounding out the top-10 Tar Heels with a score of 9.725.
Up next on parallel uneven bars, Carolina scored 48.600 to earn second of the three teams. Strong performances from Rylie Dewhurst and Megan Ruzicka led the Tar Heels. Dewhurst placed sixth with a score of 9.825 while Ruzicka scored a 9.750 to earn an eighth-place finish. Grace Donaghy scored 9.700, finishing behind Dewhurst and Ruzicka in ninth.
The Tar Heels scored a 48.875 on beam, their second-best event of the day. Hislop and Dewhurst tied with sixth place for the top Tar Heel finishes on beam with scores of 9.850, matching Dewhurst's career high. Jamie DeCicco placed tenth on beam with a score of 9.800 for Carolina.
The Tar Heels best performance of the day came on floor exercise. Hislop led the Tar Heels with a second-place finish on floor with an impressive score of 9.925. Lily Dean also took to the floor for the Tar Heels, scoring 9.850 to finish fifth in the event. Although the Tar Heels finished the meet with the highest overall team score for floor (49.175), it was not enough to capture victory in the total team standings.
"The team has been training hard," Galvin said. "They've been working hard in the gym. It is great to see the results of that effort. I know they enjoyed the meet today."
"We had a great crowd," continued Galvin. "The thing I really enjoyed about the spectators is that they were cheering for all three teams. They appreciated good gymnastics and they got to see that today."
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THE OPPONENT
NC State has been a longtime rival of Carolina. The defending EAGL Champions swept the Tar Heels in both meetings last year. The Wolfpack hold the No. 31 spot in the nation, three behind the 28th-ranked Tar Heels. This will be the first time Carolina assistant coach Emma Sibson faces off against her first team."NC State and Carolina have had a great competitive relationship for many many years," Galvin commented. "Any time the two schools are competing, it doesn't matter what the rankings are, we know it is going to be a great competition. They've got a great coaching staff and a talented team… It is an opportunity for both schools to celebrate the sport of gymnastics."
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