University of North Carolina Athletics
Friday, March 10
Columbia, MO
7 p.m. (6 p.m. CT)
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Gymnastics Heads To Missouri For Regular Season Finale
March 9, 2023 | Women's Gymnastics
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The University of North Carolina gymnastics team will have one final meet of the 2023 regular season with a trip to Columbia, Missouri, for the Mizzou Quad Meet on Friday, March 10. Competition is set to begin at 7 p.m. ET (6 p.m. CT) at the Hearnes Center.
Ball State and Southeast Missouri State will also partake in the quad meet, which will air on SECN+.
The Tar Heels are fresh off a win over Air Force on March 3 to go undefeated at home in Carmichael Arena, also improving to 14-4 (6-0) on the year. Their score of 196.475 was the highest of the season and was the first time the program has achieved marks of 49.000+ on all four rotations.
UNC won each event in its home finale with Lali Dekanoidze claiming the top spot on both vault (9.900) and bars (9.925). She matched her career-high on vault and it was the seventh score of 9.900+ she has posted on bars this year.
For her efforts, she picked up her third East Atlantic Gymnastics League Specialist of the Week honor of the season.
Dekanoidze's national qualifying score on bars (9.950) ranks eighth in the country and first among EAGL competitors, while her NQS of 9.875 on vault is third in the league. Julia Knower's NQS of 9.925 on floor is third in the conference.
The Tar Heels rank 22nd on bars (49.235), 35th on vault (49.030), 41st on beam (48.925) and 46th on floor (49.045) nationally. UNC ranks second as a team in the EAGL on bars, fourth on vault, fifth on beam and sixth on floor.
Carolina has 25 rotations of 49.000+ this season, the second most in the EAGL. The Tar Heels have also won or shared 27 of 35 event titles (including all-around) across the last seven meets, with Dekanoidze and Knower combining for 23 event wins on the year.
UNC has also posted the highest score of the meet on bars in every meet since the season opener on Jan. 6.
Stay up to date with Carolina Gymnastics by following the Tar Heels on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
Ball State and Southeast Missouri State will also partake in the quad meet, which will air on SECN+.
The Tar Heels are fresh off a win over Air Force on March 3 to go undefeated at home in Carmichael Arena, also improving to 14-4 (6-0) on the year. Their score of 196.475 was the highest of the season and was the first time the program has achieved marks of 49.000+ on all four rotations.
UNC won each event in its home finale with Lali Dekanoidze claiming the top spot on both vault (9.900) and bars (9.925). She matched her career-high on vault and it was the seventh score of 9.900+ she has posted on bars this year.
For her efforts, she picked up her third East Atlantic Gymnastics League Specialist of the Week honor of the season.
Dekanoidze's national qualifying score on bars (9.950) ranks eighth in the country and first among EAGL competitors, while her NQS of 9.875 on vault is third in the league. Julia Knower's NQS of 9.925 on floor is third in the conference.
The Tar Heels rank 22nd on bars (49.235), 35th on vault (49.030), 41st on beam (48.925) and 46th on floor (49.045) nationally. UNC ranks second as a team in the EAGL on bars, fourth on vault, fifth on beam and sixth on floor.
Carolina has 25 rotations of 49.000+ this season, the second most in the EAGL. The Tar Heels have also won or shared 27 of 35 event titles (including all-around) across the last seven meets, with Dekanoidze and Knower combining for 23 event wins on the year.
UNC has also posted the highest score of the meet on bars in every meet since the season opener on Jan. 6.
Stay up to date with Carolina Gymnastics by following the Tar Heels on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
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