North Carolina State University Athletics
Gymnastics Returns Home Friday For Tri-Meet
1/19/2017 10:20:00 AM | Women's Gymnastics
Wolfpack to host Ball State, William and Mary
RALEIGH – After a two-meet road swing the No. 24 NC State gymnastics team returns home Friday to host Ball State and William and Mary in a tri-meet. The matchup is slated for a 7 p.m. start inside Reynolds Coliseum.
Live stats will be available and will be broadcast on ESPN3.
Last Time Out
After a team score of 193.900 in its tri-meet last Friday at Utah State, NC State made a quick turnaround on Monday afternoon with its dual meet at No. 15 Georgia, bouncing back with a final score of 194.800 inside Stegeman Coliseum.
The Wolfpack improved by nine-tenths of a point from its last outing to Monday, as the GymDogs finished with a 196.875 - their highest score of the 2017 season. The team posted a season-best score on floor (48.875), as well as four career-best individual event scores. Of the eight top-five event finishes NC State collected, Chelsea Knight and Paris Phillips earned three a piece.
Pack In The Polls
In the latest Road To Nationals poll NC State checked in at No. 24 with a 194.413 scoring average. The Wolfpack is additionally listed second among the EAGL Conference standings behind 14th-ranked George Washington.
The Pack remains ranked on two rotations, as the team is 18th on bars (48.813) and 22nd on vault (48.875).
Knight, a junior, sits at No. 29 as an all-arounder in the national polls and leads the conference standings with a 39.188 average.
Scouting Ball State
Ball State is listed at No. 31 in the latest national rankings and will head into Friday's meet with a 1-2 season record. In their first week of competition the Cardinals finished third in a tri-meet at Missouri with Illinois with a 193.625, and earned a 194.175-193.475 win at Northern Illinois in their last time out.
Scouting William and Mary
William and Mary holds a 189.800 team average and is ranked 63rd in this week's national poll. The Tribe opened their season finishing fourth in a quad meet at Rutgers with New Hampshire and Bridgeport, posting a score of 188.275. Last week the squad defeated Alaska Anchorage, 191.325-188.950, in its home opener.
Live stats will be available and will be broadcast on ESPN3.
Last Time Out
After a team score of 193.900 in its tri-meet last Friday at Utah State, NC State made a quick turnaround on Monday afternoon with its dual meet at No. 15 Georgia, bouncing back with a final score of 194.800 inside Stegeman Coliseum.
The Wolfpack improved by nine-tenths of a point from its last outing to Monday, as the GymDogs finished with a 196.875 - their highest score of the 2017 season. The team posted a season-best score on floor (48.875), as well as four career-best individual event scores. Of the eight top-five event finishes NC State collected, Chelsea Knight and Paris Phillips earned three a piece.
Pack In The Polls
In the latest Road To Nationals poll NC State checked in at No. 24 with a 194.413 scoring average. The Wolfpack is additionally listed second among the EAGL Conference standings behind 14th-ranked George Washington.
The Pack remains ranked on two rotations, as the team is 18th on bars (48.813) and 22nd on vault (48.875).
Knight, a junior, sits at No. 29 as an all-arounder in the national polls and leads the conference standings with a 39.188 average.
Scouting Ball State
Ball State is listed at No. 31 in the latest national rankings and will head into Friday's meet with a 1-2 season record. In their first week of competition the Cardinals finished third in a tri-meet at Missouri with Illinois with a 193.625, and earned a 194.175-193.475 win at Northern Illinois in their last time out.
Scouting William and Mary
William and Mary holds a 189.800 team average and is ranked 63rd in this week's national poll. The Tribe opened their season finishing fourth in a quad meet at Rutgers with New Hampshire and Bridgeport, posting a score of 188.275. Last week the squad defeated Alaska Anchorage, 191.325-188.950, in its home opener.
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