North Carolina State University Athletics
Gymnastics Primed to Host Washington Friday Evening
1/15/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Gymnastics
RALEIGH, N.C.- The NC State gymnastics team will compete in its second meet of the season as it hosts Washington inside Reynolds Coliseum Friday evening.
The event is slated for a 7 p.m. start and will be broadcast on ESPN3.
This will be the Wolfpack’s first of two matchups with the Huskies, as NC State will travel to Seattle, Wash., on March 6 for its second meeting of the season.
From the Coach’s Perspective
“We’re certainly looking forward to Friday’s meet so that we can improve on our performance from last weekend. Washington is great competition for us to go up against and will be another great test for the team.
“More importantly, we were not pleased with our outcome from last weekend and want to make sure that we come out and hit more routines and fine-tune some of our skills that we had some errors on last weekend. So ultimately our primary goal is to improve upon last weekend and fix those fine details we had issues with against Denver.”- Colleen Johnson, Associate Head Coach
Last Time Out
The Pack hosted No. 17 Denver on Jan. 9 inside Reynolds Coliseum to open its 2015 campaign. NC State recorded a team score of 192.025 while Denver charted a 194.500 for its team total.
Senior Lane Jarred and junior All-American Brittni Watkins each claimed titles in the team’s season opener. Jarred tied for first place honors with a 9.700 on beam while Watkins tallied a score of 9.825 to tie for first on vault, notched a score of 9.750 to take second place on bars and earned a score of 38.800 to take second in the all-around competition.
Freshman ImPACKt
NC State welcomes six freshmen to its squad this season, as three made their debuts in the team’s home opener its last time out.
Chelsea Knight, a Waldorf, Md. native, represented the Pack on vault, bars and beam, finishing fifth on vault and bars in her first time out.
Nicole Wild also competed in three events for NC State: bars, beam and floor exercise, while Allie Wismer competed on vault and floor exercise in her debut finishing fifth alongside Knight on vault.
Scouting Washington
The Huskies will enter their second meet of the season in Raleigh after dropping their season opener to Kentucky at home, 194.875-194.325. Washington posted the highest individual score in all four events, led by senior McKenzie Fetcher who posted a 9.75 or higher in each of the three events she competed in.
Like the Wolfpack, Washington welcomes six freshmen to this year’s roster, four of whom made their debut’s in the team’s last time out. The Huskies return two Pac-12 First-Team All-Conference honorees- junior Allison Northey (all-around) and senior Jackie McCartin (balance beam).
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