Ball State gymnastics received a record attendance with 1,564 people for their meet against Florida on Jan. 11 at Irving Gymnasium. DN PHOTO KAITLIN LANGE

Ball State to host women's gymnastics MAC Championships

For the first time since 2009, the Ball State gymnastics team will host the Mid-American Conference Championships at Worthen Arena on March 19. Ball State has hosted the tournament five other times in its history and will once again hold home-court advantage.



Sophomore Erin Patchey begins her floor routine Jan. 17. DN PHOTO JONATHAN MIKSANEK
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GYMNASTICS: Improvement showing for team

Season-high’s are being set, but the win’s aren’t accumulating. Ball State Gymnastics had another season-high team score of 193.175 and a season’s best on the vault with a score of 48.725, though they still came up short against Western Michigan in Mid-American Conference play last weekend. The vault score the team produced was close to breaking the school record on team vault with 48.9.


Sophomore Denasiha Christian makes a run attempt Jan. 17 against Iowa. DN PHOTO JONATHAN MIKSANEK
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GYMNASTICS: Ball State loses to Bowling Green, 193.025-194.15

Though the Ball State gymnastics team set a season-high mark of 193.025 on Friday, it couldn’t defeat visiting Bowling Green. “We are getting better little by little, we just have to stay on our game,” head coach Joanna Saleem said. After setting a season-high mark last week as well, the Cardinals kept momentum rolling.




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Ball State goes to MAC Championship

As the Ball State gymnastics team prepares for the Mid-American Conference Championship tournament this Saturday, they hope that the long, trying season will have a positive effect on their post-season performance. 








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