Eagles Ready for Consecutive Road Meets Feb. 19 and Feb. 21

Gymnastics at Northern Illinois \| at Western Michigan
Date	Friday, Feb. 19 - 6 p.m. CT \| Sunday, Feb. 21 - 1 p.m.
Venue	DeKalb, Ill. - NIU Convocation Center \| Kalamazoo, Mich. - University Arena
Preview Info	EMU Notes
Live Stats	Live Results
Watch	NIU All-Access \| ESPN3
Twitter	@EMU Gym \| @EMUAthletics

YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) -- The Eastern Michigan University gymnastics team is ready for another event-filled weekend as it travels to DeKalb, Ill. for a conference meet against Northern Illinois University, Feb. 19, at 6 p.m. CT. Following the Friday night fun, the Eagles head to Kalamazoo, Mich. Sunday, Feb. 21, for another clash with Western Michigan University at 1 p.m.
   Eastern (10-3; 2-2 MAC) is going back-to-back in consecutive weeks after finishing second at the GymQuarters Invitational (193.975), Feb. 12, and defeating Kent State (195.825-195.650), Feb. 14, last weekend. This will be the last of EMU's two-meet weekends.
   Northern Illinois (2-4; 2-2 MAC) welcomes the Green and White after a loss to Ball State, 193.350-195.275, Feb. 14. Western Michigan (3-3; MAC 3-3) invites Eastern Michigan to University Arena after defeating Bowling Green, 194.200-190.375, Feb. 13.

FOLLOWING THE MEET: The Friday, Feb. 19, meet will be streamed via NIU All-Access, while the Sunday, Feb. 21, meet will be broadcast on ESPN3. Fans can also follow along with live results on EMUEagles.com, or on Twitter, @EMUGym.

RAH RAH RAISA: Freshman Raisa Boris is picking up steam in her first year of collegiate gymnastics. Boris most recently recorded two career-high scores against Kent State, Feb. 14, scoring 9.850 on bars and 9.825 on floor.

SIZZLING SATLER: Earning a career-high in one event was not enough for junior Caitlin Satler, you must get two. Satler entered the 9.900 club again, but this time on floor against Kent State, Feb. 14. The junior's score of 9.900 earned her first place in the event and ties her for 15th in program history.
   Earlier in the season, the Orland Park, Ill. native scored a career-high 9.925 on balance beam at the Eagle Invitational, Feb. 6. That came just after tying her career-high of 9.900 at Kent State and being honored as Mid-American Conference Specialist of the Week. Satler is tied with former Eagle Natalie Gervais for second all-time on beam, and is currently ranked first in the Mid-American Conference and 21st in the nation in the event.

BEAMTOWN: Continuing to turn up the heat on beam and ranking first in the Mid-American Conference, the Eagles are making a case for Ypsilanti to become Beamtown. The squad is averaging 48.725 on the apparatus with two Eagles ranked in the top-10 in the league. Junior Caitlin Satler ranked first, averaging 9.867 on the apparatus, while sophomore Molly Parris sits seventh, averaging 9.719, respectively.

DIMMING THE FLASH: Eastern Michigan came out on top of the season trilogy with Kent State, 2-1. The Eagles completed the comeback inside the Convocation Center, Feb. 14, to win 195.825-194.650.
Earlier in the season, EMU lost in Kent, Ohio, Jan. 31, 194.050-194.875. Then on Feb. 6, KSU traveled to the Eagle Invitational where the teams finished second and fourth, scoring 195.800 and 194.825, respectively. The Green and White not only won the series, but did so over the span of three weeks.

LAST TIME AGAINST NORTHERN ILLINOIS: The last time Eastern Michigan challenged the reigning Mid-American Conference champions, Northern Illinois, was Senior Night, Feb. 7, 2020, where the Eagles fell, 194.375-196.125. The evening was highlighted by key personal-best performances from several Eagles, including then-sophomore Caitlin Satler scoring a 9.900 on beam to tie for first place. Tying for fourth in the same event was then-junior Brianna Price, earning a career-best 9.875. Adding in classmate Jada Rondeau's score of 9.875, the Green and White tied their 2020 season-high of 49.225 on the apparatus.
   Rondeau also tied for first on bars, scoring a 9.850. Former Eagle Emili Dobronics tied for first, hitting 9.850. Then-freshman Mickayla Stuckey hit a career-high of her own at the time, scoring 9.775 on floor.

STACK AGAINST THE MAC: In the current team rankings, Eastern sits second in the Mid-American Conference, behind Kent State (194.925), with an average score of 194.804. The Green and White leads the MAC on beam, averaging 48.725 in the event. On bars, EMU is again second in the conference (48.800), chasing Ball State in first (48.855). The Eagles sit fifth in the league on vault and floor, averaging 48.596 and 48.683, respectively.

LAST TIME AGAINST WESTERN MICHIGAN: This weekend's matchup between the Eagles and Broncos will be the second of the season. EMU defeated WMU, 195.800-195.575, as Eastern finished second at the Eagle Invitational, Feb. 6 inside the Convocation Center, while Western Michigan finished third.
   The meet saw nine career-highs for the Green and White, starting with bars. Sophomore Molly Parris finished second after hitting a 9.850. Freshman Raisa Boris scored 9.800 in her personal-best performance, and sophomore Hadyn Crossen earned 9.775 on the apparatus.
   On beam there were two more career-best scores with Crossen scoring 9.900 to tie for second, and then junior Caitlin Satler hit a massive 9.925 to claim first from the anchor spot in the lineup.
   The evening was topped off by four career-high scores on floor, starting with juniors Carly Kosanovich and Shannon Gregory earning 9.825 and 9.875, respectively. Putting the final exclamation point on the meet was senior Jada Rondeau and junior Kara Roberts, both hitting a 9.900 and tying for first place.

EASTERN MICHIGAN 49ERS?: The Green and White have now hit 49+ five times this season, with the most recent coming Feb. 14 against Kent State when the bars lineup hit 49.125 for a season-high on the event.
   Eastern has also scored 49.000-or-better twice on beam, Jan. 24 against Bowling Green (49.050) and Feb. 6 at the Eagle Invite (49.000). Floor has also seen two similar performances, hitting 49.200 at the Eagle Invite as well, and 49.175 against Kent State, Feb. 14.

BEZOLD, THE BARS BALLAST: Senior Cortney Bezold, the only gymnast on the team to have competed in a NCAA regional competition, once again leads the bars lineup for Eastern. Bezold is averaging 9.833 on the apparatus in the young season and sitting second in the Mid-American Conference. The senior was tied for third in the conference when the 2020 season ended. Furthermore, the Maineville, Ohio native earned MAC Specialist of the Week honors, Jan. 26, for the fourth time in her career, and has claimed a podium finish on the event in five of six meets so far this season.

EAGLES ON ESPN3: For the fourth consecutive season, the Eagles will have their home meets broadcast on ESPN3. This season, fans will be able to watch their Eagles compete against MAC-opponent Bowling Green, Jan. 24, and close out the season with Senior Night against Bowling Green and Air Force in the Eastern Michigan Triangular, March 7.

ON THE HORIZON: Returning home for Senior Night, the Green and White will host Bowling Green State University and the Air Force Academy, March 7, at 1 p.m. inside the Convocation Center. This will be the second meeting of the season for EMU and both opponents. The meet will be broadcast on ESPN3.

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Players Mentioned

Cortney Bezold

Raisa Boris

Hadyn Crossen

Emili Dobronics

Natalie Gervais

Shannon Gregory

Carly Kosanovich

Molly Parris

Brianna Price

Kara Roberts

Jada Rondeau

Caitlin Satler

Mickayla Stuckey

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