Eastern Michigan Athletics

Friday, February 17
DeKalb, Ill.
6 p.m. CT

Eastern Michigan University

195.075
at
195.350

Northern Illinois

Ella Chemotti on Floor against Ball State 1/22/23
Photo by: Steve King/KingStudios

Gymnastics Drops Close Meet at NIU

2/17/2023 8:58:00 PM | Gymnastics

Eagles post season high scores on vault and beam in setback

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DEKALB, Ill. (EMUEagles.com) - The Eastern Michigan University gymnastics team dropped a tight meet to Northern Illinois University, 195.350-195.050, inside the Convocation Center located on the campus of NIU Friday night, Feb. 17.  

How It Happened 
Eastern's first rotation took the team to the bars where the squad earned a 48.675 team score. Raisa Boris (Brooklyn Park, Minn.-Park Center) landed in the top spot among Eagles on the apparatus with a 9.800 performance, good for fourth place. 

In the second rotation, the Eagles recorded a season-high 48.800 vault score. Boris, Alana Fisher (Athens, Ala.-Alabama Connections Academy), and Molly Parris (Hudson, Ohio-Hudson) all posted team-high 9.825 scores on the event to tie for second overall. Boris and Fisher earned career bests with their vault performances tonight while Parris' mark was good for a season high.  

Eastern Michigan's third rotation took the team to the floor where EMU registered a 48.500 score as both Boris and Hadyn Crossen (Carmel, Ind.-Carmel) led the Eagles with 9.775 scores. 

The Green and White finished on the beam with a season-high event tally of 49.100. Ella Chemotti (Canton, Mich.-Canton) matched her season high with an impressive 9.925 on beam for first place overall. Cassie Bergin (Islip Terrace, N.Y.-East Islip) and Kyrie Lowe (Lake Worth, Fla.-Park Vista) also notched career bests on beam with 9.800 scores. 

Meet Notes
*denotes career high 
^denotes season high 

Team
1. Northern Illinois - 195.350
2. Eastern Michigan - 195.050

Vault - 48.800^
T2. Raisa Boris - 9.825*
T2. Alana Fisher - 9.825*
T2. Molly Parris - 9.825^
9. Emma Lewis - 9.725^
11. Ella Chemotti - 9.600
12. Sophia Rios - 9.550

Bars - 48.675
4. Raisa Boris - 9.800
T5. Trinity Macy - 9.750
T5. Anna Grace McCullough - 9.750 
7. Molly Parris - 9.725^ 
8. Hannah Hartung - 9.650
11. Kyrie Lowe - 9.200

Beam - 49.100^ 
1. Ella Chemotti - 9.925^
T4. Cassie Bergin - 9.800*
T4. Kyrie Lowe - 9.800*
T4. Hadyn Crossen - 9.800
T7. Raisa Boris - 9.775
12. Trinity Macy - 9.125

Floor - 48.500
T3. Raisa Boris - 9.775
T3. Hadyn Crossen - 9.775
8. Ella Chemotti - 9.675
T9. Kyrie Lowe - 9.650*
11. Mickayla Stuckey - 9.625
12. Anna Grace McCullough - 9.100

All-Around 
1. Raisa Boris - 39.175

Up Next
Eastern Michigan begins its three-meet home stand against Kent State University, Sunday, Feb. 26, inside the George Gervin GameAbove Center. The meet will broadcast on ESPN+, where Brent Balbinot (play-by-play) and former Eagle Kristin Borg (analyst) will have the call. Meet time is slated for 1 p.m. 

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