Gymnastics

Gymnastics Returns Home to Host Kentucky, Lindenwood

Feb. 5, 2015 



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OpponentLocationDay/Time (CT)Media

	

		No. 23 Kentucky
		Columbia, Mo.
		Friday // 6:15 p.m.
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Meet Notes: Mizzou PDF

	

	




COLUMBIA, Mo. - After a three-week road stretch, the Mizzou gymnastics team returns home to the Hearnes Center for a pair of meets this weekend. The Tigers first host No. 23 Kentucky on Friday, Feb. 6 at 6:30 p.m. (6:16 p.m. march-in) in a meet broadcast live on ESPN3. Missouri then welcome Lindenwood on Sunday, Feb. 8 at 3 p.m. (2:45 p.m. introductions).

PROMOTIONS

Friday

Alumni Night - Mizzou welcomes back alumni, who will be recognized throughout the meet.

WBB Ticket Stub - All fans who bring their women's basketball ticket stubs from the Feb. 5 Texas A&M game will receive free admission.

Sunday

Family Fun Day - Free admission for all children 12 and under.


TIGER TIDBITS


  • After a three-week road stretch, the Mizzou gymnastics team returns home to the Hearnes Center for a pair of meets this weekend. The Tigers first host No. 23 Kentucky on Friday, Feb. 6 at 6:30 p.m. in a meet broadcast live on ESPN3. Missouri then welcome Lindenwood on Sunday, Feb. 8 at 3 p.m.

  • Fans are encouraged to arrive by 6:15 p.m. to watch introductions.

  • The Tigers own an 11-3 mark all-time against the Wildcats in regular season meets.

  • Mizzou is 4-0 all-time against Lindenwood in regular season meets since the Lions program started in 2013.

  • Mizzou posted a season best 195.850 in the State of Missouri Meet on Jan. 30 as the Tigers picked up wins over Lindenwood (194.700) and SEMO (193.600). The team score was the highest for Missouri since the 2012 Big 12 Championship (March 24, 2012).

  • The Tigers also tallied season highs on vault (49.250), bars (49.150) and beam (49.125).

  • Missouri gymnasts set or tied nine career bests in the State of Missouri Meet, including four from senior Laura Kappler, who had highs on vault (9.900), bars (9.800), floor (9.825) and in the all-around (39.175).

  • Kappler, freshman Becca Schugel and senior Becca Johnson all claimed event titles against SEMO and Lindenwood. Kappler won the all-around (39.175) and shared the vault (9.900 win with Schugel, while Schugel also took top honors on floor (9.875). Johnson placed first on bars (9.900).

  • 2015 marks the 35th season of the Mizzou gymnastics program, with the Tigers boasting an all-time regular season record of 375-303-1.

  • Freshman Shauna Miller was the first SEC Freshman of the Week honoree in 2015 to become the Tigers' first-ever SEC selection.

  • The March 6 home meet against Alabama will make history for the program, as the Tigers will compete at Mizzou Arena for the first time in the facility's 10-year history.