Hu Ties Bars Record in No. 19 Mizzou Gymnastics Loss to No. 2 Florida

Friday, January 17

Columbia, Mo.

6 p.m. CT

University of Missouri

195.600

196.850

#2 Florida

Hu Ties Bars Record in No. 19 Mizzou Gymnastics Loss to No. 2 Florida

1/17/2020 9:38:00 PM | Gymnastics

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Freshman Helen Hu (Chicago, Ill.) tied Mizzou's individual bars record in No. 19 Mizzou gymnastics' 196.850-195.600 loss to No. 2 Florida on Friday night at the Hearnes Center. Hu earned a 9.95 on bars to tie the program individual record on the event and claim the bars title.

Freshman Sienna Schreiber (Cumming, Ga.) also took home the all-around title with a 39.000.

VAULT

Mizzou opened the night with a 48.650 on vault in the first rotation. Freshman Kambrie Brandt (Adkins, Texas) paced the team with a 9.8, which tied for second overall on the event. Junior Gabrielle Gottula (Spring, Texas) went 9.75 and seniors Morgan Porter (Overland, Mo.) and Aspen Tucker (Lehigh Acres, Fla.) and sophomore Hannah McCrary (Murfreesboro, Tenn.) all went 9.7.

BARS

The Tigers erupted for a season-best 49.200 on bars thanks to all six scores at 9.8 or better. Hu anchored the lineup with her 9.95 to win her third event title of her freshman campaign. She became the fourth Tiger to ever go 9.95 on the event, joining Jodie Heinicka, Sarah Shire and Alisha Robinson (who did it twice).

Also in the rotation, Porter tallied a season-high 9.85 and Schreiber, Tucker, junior Chelsey Christensen (Rapid City, S.D.) and sophomore Alisa Sheremeta (Circleville, N.Y.) all earned 9.8s.

BEAM

Hu paced the Tigers on beam as well, with a 9.9, as the squad went 48.850 overall. Hu's score was her third tally of 9.9 or better on beam in Mizzou's first three meets of 2020. Schreiber also performed well to earn a 9.8, and McCrary and Sheremeta both claimed 9.75.

FLOOR

Mizzou concluded the night with a 48.900 on floor, thanks to four scores of 9.8 or higher. Porter paced the team with a 9.85, while McCrary, Schreiber and Sheremeta all scored 9.8s.

QUOTABLES

Mizzou Head Coach Shannon Welker
"I thought we had a lot of highlights today. Bars was much better today, we swung much more aggressively, so that was good to see. I was pleased that we were able to put three 10.0 vaults in our lineup, I think that's the first time we had half our lineup at that 10.0 start value. We did a lot of good things tonight but now it's time to start getting some things to gel a little bit better. We have to start taking advantage of our opportunities to hit meets because we are a good team but I don't think we've shown how good we are yet. The talent is absolutely there, we just have to put it together.

The Energy needed to be a little bit better from our team tonight. Man, I'd love to see our fans come out and help us with that. It's such a subjective sport that fan support is tremendously impactful, probably more than any other sport in the NCAA."