Porter Wins Three Events in No. 20 Gymnastics 196.025-195.075 Loss to No. 14 Arkansas

Friday, January 31

Columbia, Mo.

6 p.m. CT

University of Missouri

195.075

196.025

Arkansas

Porter Wins Three Events in No. 20 Gymnastics 196.025-195.075 Loss to No. 14 Arkansas

1/31/2020 9:22:00 PM | Gymnastics

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Redshirt senior Morgan Porter (Overland, Mo.) won at least a share of three event titles in a 196.025-195.075 loss for the No. 20 Mizzou gymnastics team to No. 14 Arkansas Friday night at the Hearnes Center.

Porter won the bars crown outright and tied for the vault and floor wins for her fourth, fifth and sixth titles of the season. Junior Gabrielle Gottula (Spring, Texas) tied Porter for the vault crown for her first win of the season.

VAULT

Mizzou started the meet with a 49.175 on vault in the first rotation, highlighted by 9.875s from Porter and Gottula. The score was easily a career-high for Gottula, who entered the meet with a best of 9.825. Freshman Kambrie Brandt (Adkins, Texas) tallied a 9.825 and sophomore Hannah McCrary (Murfreesboro, Tenn.) and freshman Sienna Schreiber (Cumming, Ga.) added 9.8s.

BARS

Porter scored a season-high 9.875 on bars as Mizzou went 48.175 as a team on the apparatus. Schreiber also tied her personal-best with a 9.8.

BEAM

Freshman Helen Hu (Chicago, Ill.) went 9.9 in the anchor position on beam to record her fifth score of 9.9 or higher on the event in five meets this season. Her score was a team-best on the event, while Schreiber and sophomore Alisa Sheremeta (Circleville, N.Y.) both earned 9.75s.

FLOOR

The Tigers concluded the night with a season-high 49.375 on floor thanks to four scores of at least 9.875. Porter led the way with a season-best 9.925. Hu and Schreiber both recorded career-bests with 9.875s and Sheremeta led off the rotation with a 9.875 as well. McCrary added a 9.825 and Gottula went 9.8.

QUOTABLES

Mizzou Head Coach Shannon Welker
"We were good on two events and not good on two events. We have to be more consistent and we have to find a way to be a littler tougher. The thing is it's not just one event. Last weekend we were really good on beam. Same on bars, the last two weekends we were pretty good. We were just not good tonight. We're just trying to pin down where the errors are coming but I think we just have to get a little tougher in competition. They've shown flashes of greatness on every event but it's just been inconsistent. It's still early in the season and we're still a really talented team. But talent only matters if you can put it out on the competition floor."