No. 21 Gymnastics Posts Season-Best 196.850 at No. 7 Alabama

Friday, February 7

Tuscaloosa, Ala.

7:15 p.m. CT

University of Missouri

196.850

197.550

Alabama

No. 21 Gymnastics Posts Season-Best 196.850 at No. 7 Alabama

2/7/2020 9:41:00 PM | Gymnastics

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The No. 21 Mizzou gymnastics team tallied a season-best score in a 197.550-196.850 loss to No. 7 Alabama on Friday night in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Sophomore Hannah McCrary (Murfreesboro, Tenn.) and freshman Helen Hu (Chicago, Ill.) both won event titles in the meet, as McCrary tied for the win on vault and Hu claimed the beam crown.

BARS

A 9.9 from Hu paced Mizzou to a 48.950 on bars in the opening rotation. Redshirt senior Morgan Porter (Overland, Mo.) earned a 9.85 and junior Chelsey Christensen (Rapid City, S.D.) added a 9.75.

VAULT

McCrary closed the vault rotation with a career-best 9.925, which tied her for the event win. It was her first title of the season and the second of her career. Freshman Kambrie Brandt (Adkins, Texas) tied her personal-best with a 9.85, while Porter, junior Gabrielle Gottula (Spring, Texas) and freshman Sienna Schreiber (Cumming, Ga.) all went 9.825.

FLOOR

Three 9.9s gave Mizzou a strong floor score of 49.350, the team's second-highest of the season. Porter, McCrary and Schreiber all claimed 9.9s, career-bests for McCrary and Schreiber. Sophomore Alisa Sheremeta (Circleville, N.Y.) went 9.875 for the second week in a row to tie her season-best, and Brandt also went a personal-high with a 9.775.

BEAM

The Tigers earned a 49.300, the second-best total on the event this season, to close out the meet. Hu earned her fourth beam title of the season with a career-high-tying 9.95 in the anchor position. Porter hit her routine for a season-best 9.875, and Sheremeta went a 9.85, also a season-best. Gottula added a 9.825 and McCrary went 9.8 as well.

QUOTABLES

Mizzou Head Coach Shannon Welker
"The one thing we've been talking about is that we don't have to perfect to be a good team. Tonight proved that point. We had some obvious mistakes but we didn't let it affect us. We had a mistake on bars and on floor but we stayed aggressive after those mistakes and didn't let it impact us. And we're going to walk away with a pretty good score, which will help us in the rankings.

A lot of nice things happened tonight. After bars we went over to vault and were really aggressive. We vaulted really well again tonight, that's been a good event for us and we've made a lot of progress since last year. Floor was a nice event for us as well. We had a mistake early but I gathered our team and told them to stay aggressive. They did that and walked away with a nice 49.350. And we closed out the meet with a really solid performance on beam."

UP NEXT

Mizzou will compete in the Mardi Gras Invitational on Friday, Feb. 14 at The Family Arena in St. Charles, Mo. The Tigers take on No. 9 LSU, No. 18 Iowa State and Lindenwood at 7 p.m. CT.