GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The No. 24 Mizzou gymnastics team fell to No. 1 Florida, 197.850-194.800 on Friday night in Gainesville, Fla.

KEY PERFORMANCES

The Tigers started strong with a season-high 49.050 on bars in the opening rotation. Sophomore Sienna Schreiber (Cumming, Ga.) paced the squad with a 9.9, the highest score on the event for a Tiger this season. Freshman Amaya Marshall (Kannapolis, N.C.) hit her routine for a career-best 9.85, while sophomore Hollyn Patrick (Lafayette, Colo.) and freshman Jena Swanson (Glendive, Mont.) both went for 9.775s. Junior Alisa Sheremeta (Circleville, N.Y.) added a 9.75.

A team-best 9.825 from Swanson on vault propelled the team to a 48.900 in the second rotation. Marshall also had a strong performance with a 9.8, and Schreiber and senior Gabrielle Gottula (Spring, Texas) each had scores of 9.775. Vaulting for the first time in her career, Patrick recorded a 9.725.

Marshall and Swanson scored identical 9.85s to lead the Tigers on floor in the third rotation. The score tied Swanson's personal-best, and marked Marshall's fourth-straight 9.8 or better score on the event to start her collegiate career. Schreiber and Sheremeta both had 9.8s, and Gottula added a 9.75. Overall, Mizzou went 49.050 as a team.

Gottula opened Mizzou's beam rotation with a 9.875, a season-high for the senior. Sheremeta earned a 9.825 and junior Hannah McCrary went for a 9.75.

QUOTABLES

Mizzou Head Coach Shannon Welker
"We're working on getting off to a stronger start on all events and I thought we actually did a pretty good job of that tonight. We changed up the lineups a bit on bars and beam, and I thought that paid off for us. The first three events were better tonight, bars, vault and floor, those were fairly solid events for us, so I was pleased with that. We actually even started beam off pretty decent as well, but we have to find a way to finish out and be mentally tough enough to overcome mistakes. That mistake on the third person up got us off track and shook some confidence but those things happen and no meet is perfect and we have to find a way to be tough enough to overcome them."

UP NEXT

Mizzou returns to action on Friday, Feb. 12 when the team hosts No. 22 Auburn at 8 p.m. CT at the Hearnes Center.