Talk about a close matchup! This Friday night, no. 35 Iowa travels to no. 34 Iowa State for the Cyclones’ senior night for one of the last Big 12 Conference competitions of the season!
These two teams NQS’ are separated by one tenth of a point heading into this week, and, with postseason inching closer, this could be a great opportunity for two pretty evenly matched teams to pull ahead and get out of these ‘bubble spots’ heading into conference championships and regional seedings.
Last week, Iowa competed in a dual meet against Sacramento State where they came away with the win, and another score over a 196. Bars was the lowest scoring event for the Hawkeyes last week with the highest score coming from Karina Munoz with a 9.825. The majority of the scores in this lineup were in the 9.7 range, so Iowa will be looking to get a few extra tenths back here to up their team total just a little more. On the flip side, the highest scoring event for the team was on floor, with a pair of 9.9s from Munoz and Bailey Libby, and an overall event score of 49.250. This team is strong with a great deal of potential, but if they want to come away with the win this week and move into a safer spot heading into postseason, they will have to focus in on or more of the details…
