This afternoon’s MAC dual will likely produce the closest scores of the conference this weekend, with the Broncos and Golden Flashes being inches away by average and having the same score from week three. They’ll each be looking to earn their first score over 196 in Kent, further pushing themselves into the post-season conversation. With their respective strongest events coming in the last rotation, today’s in-conference win may come down to the final routine: Western Michigan leads the conference on beam, and Kent State is the perennial MAC floor favorite.
Payton Murphy is coming off of week three with the conference’s Gymnast of the Week honors, having tied her own program record 39.400 in the all around. Watch for her in the back end of the Broncos’ lineups, and keep the number 39.425 at the front of your head. She’ll be complimented by fellow all arounders Sarah Moravansky and Dani Petrousek chasing their own 39’s for the season, leg eventer Cassie St. Clair, and second-half-of-the-meet Amanda Gruber.
As for Kent State, Rachel Decavitch will be leading the charge with an army of three event gymnasts to carry depth from leadoff to anchor: Olivia Amodei, Alyssa Guns, Sarah Haxton and Kennedy Weinpert. Floor is a must watch for this group running…
