Gymnastics will be hosted by the Ball State Quad on Sunday

MUNCIE, Ind. – – The Ball State gymnastics program is off to a record-breaking start this season, but one thing has been missing; home meeting.

That changes Sunday, however, when the Cardinals host Fisk, Pittsburgh and Southeast Missouri at the Ball State Quad. Called Squishmallow Day, the action begins at 1pm at Worthen Arena, with gates opening at noon.

Fans who cannot attend can also follow the action from home with live scores here:https://bsu_ftp.sidearmsports.com/custompages/Stats/Gymnastics/gymlive.htm

Admission to the meet is FREE, and the Cardinals will give away a Squishmallows routine for every routine scored 9,750 or higher. In addition, fans can enter to win a GIANT SQUISHMALLOW, which will be awarded to one lucky fan after the meet.

If you want to know more about the team, here are some highlights of the season so far:

breaking records:

– The Ball State gymnastics team broke three team records last Friday at the Tennessee Collegiate Classic. The meet started with the Cardinals tallying five scores of 9,800 or more en routerecord vault team score 49.250 Two events later, the Cardinals posted five more scores of 9.800 or higher.record radius team score 49.350 With combined scores of 49.125 on bars and 48.825 on floor, Ball State ended the meetprogram record team score of 196.550.
– Overall, Ball State had a program-record seven individual scores of at least 9,900. The previous best was three scores of at least 9,900 in the same game on March 5, 2017 vs. Western Michigan and a tie on February 6, 2021 at Eastern Michigan and March 3, 2021 at home. .
– Alone, sirMegan Tetersets program record on bars with 9.950; juniorSuki Pfistertied the program record on floor with a 9.950; the retiredTaylor WaldoandGrace Evanstied the program record on the floor with a 9.925.

MORE breaking news:

– In the program for 10 years under the leadership of the current head coach Joanna SaleemBall State has the 17 best team marks in program history. In fact, of the 22 scores in the record book of 195.450 or higher, 20 have been achieved by Saleem’s teams.
– In addition, Saleem’s teams own the event records on vault (49.250), beam (49.350) and floor (49.500) as well as the second best score in program history on bars (49.250).
– All 26 entries in the vault record book are held by Saleem’s teams, as well as 19 of 25 points on beam, 14 of 20 points on floor and 13 of 20 points on bars.

STATE OUT OF STRONG:

– Ball State’s best event this season has been the vault, the Cardinals finished first in the MAC and 21st nationally with an average vault score of 49.044.
– Ball State’s program-record vault score of 49.250 is also the best in the MAC so far this season and is tied for the 15th best team in the nation.

PFISTER AS A MANAGER:

– Suki Pfister has picked up where she left off last season, finishing first in the MAC with a 9.869 average on vault. She started third in the quad meet in Florida (Jan. 6) with a score of 9.875. He followed it up with the league’s first 9.900 vault of the season in the Quad meet at Rutgers (Jan. 14).
– No student-athlete in the league averages higher than 9.825 with teammates Victoria Henry and Hanna Ruthberg tied for second in the mark.

PFISTER ALSO SHINES ON THE FLOOR:

– Suki Pfister has also had four stellar performances on floor, ranking second in the MAC with a 9.869 average. In fact, her program-record score of 9.950 set at the Tennessee Collegiate Classic (Jan. 20) is the league’s best to date. this season.
– Victoria Henry is also tied for second in the MAC with an average floor score of 9.869, including one of the top two gymnasts in the league at 9.925.

MORE about HENRY:

– Victoria Henry has competed in the all-around in all four meets so far this season, the first four all-around performances of his collegiate career. She posted the second-highest score in program history at the Tennessee Collegiate Classic (January 20), scoring 9.925 on floor, 9.875 on vault and 9.775 on bars and beam for a score of 39.350.
– She followed that up with the fourth-best score in program history in last Sunday’s dual win over Eastern Michigan, earning a 39.325. That work included 9.875s on bars and floor, 9.825 on vault and 9.750 on beam.
– She also recorded the 14th-best score in program history with a 39.175 at Rutgers’ January Quad (Jan. 14).

HIGH SCORE:

– Overall, the Cardinals had 43 hits of 9,800 or more this season. Of those performances, 15 have come to the floor, including 9,950 Suki PfisterFrom 9,925 Victoria Henryand 9,900 by Megan Teter.
– Ball State has added 13 scores of 9.800 or better on vault, pace with a pair of 9.900 Suki Pfister.
– The Cardinals also have eight scores of 9.800 or better on beam and seven on bars this season. Megan Teter A program-record score of 9.950 leads the team on bars, while Taylor Waldo and Grace Evans program-record-tying score of 9.925 leads the bowling.

THE FRESHMAN EFFECT:

– Freshman Zoe Middleton found an immediate home in the Ball State lineup by competing in three events in each of the first four meets of the season. Her best scores to date are a 9.800 on floor at the Rutgers January Quad (Jan. 14) and a 9.800 on vault at Tennessee Collegiate Classic (Jan. 20) In fact, 11 of his 12 hits count toward Ball State’s team total this season.
– From Florida Karah Vargo made her collegiate debut in her home state and scored a 9.650 on vault.
– Leah White made her first competitive appearance on the vault at the Rutgers January Quad and has been competing on apparatus ever since.

WHERE THEY ARE THIS WEEK:

– Ball State enters the weekend ranked 32nd nationally in the Road To Nationals rankings with an average score of 195.438 BSU’s best event is the vault where the team finished 21st nationally with an average score of 49.044.
– In his first year of competition, Fisk enters the Ball State Quad ranked 68th nationally with an average of 188.269. The Bulldogs’ best event is beam, as the team ranked 65th nationally with an average of 47.394.
– Pittsburgh enters Sunday’s game ranked 39th nationally with an average of 194,917. The Panthers’ best event is vault, where they rank 25th nationally with an average of 48.983.
– Southeast Missouri enters the weekend ranked 54th nationally with an average score of 193.492. The RedHawks’ best event is the beam, where they rank 51st nationally with an average of 48.267.

DID YOU KNOW:

– Fisk volunteer coach Russell Warfield was a collegiate gymnast at Ball State. Earning three letters in gymnastics for the Cardinals from 1979-1980 to 1981-82 During the 1981-82 season, Warfield averaged a 9.38 on vault, the best average of any student. athlete anyway that season She also led the team on floor (8.97 average) and was second on the team on high bar (8.50).