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Pitt Gymnastics to Honor Four Seniors at Tri-Meet Friday
2/21/2019 3:48:00 PM | Women's Gymnastics
Panthers to Host Ball State, West Virginia at Fitzgerald Field House
PITTSBURGH – The University of Pittsburgh gymnastics team (6-7, 1-3 EAGL) will return home to Fitzgerald Field House for a tri-meet against West Virginia (13-5, 0-3 Big 12) and Ball State (3-7, 0-0 MAC) Friday at 7 p.m.
The meet will also serve as the Panther's Senior Night, in which Lucy Brett, Krista Collins, Charli Spivey and Brittany West will be recognized for their dedication to the program.
HOW TO FOLLOW
PROMOTIONS
LAST TIME OUT
SPIVEY NOMINATED FOR AAI AWARD
RANKING THE PANTHERS
PITT VERSUS WEST VIRGNIA
SCOUTING THE MOUNTAINEERS
PITT VERSUS BALL STATE
SCOUTING THE CARDINALS
UP NEXT
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The meet will also serve as the Panther's Senior Night, in which Lucy Brett, Krista Collins, Charli Spivey and Brittany West will be recognized for their dedication to the program.
HOW TO FOLLOW
- The meet will be streamed live on ACC Network Extra, available via the WatchESPN app.
- Live scoring will be available via PittsburghPanthers.com.
- Fans can follow along with live updates on Twitter and Instagram @Pitt_GYM.
PROMOTIONS
- Senior Night: Pitt will honor seniors Lucy Brett, Krista Collins, Charli Spivey and Brittany West following the meet
- Most Valuable Professor (MVP) Night: The Panthers invited professors from their classes to attend and be recognized at the meet
- Jr. Panthers Night: Pitt invites children eighth grade and under to participate in the march-in tunnel and more
- Stick City: Pitt students will receive free Chick-fil-A, and the first 75 in attendance will receive a Stick City T-shirt
LAST TIME OUT
- Pitt earned a season-high road score of 195.100 in a quad meet against West Virginia, earning them third place overall, falling short to West Virginia and Utah State, but overcoming Cornell.
- Pitt recorded a season-high score on bars (49.025) with five Panthers earning season or career highs.
- Senior Charli Spivey led the Panthers with a floor exercise score of 9.850 while Junior Rachel Dugan and Senior Lucy Brett led the team with scores of 9.850 on bars.
SPIVEY NOMINATED FOR AAI AWARD
- Charli Spivey is one of 25 student-athletes nominated for the 2019 AAI Award, given to the nation's most outstanding senior gymnast. Spivey leads the Panthers with a 9.838 average in the floor exercise.
RANKING THE PANTHERS
- Senior Charli Spivey places second in the EAGL individual floor rankings for Week 7 with a 9.838 average.
- Sophomore Haley Brechwald is second in the league on vault with a 9.813 average.
- Pitt is second in the league on vault (48.729) and on beam (48.725).
PITT VERSUS WEST VIRGNIA
- Friday will be the 80th all-time meeting between the Panthers and Mountaineers, with West Virginia holding a 63-14-2 advantage in the series.
- Pitt is 10-25-1 all-time when competing at home against West Virginia.
- West Virginia won the last meeting between the teams, 195.575-195.100, at quad meet held by WVU on Feb. 17, 2019, where WVU placed second overall.
SCOUTING THE MOUNTAINEERS
- West Virginia (13-5, 0-3 Big 12) records an average score of 195.182.
- The Mountaineers are ranked No. 26 overall according to RoadToNationals.com.
- Two members of the Mountaineers rank highly in the Big 12 all-around standings, Abby Kaufman in tenth (38.821) and Rachel Hornung in eleventh (38.600).
PITT VERSUS BALL STATE
- Sunday will be the 13th all-time meeting between the Panthers and Cardinals, with Pitt holding a 9-3 advantage in the series.
- Pitt is 5-2 all-time when competing against Ball State at home.
- The Panther's last win over Ball State came on Feb. 4th 1989.
SCOUTING THE CARDINALS
- Ball State (3-7, 0-0 MAC) boasts an average score of 193.821.
- Earning a season-high score last time out, the Cardinals lost at home to Northern Illinois 195.700-194.700.
- The Cardinals are ranked No. 45 overall according to RoadToNationals.com.
- Three members of the Cardinals rank highly in the MAC individual standings, with Marrisa Nychyk in second on vault (9.787), Jordyn Penny in third on beam (9.758) and fourth on vault (9.781), and Kaitlyn Menzione in fourth on floor (9.825).
UP NEXT
- The Panthers will fly out to Minneapolis to square off against Minnesota Saturday, March 2, at 5 p.m. ET. The meet will be streamed live on BTN2Go.com.
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