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PIONEERS READY FOR MIC CLASH WITH SEMO
Current GymInfo Rankings
 DENTON, Texas (February 5) - Kitty Magee Arena will be the site of a Midwest Independent Conference (MIC) gymnastics showdown this Friday night (February 8, 7:00 p.m.) between the Southeast Missouri State University Redhawks (SEMO) and the Texas Woman’s University Pioneers.
Through three weeks of the 2008 gymnastics season, SEMO has a team average score of 193.442 and is ranked first in this week’s GymInfo MIC rankings. TWU has a team average score of 191.887 and is the second-ranked team in the MIC.
“It doesn’t get any better than number one versus number two,” said TWU head coach Frank Kudlac. “SEMO’s coming to town with a big bull’s-eye on their back as the top team in the conference. In order for us to be the best in the MIC, we have to be able to beat the best in the MIC. Hopefully we can have a good showing on Friday night.”
SEMO (#27) is also slightly ahead of TWU (#39) in this week’s GymInfo national rankings of all NCAA gymnastics teams. The Pioneers, however, are still ranked first in this week’s USA Gymnastics (USAG) and NCAA Division II rankings.
A large collection of TWU gymnasts are currently in the top three in the weekly individual event rankings for the USAG and MIC:
Vault
- Mollie Blessing - 9.725 avg. - 4th USAG/3rd MIC
Bars
- Courtney Arno-Templet - 9.762 avg. - 2nd USAG/2nd MIC
Beam
- Kristie Costa - 9.683 avg. - 2nd USAG/3rd MIC
- Tonya Pipkorn - 9.656 avg. - 3rd USAG/4th MIC
- Alexa Brennan - 9.625 avg. - 4th USAG
Floor
- Amie Boles - 9.744 avg. - 2nd USAG/3rd MIC
NOTE: Friday night’s meet will be a Pioneer Pride and Pizza Night, as free pizza will be given out to all fans while supplies last. It will also be TWU Student Organization Night, as the TWU Student Organization with the most members in attendance will receive FREE TWU Gymnastics t-shirts. Additionally, Big Al's Totally Twisted Balloons will be on hand to entertain fans with his crazy balloon shapes.
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