Eau Claire gymnasts fall to Eagles
Blugolds to face La Crosse, Oshkosh next week at Gershon/ McLellan Invitational
Jacki DuPont
Issue date: 2/4/10 Section: Sports
After its season opener on Jan. 15, the Blugold women's gymnastics team has competed twice, but has come up short both times. Their second loss of the season came from the UW-La Crosse Eagles on Friday.
The Eau Claire gymnasts traveled to La Crosse for a matchup against their gymnastics team. With a final score of 173.425-185.700, the Blugolds lost the meet despite some stellar individual performances.
It was a night of career-bests for freshmen Rachel Behmer and Danielle Schulzetenberg. Behmer was the highest finishing Blugold of the night with an uneven bars routine totaling a career-best 9.300, earning her first place. Schulzetenberg tied for second on the balance beam with a 9.400 and also scored a career-best 9.250 for the floor exercise, which was the top score for Eau Claire in that event.
Behmer said the coaches told the team to have fun at the meet last night, and that's exactly what she did.
On the vault, junior Sarah Hulbert's routine won her a 9.275, but despite being the Blugold's highest score on the vault, it only placed her in fourth. Schulzetenberg finished the night with fifth place on the floor and said the uneven bars rotation got everyone fired up and continued onward and upward through their balance beam routines. She said that the team has a lot of spirit and that was fun to see.
Schulzetenberg also said she expects the Blugolds to improve with more events.
"We have a really close team and we don't want to peak too early," Schulzetenberg said. "Our routines are coming together and everyone's getting better as the season's going on."
Both Schulzetenberg and Hulbert attribute the lackluster overall scores to the stress of a new semester and the lack of rest.
The Eau Claire gymnasts traveled to La Crosse for a matchup against their gymnastics team. With a final score of 173.425-185.700, the Blugolds lost the meet despite some stellar individual performances.
It was a night of career-bests for freshmen Rachel Behmer and Danielle Schulzetenberg. Behmer was the highest finishing Blugold of the night with an uneven bars routine totaling a career-best 9.300, earning her first place. Schulzetenberg tied for second on the balance beam with a 9.400 and also scored a career-best 9.250 for the floor exercise, which was the top score for Eau Claire in that event.
Behmer said the coaches told the team to have fun at the meet last night, and that's exactly what she did.
On the vault, junior Sarah Hulbert's routine won her a 9.275, but despite being the Blugold's highest score on the vault, it only placed her in fourth. Schulzetenberg finished the night with fifth place on the floor and said the uneven bars rotation got everyone fired up and continued onward and upward through their balance beam routines. She said that the team has a lot of spirit and that was fun to see.
Schulzetenberg also said she expects the Blugolds to improve with more events.
"We have a really close team and we don't want to peak too early," Schulzetenberg said. "Our routines are coming together and everyone's getting better as the season's going on."
Both Schulzetenberg and Hulbert attribute the lackluster overall scores to the stress of a new semester and the lack of rest.
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