Iowa State Travels to Gainesville for a Quad Meet

Who: No. 36 Iowa State (7-10, 2-2 Big 12) vs No. 4 Florida (14-1, 6-1 SEC), No. 18 NC State (14-5, 6-0 ACC), LIU (11-11, 0-0 EAGL)

Where: Exactech Arena (10,151) – Gainesville, Fla.

When: Friday, Mar. 15, 2024 – 5:45 p.m.

Leading Off: No. 36 Iowa State travels to compete with No. 4 Florida, No. 18 NC State, and LIU. They enter a pivotal stretch as they are right on the cut line to make a regional and will need to carry forward their momentum from their last two meets.

The Cyclones had their second straight team score of 196 in front of a record crowd on senior night. They will now travel to Gainesville to compete in what is sure to be another packed arena as they will be competing against their toughest competition of the season in the No. 4 Florida Gators. This will also be a quad meet that boasts the likes of No. 18 NC State and LIU. The Cyclones saw NC State earlier this year which they fell in a very narrow contest in which ISU saw their second highest score of the year.

Iowa State knows they need a strong performance from everyone as they come into this meet ranked No. 36. With this being the final regular season meet before they head to Big 12's then hopefully a regional they are needing to carry over some of the strong scores they have seen in the month of March. The most notable was last Friday against Iowa, Loganne Basuel saw a new career high in her final time competing at Hilton with her bars routine scoring a 9.925. The Cyclones will need to see more of that as well as even more from others to help them feel safe before going into their final meet of the season.

Storylines:

Iowa State fell to Iowa last Friday by a score of 196.175-196.450.
Iowa State celebrated senior night, and this led to many of their veterans stepping up huge. Most notably Loganne Basuel with her 9.925 on bars.
Rachel Wilke has become a consistent member on beam as of late and rightfully so. She has set two straight career highs with most recently a 9.85.
Iowa State will be coming into this meet with a lot of momentum as since the start of March they have seen two 196+ scores including a 196.700 at the NC State quad meet.

From the Notes:

Noelle Adams continues to be a rock in the Iowa State lineups.
- Against Iowa her floor routine gathered a 9.925. That was her second time achieving that score this season.
ISU comes into this week ranked 36^th. They need to continue these strong performances to create some cushion between them and the 36^th ranking.

With a score of 9.85 on vault Josie Bergstrom continues to be the consistent member to that lineup that the Cyclones have needed.
The Cyclones top event this year has been vault where they come in ranked 24^th.

Switching Sides to the Gators:

Head Coach Jenny Rowland is entering her 7^th year at the helm of Florida gymnastics.
Florida comes into this meet ranked 4^th nationally. They are 3^rd in the nation on both vault and beam.
The Gators top score of the year is 198.225 against Kentucky, and in their most recent meet they saw a score of 197.700.
Florida is the most talented team the Cyclones will see thus far, and their top gymnast is Leanne Wong who averages 39.717 as an all arounder. Her top event is floor where she averages a score of 9.929.

Switching Sides to the Wolfpack:

Kim Landrus is entering her 7^th year has the head coach of NC State gymnastics.
The Wolfpack have had a very good season where they come in ranked 18^th. Their top event is beam which they come in this week at 14^th.
Their top score of the year came back in February where they had a 197.757 against Clemson. Most recently they achieved as a team a score of 197.375 this past Sunday.
Their top gymnast this season has been Emily Shepard who as an all arounder averages 39.417.

Switching Sides to the Sharks:

Randy Lane is entering his 4^th season as the leader of LIU gymnastics and has been the head coach since their inaugural season in 2020.
The Sharks come in ranked 60^th in the country and their top event is beam where they are 36^th.
LIU has seen their two best scores in their last two meets with their best being 195.875.
The Sharks best gymnast had been Syd Morris who averages 39.125 as an all arounder.

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Players Mentioned

Noelle Adams

Loganne Basuel

Josie Bergstrom-Te Slaa

Rachel Wilke

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