Titans Finish Third At Gershon/McLellan Invitational

Stacie Jenkins (Jr. • Peoria, Ariz.) finished second in the all-around competition as the UW-Oshkosh women's gymnastics team placed third at the Ernest Gershon/Mary McLellan Invitational on Friday (Feb. 5) in La Crosse.

UW-La Crosse, the 13-time defending WIAC champion, won the invitational title with 180.025 points. UW-Eau Claire finished second in the three-team meet with 175.350 points and UW-Oshkosh third with 174.500.

UW-Oshkosh's overall score consisted of 44.225 points in the floor exercise, 44.150 on the vault, 44.025 on the balance beam and 42.100 on the uneven bars. The Titans' score on the balance beam was a season best.

Jenkins tallied a second-place score of 35.175 in the all-around competition. Her score included a fourth-place mark of 9.275 on the balance beam and a sixth-place figure of 8.975 on the vault. Danielle Schulzetenberg of UW-Eau Claire captured the all-around title with 35.775 points.

UW-Oshkosh owned three of the top eight gymnasts on the uneven bars as Ryan Metzger (Jr. • Hanover Park, Ill.) finished fourth with a score of 8.925, Abby Zubella (Fr. • Appleton) sixth at 8.55 and Jenkins eighth at 8.35. Zubella also placed seventh in the floor exercise with a score of 9.075.

Stefanie Armstrong (Sr. • Kennesaw, Ga.) contributed to the Titans' effort by finishing third in the all-around competition with a score of 34.225 and eighth on the vault with a mark of 8.95.

The Titans' Gretchen Fackelman (Sr. • St. Louis, Mo.) added a fifth-place value of 9.05 on the balance beam.

UW-La Crosse's Gabi Hooper earned a pair of first-place finishes by posting scores of 9.45 in the floor exercise and 9.30 on the vault.

Other event winners were Schulzetenberg and UW-La Crosse's Kelsey Matula on the balance beam with a score of 9.425 and UW-Eau Claire's Rachel Behmer on the uneven bars with a mark of 9.375.

UW-Oshkosh joins UW-Eau Claire, UW-La Crosse and host UW-Stout at the John Zuerlein Invitational next Friday (Feb. 12) in Menomonie.