Third-Ranked Eagles Acquire Win Over Titans
Jill Lindberg (Sr. • Meridian, Idaho) shared the top finish
on the balance beam as the UW-Oshkosh women's gymnastics team
dropped a 179.35-175.80 decision to four-time defending national
champion UW-La Crosse on Friday (Feb. 10) in Kolf Sports
Center.
Lindberg and UW-La Crosse's Taylor Cochran tied for first place on
the balance beam with scores of 9.175. UW-Oshkosh's Leah
Herchenbach (Fr. • Libertyville, Ill.) placed third with a
score of 9.00.
Herchenbach also finished second in the all-around competition
with 35.00 points and fifth on the uneven bars with 8.55. UW-La
Crosse's Morgan Shene won both categories with 36.275 points in the
all-around competition and 9.30 on the uneven bars.
UW-Oshkosh had two other second-place efforts as Leane Blais (Fr.
• Salisbury, N.C.) compiled 9.275 points on the uneven bars
and Abby Zubella (Jr. • Appleton) 9.25 in the floor exercise.
UW-La Crosse's Jenna Swail took first place in the floor exercise
with a score of 9.35.
UW-La Crosse, which entered the meet ranked third in the National
Collegiate Gymnastics Association (NCGA) by GymInfo, owned the
top-four finishers on the vault. Swails won the event with a score
of 9.35, while UW-Oshkosh's Ashlan Millikan (Fr. • New Castle,
Ind.) placed fifth with a value of 9.10.
The Titans also had Natasha Cattelino (Fr. • Pleasant
Prairie) finish fourth on the uneven bars with a score of 8.60 and
Stephanie Gorman (So. • Belvidere, Ill.) fifth in the floor
exercise with a mark of 9.05.
UW-Oshkosh, ranked 11th in the country, competes against
12th-ranked Hamline University (Minn.), 10th-ranked UW-Stout and
sixth-ranked UW-Whitewater on Friday (Feb. 17) in Milwaukee.