Gymnastics: No. 13 WVU to Battle at No. 6 Georgia
January 16, 2011 11:32 AM | General
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The No. 13 West Virginia gymnastics team, riding a two-meet win streak, will compete for its first series win when it meets No. 6 Georgia on Monday, Jan. 17, at 2 p.m., at Stegeman Coliseum, in Athens, Ga.
The meet is the second in three seasons between the Mountaineers (2-0) and the Gym Dogs (3-1), with UGA owning a 6-0 series advantage. WVU fell in Athens, 195.425-194.075, in its 2009 season opener.
“We always look forward to a meet against Georgia,” says 37-year coach Linda Burdette-Good. “They always field a very strong team and offer great competition. If we hit our routines and compete in the same manner we have these last two weeks, we will have a chance.”
The Gym Dogs, winners of 10 national championships, including the 2009 title, their last in a streak of five straight, always play host to loud meets. Only single-seat tickets remain for Monday’s meet in the Coliseum (10,523).
“The girls that were on the team in 2009 know how loud this meet will be,” Burdette-Good explains. “We welcome a loud and rowdy atmosphere. I think we have proven that we can handle noise when we competed in front of 3,206 of our own fans in the ‘Beauty and the Beast’ meet this past Friday.
“Our goal is to focus on our own performances and block everything else out. I think the team will learn a lot about itself at this meet, and I’m planning on building off these results.”
Burdette-Good leads a squad that has earned wins over then-No. 13 Missouri (194.5-191.575) on Jan. 7 and Michigan State (194.0-192.575) on Jan. 14. The Mountaineers earned discipline victories on vault, beam and floor in both meets and boast a 48.7 floor average.
After opening their season with a first-place finish (195.575) at Denver, with BYU and Air Force, on Jan. 8, the Gym Dogs opened their home season and dropped a close 195.9-195.8 decision to No. 3 Utah on Jan. 15. Senior Cassidy McComb finished first against the Utes with a 39.35 score.
A quartet of Mountaineers has emerged as the squad’s top point earners early this season.
Senior Amy Bieski and freshman Hope Sloanhoffer, the reigning East Atlantic Gymnastics League Gymnast and Specialist and Rookie of the Week, respectively, already boast six podium appearances, including four first-place finishes each.
The duo pace the Mountaineers on floor with matching 9.838 season averages. Bieski, a Nanticoke, Pa., native, showed her potential on bars against the Spartans, tying teammate Nicole Roach for first place with a 9.8 score, while Sloanhoffer, a Cornwall, N.Y., native, continued her dominance on beam, as she won the event on Jan. 14 with a 9.875 showing and owns a 9.85 season average. The rookie, currently ranked No. 1 in the nation on vault, continues to excel in that event as well, and after a 9.775 score against MSU, she owns a 9.85 season average.
Sophomore Kaylyn Millick, a transfer from Eastern Michigan, finished second in the all-around in her Jan. 14 WVU Coliseum debut with a score of 38.5. The Washington, Pa., native is averaging 38.225 points through two meets.
Junior Tina Maloney, competing as a three-event specialist, ranks second on the team on vault (9.75 average), and third on beam (9.7 average) and floor (9.725 average).
Monday’s meet will air on CSS on tape delay on Jan. 27, at 9 p.m.
The meet is the second in three seasons between the Mountaineers (2-0) and the Gym Dogs (3-1), with UGA owning a 6-0 series advantage. WVU fell in Athens, 195.425-194.075, in its 2009 season opener.
“We always look forward to a meet against Georgia,” says 37-year coach Linda Burdette-Good. “They always field a very strong team and offer great competition. If we hit our routines and compete in the same manner we have these last two weeks, we will have a chance.”
The Gym Dogs, winners of 10 national championships, including the 2009 title, their last in a streak of five straight, always play host to loud meets. Only single-seat tickets remain for Monday’s meet in the Coliseum (10,523).
“The girls that were on the team in 2009 know how loud this meet will be,” Burdette-Good explains. “We welcome a loud and rowdy atmosphere. I think we have proven that we can handle noise when we competed in front of 3,206 of our own fans in the ‘Beauty and the Beast’ meet this past Friday.
“Our goal is to focus on our own performances and block everything else out. I think the team will learn a lot about itself at this meet, and I’m planning on building off these results.”
Burdette-Good leads a squad that has earned wins over then-No. 13 Missouri (194.5-191.575) on Jan. 7 and Michigan State (194.0-192.575) on Jan. 14. The Mountaineers earned discipline victories on vault, beam and floor in both meets and boast a 48.7 floor average.
After opening their season with a first-place finish (195.575) at Denver, with BYU and Air Force, on Jan. 8, the Gym Dogs opened their home season and dropped a close 195.9-195.8 decision to No. 3 Utah on Jan. 15. Senior Cassidy McComb finished first against the Utes with a 39.35 score.
A quartet of Mountaineers has emerged as the squad’s top point earners early this season.
Senior Amy Bieski and freshman Hope Sloanhoffer, the reigning East Atlantic Gymnastics League Gymnast and Specialist and Rookie of the Week, respectively, already boast six podium appearances, including four first-place finishes each.
The duo pace the Mountaineers on floor with matching 9.838 season averages. Bieski, a Nanticoke, Pa., native, showed her potential on bars against the Spartans, tying teammate Nicole Roach for first place with a 9.8 score, while Sloanhoffer, a Cornwall, N.Y., native, continued her dominance on beam, as she won the event on Jan. 14 with a 9.875 showing and owns a 9.85 season average. The rookie, currently ranked No. 1 in the nation on vault, continues to excel in that event as well, and after a 9.775 score against MSU, she owns a 9.85 season average.
Sophomore Kaylyn Millick, a transfer from Eastern Michigan, finished second in the all-around in her Jan. 14 WVU Coliseum debut with a score of 38.5. The Washington, Pa., native is averaging 38.225 points through two meets.
Junior Tina Maloney, competing as a three-event specialist, ranks second on the team on vault (9.75 average), and third on beam (9.7 average) and floor (9.725 average).
Monday’s meet will air on CSS on tape delay on Jan. 27, at 9 p.m.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The No. 13 West Virginia gymnastics team, riding a two-meet win streak, will compete for its first series win when it meets No. 6 Georgia on Monday, Jan. 17, at 2 p.m., at Stegeman Coliseum, in Athens, Ga.
The meet is the second in three seasons between the Mountaineers (2-0) and the Gym Dogs (3-1), with UGA owning a 6-0 series advantage. WVU fell in Athens, 195.425-194.075, in its 2009 season opener.
“We always look forward to a meet against Georgia,” says 37-year coach Linda Burdette-Good. “They always field a very strong team and offer great competition. If we hit our routines and compete in the same manner we have these last two weeks, we will have a chance.”
The Gym Dogs, winners of 10 national championships, including the 2009 title, their last in a streak of five straight, always play host to loud meets. Only single-seat tickets remain for Monday’s meet in the Coliseum (10,523).
“The girls that were on the team in 2009 know how loud this meet will be,” Burdette-Good explains. “We welcome a loud and rowdy atmosphere. I think we have proven that we can handle noise when we competed in front of 3,206 of our own fans in the ‘Beauty and the Beast’ meet this past Friday.
“Our goal is to focus on our own performances and block everything else out. I think the team will learn a lot about itself at this meet, and I’m planning on building off these results.”
Burdette-Good leads a squad that has earned wins over then-No. 13 Missouri (194.5-191.575) on Jan. 7 and Michigan State (194.0-192.575) on Jan. 14. The Mountaineers earned discipline victories on vault, beam and floor in both meets and boast a 48.7 floor average.
After opening their season with a first-place finish (195.575) at Denver, with BYU and Air Force, on Jan. 8, the Gym Dogs opened their home season and dropped a close 195.9-195.8 decision to No. 3 Utah on Jan. 15. Senior Cassidy McComb finished first against the Utes with a 39.35 score.
A quartet of Mountaineers has emerged as the squad’s top point earners early this season.
Senior Amy Bieski and freshman Hope Sloanhoffer, the reigning East Atlantic Gymnastics League Gymnast and Specialist and Rookie of the Week, respectively, already boast six podium appearances, including four first-place finishes each.
The duo pace the Mountaineers on floor with matching 9.838 season averages. Bieski, a Nanticoke, Pa., native, showed her potential on bars against the Spartans, tying teammate Nicole Roach for first place with a 9.8 score, while Sloanhoffer, a Cornwall, N.Y., native, continued her dominance on beam, as she won the event on Jan. 14 with a 9.875 showing and owns a 9.85 season average. The rookie, currently ranked No. 1 in the nation on vault, continues to excel in that event as well, and after a 9.775 score against MSU, she owns a 9.85 season average.
Sophomore Kaylyn Millick, a transfer from Eastern Michigan, finished second in the all-around in her Jan. 14 WVU Coliseum debut with a score of 38.5. The Washington, Pa., native is averaging 38.225 points through two meets.
Junior Tina Maloney, competing as a three-event specialist, ranks second on the team on vault (9.75 average), and third on beam (9.7 average) and floor (9.725 average).
Monday’s meet will air on CSS on tape delay on Jan. 27, at 9 p.m.
The meet is the second in three seasons between the Mountaineers (2-0) and the Gym Dogs (3-1), with UGA owning a 6-0 series advantage. WVU fell in Athens, 195.425-194.075, in its 2009 season opener.
“We always look forward to a meet against Georgia,” says 37-year coach Linda Burdette-Good. “They always field a very strong team and offer great competition. If we hit our routines and compete in the same manner we have these last two weeks, we will have a chance.”
The Gym Dogs, winners of 10 national championships, including the 2009 title, their last in a streak of five straight, always play host to loud meets. Only single-seat tickets remain for Monday’s meet in the Coliseum (10,523).
“The girls that were on the team in 2009 know how loud this meet will be,” Burdette-Good explains. “We welcome a loud and rowdy atmosphere. I think we have proven that we can handle noise when we competed in front of 3,206 of our own fans in the ‘Beauty and the Beast’ meet this past Friday.
“Our goal is to focus on our own performances and block everything else out. I think the team will learn a lot about itself at this meet, and I’m planning on building off these results.”
Burdette-Good leads a squad that has earned wins over then-No. 13 Missouri (194.5-191.575) on Jan. 7 and Michigan State (194.0-192.575) on Jan. 14. The Mountaineers earned discipline victories on vault, beam and floor in both meets and boast a 48.7 floor average.
After opening their season with a first-place finish (195.575) at Denver, with BYU and Air Force, on Jan. 8, the Gym Dogs opened their home season and dropped a close 195.9-195.8 decision to No. 3 Utah on Jan. 15. Senior Cassidy McComb finished first against the Utes with a 39.35 score.
A quartet of Mountaineers has emerged as the squad’s top point earners early this season.
Senior Amy Bieski and freshman Hope Sloanhoffer, the reigning East Atlantic Gymnastics League Gymnast and Specialist and Rookie of the Week, respectively, already boast six podium appearances, including four first-place finishes each.
The duo pace the Mountaineers on floor with matching 9.838 season averages. Bieski, a Nanticoke, Pa., native, showed her potential on bars against the Spartans, tying teammate Nicole Roach for first place with a 9.8 score, while Sloanhoffer, a Cornwall, N.Y., native, continued her dominance on beam, as she won the event on Jan. 14 with a 9.875 showing and owns a 9.85 season average. The rookie, currently ranked No. 1 in the nation on vault, continues to excel in that event as well, and after a 9.775 score against MSU, she owns a 9.85 season average.
Sophomore Kaylyn Millick, a transfer from Eastern Michigan, finished second in the all-around in her Jan. 14 WVU Coliseum debut with a score of 38.5. The Washington, Pa., native is averaging 38.225 points through two meets.
Junior Tina Maloney, competing as a three-event specialist, ranks second on the team on vault (9.75 average), and third on beam (9.7 average) and floor (9.725 average).
Monday’s meet will air on CSS on tape delay on Jan. 27, at 9 p.m.
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