Blue Devils can't quite catch Eagles, but come close

UW-La Crosse 187.500, UW-Stout 186.350

MENOMONIE (February 16, 2018) - UW-Stout's top four finishers on the floor exercise scored or matched personal-best performance and allowed the Blue Devils to cut into a two-point deficit. But the Blue Devil were edged by UW-La Crosse, 187.500-186.350 Friday at Johnson Fieldhouse in the final home meet of the season.

Trailing by 2.025 points after three rotations, the Blue Devils got personal-best scores from Sierra Beaver (9.600), Emma Sirjord (9.500), MacKenzie Nicholson (9.475), and Maddie Mullenbach (9.475) to pull within 1.15 points as Stout scored their highest floor score of the season. Beaver finished second on the event, while Sirjord was fifth, and Nicholson and Mullenbach tied for sixth.

The Blue Devils scored a 47.450 on the floor, their best team score on the event this season. Stout's final score was their second-best team total of the season.

Beaver also scored personal bests in winning the all-around (37.950) and was second on the uneven bars (9.650), and event Nicholson won with a 9.675, her best bars score of the season and only one-tenth of a point short of her school record 9.775.

Kenzie Hyde was second on the vault (9.500). Freshmen Shadae Boone and Shaquilla Payne made their first home appearances. Boone tied for fourth on the vault (9.350) with teammates Nicholson and Brooke Terry.

The Blue Devils will travel to Ames, Iowa, Friday, Feb. 23 to compete against NCAA Division I opponents Iowa State University, Michigan State University and the University of Minnesota.

Team Results
1) La Crosse 187.500
2) Stout 186.350

VAULT Results
1) Dani Barmore (La Crosse) 9.550
2) Kenzie Hyde (Stout) 9.500
3) Sam Weyker (La Crosse) 9.400
4) MacKenzie Nicholson (Stout) 9.350, Shadae Boone (Stout) 9.350, Brooke Terry (Stout) 9.350
7) Lauren Wilson (La Crosse) 9.325
8) Sierra Beaver (Stout) 9.300, Jessica Ahrens (La Crosse) 9.300
10) Breghan Kiloran (La Crosse) 9.275
11) Maddie Mullenbach (Stout) 9.200
12) Leah Spankowski (La Crosse) 8.775

BARS Results
1) MacKenzie Nicholson (Stout) 9.675
2) Sierra Beaver (Stout) 9.650
3) Brooke Kachinsky (La Crosse) 9.600
4) Lauren Wilson (La Crosse) 9.550
5) Molly Lyngaas (La Crosse) 9.375
6) Breghan Kiloran (La Crosse) 9.300
7) Brooke Terry (Stout) 9.275
8) Shaquilla Payne (Stout) 8.975
9) Dani Barmore (La Crosse) 8.700
10) Mallary Dick (Stout) 8.575
11) Amy Enright (La Crosse) 8.450
12) Sierra Coonts (Stout) 8.425

BEAM Results
1) Jessica Ahrens (La Crosse) 9.675
2) Sam Weyker (La Crosse) 9.525
3) Dani Barmore (La Crosse) 9.500
4) Brooke Terry (Stout) 9.475
5) Chelsea Gray (Stout) 9.425
6) Sierra Beaver (Stout) 9.400
7) Shadae Boone (Stout) 9.025
8) Leah Spankowski (La Crosse) 8.975
9) Amy Enright (La Crosse) 8.900, Gabby Aquilar (La Crosse) 8.900
11) Kenzie Hyde (Stout) 8.575
12) Emma Sirjord (Stout) 8.425

FLOOR Results
1) Sam Weyker (La Crosse) 9.675
2) Sierra Beaver (Stout) 9.600, Lauren Wilson (La Crosse) 9.600
4) Amy Enright (La Crosse) 9.575
5) Emma Sirjord (Stout) 9.500
6) MacKenzie Nicholson (Stout) 9.475, Maddie Mullenbach (Stout) 9.475
8) Kenzie Hyde (Stout) 9.400
9) Jenna Danninger (La Crosse) 9.350, Faith Sersland (La Crosse) 9.350
11) Monique Muehlethaler (La Crosse) 9.275
12) Brooke Terry (Stout) 9.250

 All-Around Results
1) Sierra Beaver (Stout) 37.950
2) Brooke Terry (Stout) 37.350

Stout:  VAULT: 46.850, BARS: 46.150, BEAM: 45.900, FLOOR: 47.450
VAULT: Kenzie Hyde 9.500, MacKenzie Nicholson 9.350, Shadae Boone 9.350*, Brooke Terry 9.350, Sierra Beaver 9.300, Maddie Mullenbach 9.200
BARS: MacKenzie Nicholson 9.675, Sierra Beaver 9.650*, Brooke Terry 9.275, Shaquilla Payne 8.975, Mallary Dick 8.575, Sierra Coonts 8.425
BEAM: Brooke Terry 9.475, Chelsea Gray 9.425, Sierra Beaver 9.400, Shadae Boone 9.025, Kenzie Hyde 8.575, Emma Sirjord 8.425
FLOOR: Sierra Beaver 9.600*, Emma Sirjord 9.500*, MacKenzie Nicholson 9.475*, Maddie Mullenbach 9.475*, Kenzie Hyde 9.400, Brooke Terry 9.250
All-Around: Sierra Beaver 37.950*, Brooke Terry 37.350

* Personal Record