Welcome to the final weekend of regular season competition! This is the last chance for teams to drop low scores and climb the rankings before postseason play begins.
Illinois State, currently ranked No. 42nd, is still very much in the hunt for a regionals spot. The Redbirds will be aiming to replace one of their lower home scores to improve their NQS and solidify their postseason chances. They’ve been consistently in the 195 range this season but will be looking to break into higher territory to boost their standing.
SEMO, after a slow start with scores in the high 189s and low 190s, has made significant strides in the back half of the season. The Redhawks have posted back-to-back 194s and will be looking to build on that momentum to replace some of those early-season scores and finish strong.
Both teams have plenty on the line, so expect focused and competitive performances as they fight to keep their seasons alive.
Rotation 1: ISU VT SE UB
Ray (ISU): y-half with a big step forward. would like to see the hips a bit more open, but great dynamics. 9.700
Crouch (SEMO): toe hand to a maloney to a bail. A bit short on the handstand. we will see if they give her D credit. toe front pike half dismount. Chest a bit low. 9.400. 9.9 SV looks like they didn’t give her the bail
Wolff (ISU): biiiigg full-on pike of with a big step and slide back. so much power. 9.750
Reader (SEMO): tkatchev and catches a bit close and can’t connect into the bail. kips and stops and hits her feet out of the bail. finished with a giant full twisting double lay. love the difficulty. judge conference 8.100
Wabi (ISU): clean y-full with a step back. 9.675
Hamilton (SEMO): hop over the low bar. ginormous gienger into a clean shoot over. end with a full out. pulls in a little bit on the dismount and lands close. step back. 9.700
Robinson (ISU): another clean y-full with a hop in place. well done. 9.800
Jones (SEMO): blind change into a big piked jeager. bail down to the lowbar. ends with a blind full to double back. 9.675
Laster (ISU): stunning y-1.5 with just a hop forward. one of the best in the country, in my opinion. 9.825
Ingle (SEMO): nice straddled jeager . ends with a blind full into a floaty double tuck and sticks! nice! 9.850
Mack (ISU): sticks! her y-full. beauty. 9.875
Johnston (SEMO): toe hand to maloney to a pak. great shapes and amplitude. ends with a blind full to another stuck double tuck. maybe a bit over on the blind full.
After 1: ISU 48.975 SEMO 48.400
Nice start for ISU on vault while SEMO trails by .5 after their bar rotation.
Rotation 2: ISU UB SE VT
Kossuth (SEMO): y-full is a bit piked down. 9.475
Robinson (ISU): Maloney. kip hand to bail to toe hand to toe shoot. toe front pike half to a stick! 9.650
Napolitan (SEMO): y-tuck full with a hop back. 9.450
Jones (ISU): big ray to a bail and pikes down to double lay. just a step. 9.800
Hernandez (SEMO): nice yurchenko full with a step. 9.575
Beswick (ISU): big release combo to start. ends with a bind full into a huge double tuck above the bar. 9.850
Greene (SEMO): another yurchenko full with a step. would like to see some more amplitude. 9.575
Grolla (ISU): beautiful toe point. maloney to a pak. feet glued. toe hand blind full into a stuck double pike. stunning. 9.875
Ingle (SEMO): biig yurchenko full. best one i’ve seen in this lineup. 9.725
Wabi (ISU): Great first handstand. blind into jeager into a bail. another great handstand into a blind full double tuck. just a step. 9.875
higgins to a stuck double front from Laster in the exhibition????? obsessed.
After 2: ISU 98.150 SEMO 96.325
Fantastic rotation for Illinois State on bars. Good consistency for SEMO on vault.
Rotation 3: ISU BB SE FX
Jones (ISU): big double pike with a step back. front lay to front full with a hop forward. 1.5 to front lay with a good step. 9.725
Lee Phillips (SEMO): so solid. handspring layout to open. cat leap to switch half. sticks the roundoff 1.5 dismount. great leadoff for them. 9.375
Laster (ISU): so solid on the front toss. nails the handspring layout step out. sticks the roundoff 1.5. another hit! 9.750
Crouch (SEMO): rudi to big stag jump. switch side to wolf full. 1.5 to front full and sits it down. 8.750
Lau (ISU): balance check on the full turn. handspring handspring layout step with a big wobble. sticks the gainer full off the side. little bit of nerves but recovers well. 9.600
Hamilton (SEMO): opens with a 2.5 but flies forward out of it. beautiful 1.5 to front lay. so floaty. 9.500
Mack (ISU): small check on the handspring lay. small lean on the switch side. backhandspring to a 1.5 dismount with a small step. 9.750
Parton (SEMO): very high double tuck but open a bit early and steps forward. front full to front lay. rudi to a step back with great control. nice routine. 9.675
Davis (ISU): handspring layout is right on. small check on the full turn. cat leap to switch side. front toss and grabs the beam. cartwheel to a stuck! 1.5 9.325
Greene (SEMO): front lay (hollow) to a rudi with just a step forward. huuggggeee double tuck with a controlled step. great routine. 9.725
Grolla (ISU): handstand to backhandspring to layout with a small balance. switch leap to a split leap. great splits and toe point. cartwheel to a gainer 1.5 off the end. love to see that. 9.875
Ingle (SEMO): 2.5 to punch front is right on. stunning. amazing. perfect. huge switch half to popa. huge splits. 9.775
After 3: ISU 146.850 SEMO 144.375
Rotation 4: ISU FX SE BB
Reader (SEMO): front toss to bhs is solid and connected. solid front toss to beat. sticks the dismount. 9.800
Jones (ISU): opens with a huge double. back 1.5 to front lay with a step forward. 9.725
Hernandez (SEMO): bhs bhs layout. round off double full to dismount. just a step back. 9.675
Robinson (ISU): ginormus double tuck and controls to step back. so high. fhs front full to front half. spot on. switch half to wolf full. fhs to a rudi with just a step. 9.800
Kuehn (SEMO): handspring layout with a tiny check. switch to split 3/4. round off double full to a step back. 9.750
Donovan (ISU): double tuck with a step back. chest is maybe a tiny bit down. front layout right into a very high rudi with a step back. great. 9.750
PArton (SEMO): stunning switch leap to a stag jump. perfect flight series. sticks the gainer full off the side. 9.775
Wabi (ISU): dynamic front double full into a step. rudi and mistimes the punch into her back tuck and is a bit low. 9.775
Kossuth (SEMO): bhs bhs layout and nails it. small check on the switch side. sticks the gainer full off the side. 9.725
Laster (ISU): so solid on the front double full. rudi into a floaty rudi with a step back. 9.825
Ingle (SEMO): bhs bhs layout step out. switch leap to a straddle quarter. small balance checks. sticks the double full off the end. great. 9.850
Mack (ISU): sticks the piked full in COLD. front through to a big double pike. maybe a little slide back. 9.875
FINAL: Illinois State 195.875 SEMO 193.375
VT: Jay Mack 9.875
UB: Reese Grolla, Sara Wabi 9.875
BB: Reese Grolla 9.875
FX: Jaye Mack 9.875
AA: Taylor Ingle 39.200
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