The Ball State gymnastics team suffered another loss Friday at the hands of five-time Mid-American Conference champion, Central Michigan University, putting its record at 0-4 for the season.
The Cardinals lost 199.775 to 196.175.
Head coach Joanna Saleem said the Cardinals did well in three events – bars, floor and vault – even though beam was not their best performance.
The team had falls off the beam, which lowered the overall scores.
Freshman Baylee Bell was second overall in beam with a score of 9.800. Sophomore Miranda Kuehl was the Cardinal’s second highest scorer, with a 9.700.
“Any time you have something like that happen, there’s work to be done in the gym, but I’m really excited about them being able to come back on floor and being able to focus on what we still had left to do,” Saleem said.
She said the team needs to be able to refocus after someone has an error in their routine on beam.
“We need to be able to make sure that we have the competitive mindset we need to be able to have that resistance,” Saleem said. “As any coach will tell you, beam can be an Achilles heel for any team. I just feel like the falls got contagious today.”
For the other three events, Saleem said the team has been staying consistent with where they need to be.
Junior Erin Patchey said there was only room to go up from here.
“I think that is the most solid bar rotation I have seen in a long time. It was very exciting,” she said. “Same on vault, we’re super close to breaking the school record. Beam has some kinks to work out, but we brought it back on floor.”
Junior Denasiha Christian was the top scorer for the Cardinals on floor and vault, with scores of 9.900 and 9.825, respectively. Senior Brooklyn Schumacher was the top scorer on bars.
Patchey said while they had some errors, they were still able to bounce back and keep competing well.
“That’s key when you have a downfall like that,” she said. “Resiliency is probably our biggest strength right now.”
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