Gymnastics

Tigers Fall Hard at Texas Woman's

March 14, 1999

March 14, 1999

DENTON, TEXAS, -- Needing a high score to bolster their chances to qualify as a team for the NCAA Region 3 Championships, the Missouri Tigers gymnastics team didn't help themselves Saturday night in losing a three-team meet at Texas Woman's University.

The host Pioneers won the meet with a score of 192.025, and were followed by the Ball State Cardinals (190.425) and the Tigers (190.1). It was Missouri's second lowest score of the season.

In the process, Missouri slipped to eighth place in the Region 3 standings. Six teams will qualify for the regionals, April 10, at Nebraska. Arizona and Southeast Missouri State have moved ahead of Mizzou.

Individually, Jessica Haag won her seventh vaulting championship of the season and fifth in a row with a score of 9.75. Shannon Brown and Chandra Harlow went two-three on uneven bars with respective scores of 9.725 and 9.7. Brown tied for second on balance beam (9.75), with Haag and Amanda Peterson tied for fourth at 9.725.

Missouri's final dual meet of the season is Friday at 15th-ranked Florida.

VAULT	 UNEVEN PARALLEL BARS
1.	JESSICA HAAG, Missouri	9.75	1.	Renee Planck, Ball St.	9.75
2.	Kim Koenig, TX Woman's	9.575	2.	SHANNON BROWN, Mizzou	9.725
3.	ALISON AKERS, Missouri	9.475	3.	CHANDRA HARLOW, Mizzou	9.7
	Jenny Gantt, Ball State	9.475		Heather Berry, Ball St.	9.7
5.	Cari Casazza,TX Woman's	9.45		Suzanne Racz, Ball St.	9.7
	Laura Szczepanski, BSU	9.45	6.	Summer Haynes, TWU	9.675

BALANCE BEAM	 FLOOR EXERCISE
1.	Kim Koenig, TX Woman's	9.775	1.	Cari Casazza, TWU	9.85
2.	SHANNON BROWN, Missouri	9.75		Kim Koenig, TWU	 9.85
	Cari Casazza, TWU	9.75	3.	Kassidy Hamilton, TWU	9.825
4.	JESSICA HAAG, Missouri	9.725	4.	Marnie Halterman, TWU	9.8
	AMANDA PETERSON, MU	9.725		Laura Szczepanski, BSU	9.8
	Laura Szczepanski, BSU	9.725	6.	Renee Planck, Ball St.	9.75	

ALL-AROUND
1.	Kim Koenig, TX Woman's	38.85
2.	Laura Szczepanski, BSU	38.6
3.	Suzanne Racz, Ball St.	38.85
4.	JESSICA HAAG, Missouri	37.725
5.	AMANDA PETERSON, MU	37.65
6.	SHANNON BROWN, Missouri	37.0

VAULT, TEAM	 BARS, TEAM
1.	MISSOURI	47.15	1.	Ball State	48.05
2.	Texas Woman's	46.875	2.	Texas Woman's	47.775
3.	Ball State	46.55	4.	MISSOURI	46.975

BEAM, TEAM		 FLOOR, TEAM
1.	Texas Woman's	48.45	1.	Texas Woman's	48.925
2.	MISSOURI	48.325	2.	Ball State	48.4
3.	Ball State	47.425	3.	MISSOURI	47.65

TEAM TOTALS
1.	Texas Woman's	192.025
2.	Ball State	190.425
3.	MISSOURI	190.1

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