Carolina Scores 49.425 on Floor, Finishes Fourth at Quad Meet

Sunday, March 10

Kent, OH

1 p.m.

North Carolina

192.325

192.550

Kent State University

Maddy HargraveUniversity of North Carolina Gymnastics v Ball State, OklahomaCarmichael ArenaChapel Hill, NCSaturday, January 19, 2019

Senior Maddy Hargrave scored a career high 9.900 on floor.

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

March 10, 2019 | Women's Gymnastics

3.10 Results

KENT, OHIO — North Carolina scored a season high rotation score of 49.425 on floor with four career highs in the event but placed fourth (192.325) at the quad meet Sunday afternoon hosted by Kent State (192.500), featuring Ball State (195.325) and Rutgers (195.175). The Tar Heels record is now 7-8 overall and remains 3-3 in East Atlantic Gymnastics League play.

"The highlight of this meet was certainly the team performance on floor," said North Carolina Head Coach Derek Galvin. "Bars was a rough event and beam was a rough event but what the team did on floor was exceptional and what they did on vault was certainly courageous."

Carolina began the day on beam. With a team score of 47.700, its performance was highlighted by Khazia Hislop and Jamie DeCicco, who tied for second with scores of 9.825. Alexis Allen narrowly missed the top ten scorers, placing 11th with a 9.725.

For the second rotation, Carolina excelled on floor. The team scored 49.425, its highest of the season in any event and four Tar Heels matched or set career highs on floor. Hislop scored a career high matching 9.950 and took the top spot of the podium for the third consecutive week. Mikayla Robinson scored a career high 9.925 to place second. Madison Hargrave topped her career high with a 9.900 and tied for third. Jamie Antinori and Lily Dean scored 9.825, setting a career high for Antinori.

"Floor exercise was exceptional," commented Galvin. "It was our best team performance on that event for our first five competitors up. That was the best meet we have had this year. Jamie Antinori led us off and did the best floor routine I have seen her do in her college career. Lily Dean followed up with a great routine. Maddy Hargrave did a really solid routine, one of the best she has done. And the same for Mikayla [Robinson] and Khazia [Hislop]."

On vault, the Tar Heels scored 48.725. Hislop tied for first in the event with a score of 9.850. Robinson scored a 9.825, tying for third place. Hargrave rounded out the top ten Tar Heels with a 9.775. First-year Emery Summey made her first collegiate appearance on the apparatus and scored a 9.700.

Carolina ended the day on bars with a team score of 46.475. Two Tar Heels placed in the top ten of the event. Grace Donaghy scored a 9.775 to tie for fifth and Mekyllah Williams tied for 10th with a 9.675.

"Now, we get ready for the next meet," Galvin said. "We have one day of practice this week then we head off to Oregon to face a very strong Oregon State team and a couple other really strong teams… We have our work cut out for us and we have to heal up a little bit."

The Tar Heels return to action on Friday, March 15 in Corvallis, Oregon for a quad meet against Oregon State, Seattle Pacific and Iowa. The meet will begin at 6 p.m. EST.