Broncos Travel to Salt Lake City for Regionals
3/31/2021 10:33:00 AM | Women's Gymnastics
No. 17 Boise State (11-3) at No. 6 Utah (17-1), vs. No. 11 Arizona State (5-8) & No. 21 Southern Utah (6-11)
Friday, April 2, 2021 - 1 p.m. MT
Salt Lake City, Utah - Maverik Center
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THE MEET
The Boise State gymnastics team, ranked No. 17 in Road to Nationals with a National Qualifying Score of 196.788, will travel to the Maverik Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, for the 2021 NCAA Regional Championships, Friday (April 2). The Broncos will be making their 13th-consecutive appearance at the NCAA Regional Championships.
Boise State will be joined in its session, which is slated to begin at 1 p.m., by No. 6 Utah, No. 11 Arizona State and No. 21 Southern Utah. National coverage of the meet will be provided via ESPN3.
Should the Broncos advance, the regional final is scheduled to begin Saturday, April 3, at 7 p.m.
FORMAT
Regional sites will host first round, second round and regional final competition over a three-day period. The first round will consist of two teams, second round will consist of eight teams and the regional final will consist of four teams.
The National Collegiate Women's Gymnastics Championships will take place on April 16-17 in Fort Worth, Texas. The championship will consist of eight teams and four all-around competitors and 16 event specialists. The top two teams and the top all-around competitor (who is not on an advancing team) from each regional will receive an automatic berth to the national championships. In addition, the top event specialist in each event (not on an advancing team or an all-arounder) advances to the national championship (in that event only).
IN THE RANKINGS
Boise State checks in at No. 17 in Road to Nationals (196.788), the program's 10th-consecutive week in the top 25. The Broncos are led by their bars line-up, which ranks tied for 12th nationally (49.338). The floor (49.381) and vault (49.181) line-ups are also ranked in the national top 25, checking in at a tie for 14th and a tie for 19th, respectively. The beam line-up is 31st in the country (49.138).
Individually, senior Emily Muhlenhaupt ranks tied for fourth nationally on bars (9.950). Freshman Courtney Blackson leads the Broncos on vault (9.881), ranking tied for 44th nationally, while sophomore Adriana Popp leads the Broncos on both beam (9.888) and floor (9.906). Popp's beam mark ranks tied for 59th nationally, while her floor score ranks tied for 47th nationally.
STACKING TOP 25 WINS
Through 10 meets, Boise State has racked up eight wins over top-25 opponents. In the regular-season finale, Boise State upset No. 10 Arizona State, the highest-ranked team the Broncos have defeated since knocking off eighth-ranked Washington, March 15, 2018 (197.000-196.950). During the regular season Boise State also earned victories over No. 13 Oregon State (Jan. 15), No. 14 BYU (Jan. 23), No. 16 Southern Utah (Feb. 27) and a pair of wins over Utah State – at home, Feb. 6 (No. 23) and on the road, Feb. 13 (No. 21), and then knocked off both Southern Utah (No. 20) and Utah State (No. 21) at the MRGC Championships, March 20.
AGAINST THE PAC-12
The top two teams in the Broncos' regional session come from the Pac-12, a league Boise State went 4-0 against this season. Boise State defeated then-No. 13 Oregon State in the 2021 opener in Corvallis, Ore., Jan. 15, both Washington and Stanford in a tri-meet (March 7) and then-No. 10 Arizona State to close the regular season (March 12). This is the first time the Broncos have defeated four Pac-12 schools during the regular season since 1997, when Boise State knocked off Arizona, Arizona State, California and Washington.
POSTSEASON HONORS
Boise State senior Emily Muhlenhaupt picked up her second-straight regular-season All-America First Team accolade on bars from the Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association. She finished the regular season ranked tied for fourth in the country in the event with a National Qualifying Score of 9.950. Muhlenhaupt was also named first-team All-America on bars following the 2020 season, becoming just the fifth gymnast in school history to be named a first-team All-American. She is the first Bronco gymnast to earn multiple first-team All-America honors since Julie Wagner garnered the accolades in 1993 (vault and all-around) and 1995 (bars), and is only the second two-time first-team All-American in program history.
Muhlenhaupt was also named MRGC Bars Specialist of the Year, in addition to garnering first-team All-MRGC honors in the event. Muhlenhaupt was joined by freshman Emily Lopez on the All-MRGC Bars First Team. Freshman Courtney Blackson was named second-team All-MRGC on both vault and floor, while sophomore Adriana Popp and redshirt senior Maddi Nilson picked up All-MRGC Floor Second Team accolades.
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS
Boise State claimed individual Mountain Rim Gymnastics Conference titles in three events, March 20.
Freshman Courtney Blackson, senior Emily Muhlenhaupt and sophomore Adriana Popp earned league titles on vault, bars and beam, respectively.
WEEKLY HONORS
Senior Emily Muhlenhaupt has registered five MRGC Bars Specialist of the Week honors in 2021, while redshirt senior Maddi Nilson and sophomore Adriana Popp each have a pair of MRGC Floor Specialist of the Week accolades. Seniors Gabriela Cavinta (bars) and Tatum Bruden (floor) each have one such honor this year.
Friday, April 2, 2021 - 1 p.m. MT
Salt Lake City, Utah - Maverik Center
Game Notes | Live Stats | Live Stream
THE MEET
The Boise State gymnastics team, ranked No. 17 in Road to Nationals with a National Qualifying Score of 196.788, will travel to the Maverik Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, for the 2021 NCAA Regional Championships, Friday (April 2). The Broncos will be making their 13th-consecutive appearance at the NCAA Regional Championships.
Boise State will be joined in its session, which is slated to begin at 1 p.m., by No. 6 Utah, No. 11 Arizona State and No. 21 Southern Utah. National coverage of the meet will be provided via ESPN3.
Should the Broncos advance, the regional final is scheduled to begin Saturday, April 3, at 7 p.m.
FORMAT
Regional sites will host first round, second round and regional final competition over a three-day period. The first round will consist of two teams, second round will consist of eight teams and the regional final will consist of four teams.
The National Collegiate Women's Gymnastics Championships will take place on April 16-17 in Fort Worth, Texas. The championship will consist of eight teams and four all-around competitors and 16 event specialists. The top two teams and the top all-around competitor (who is not on an advancing team) from each regional will receive an automatic berth to the national championships. In addition, the top event specialist in each event (not on an advancing team or an all-arounder) advances to the national championship (in that event only).
IN THE RANKINGS
Boise State checks in at No. 17 in Road to Nationals (196.788), the program's 10th-consecutive week in the top 25. The Broncos are led by their bars line-up, which ranks tied for 12th nationally (49.338). The floor (49.381) and vault (49.181) line-ups are also ranked in the national top 25, checking in at a tie for 14th and a tie for 19th, respectively. The beam line-up is 31st in the country (49.138).
Individually, senior Emily Muhlenhaupt ranks tied for fourth nationally on bars (9.950). Freshman Courtney Blackson leads the Broncos on vault (9.881), ranking tied for 44th nationally, while sophomore Adriana Popp leads the Broncos on both beam (9.888) and floor (9.906). Popp's beam mark ranks tied for 59th nationally, while her floor score ranks tied for 47th nationally.
STACKING TOP 25 WINS
Through 10 meets, Boise State has racked up eight wins over top-25 opponents. In the regular-season finale, Boise State upset No. 10 Arizona State, the highest-ranked team the Broncos have defeated since knocking off eighth-ranked Washington, March 15, 2018 (197.000-196.950). During the regular season Boise State also earned victories over No. 13 Oregon State (Jan. 15), No. 14 BYU (Jan. 23), No. 16 Southern Utah (Feb. 27) and a pair of wins over Utah State – at home, Feb. 6 (No. 23) and on the road, Feb. 13 (No. 21), and then knocked off both Southern Utah (No. 20) and Utah State (No. 21) at the MRGC Championships, March 20.
AGAINST THE PAC-12
The top two teams in the Broncos' regional session come from the Pac-12, a league Boise State went 4-0 against this season. Boise State defeated then-No. 13 Oregon State in the 2021 opener in Corvallis, Ore., Jan. 15, both Washington and Stanford in a tri-meet (March 7) and then-No. 10 Arizona State to close the regular season (March 12). This is the first time the Broncos have defeated four Pac-12 schools during the regular season since 1997, when Boise State knocked off Arizona, Arizona State, California and Washington.
POSTSEASON HONORS
Boise State senior Emily Muhlenhaupt picked up her second-straight regular-season All-America First Team accolade on bars from the Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association. She finished the regular season ranked tied for fourth in the country in the event with a National Qualifying Score of 9.950. Muhlenhaupt was also named first-team All-America on bars following the 2020 season, becoming just the fifth gymnast in school history to be named a first-team All-American. She is the first Bronco gymnast to earn multiple first-team All-America honors since Julie Wagner garnered the accolades in 1993 (vault and all-around) and 1995 (bars), and is only the second two-time first-team All-American in program history.
Muhlenhaupt was also named MRGC Bars Specialist of the Year, in addition to garnering first-team All-MRGC honors in the event. Muhlenhaupt was joined by freshman Emily Lopez on the All-MRGC Bars First Team. Freshman Courtney Blackson was named second-team All-MRGC on both vault and floor, while sophomore Adriana Popp and redshirt senior Maddi Nilson picked up All-MRGC Floor Second Team accolades.
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS
Boise State claimed individual Mountain Rim Gymnastics Conference titles in three events, March 20.
Freshman Courtney Blackson, senior Emily Muhlenhaupt and sophomore Adriana Popp earned league titles on vault, bars and beam, respectively.
WEEKLY HONORS
Senior Emily Muhlenhaupt has registered five MRGC Bars Specialist of the Week honors in 2021, while redshirt senior Maddi Nilson and sophomore Adriana Popp each have a pair of MRGC Floor Specialist of the Week accolades. Seniors Gabriela Cavinta (bars) and Tatum Bruden (floor) each have one such honor this year.
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