Broncos Sweep Quad Meet in Utah

Friday, February 23

Logan, Utah

7 p.m.

Boise State

197.025

196.275

Utah State

Photo by: Boise State University

2/23/2024 10:13:00 PM | Women's Gymnastics

LOGAN, Utah – Boise State gymnastics recorded a score of 197.025, their highest overall score of the season, to defeat Mountain West rival Utah State (196.275), along with nonconference opponents No. 29 Iowa State (195.950) and Texas Woman's (195.425).

For the second-straight meet, the senior trio of Courtney Blackson, Emily Lopez and Adriana Popp earned event victories to lead the Broncos. Blackson and Lopez shared the bars title and Popp won on beam. The Broncos posted a season-high on bars (49.400) and tied their season-best on beam (49.325), tallying the quad meet's top score on each apparatus.

The Broncos are now 11-3 on the season and 3-0 in MW competition.

Quotables

"I am so proud of the team effort that we put in tonight," said head coach Tina Bird. "Scoring a 197 on the road has been a goal of ours and the bar squad got us started off right with a season-high 49.400, allowing us to ride that success throughout the rest of the meet."
"Emily Lopez, Emma Loyim and Alyssa Vulaj led the team, hitting all of their events and putting up some big scores along with Courtney Blackson's bar performance," said Bird. "We're looking forward to being back at ExtraMile Arena this coming Friday and being with Bronco Nation!"

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Courtney Blackson tallied a 9.925 on bars to tie for first with fellow senior Emily Lopez.
Adriana Popp also claimed an event title, scoring 9.925 on beam.
Emma Loyim tied for second on floor (9.925) and beam (9.900).

Notables

Boise State's team score of 197.025 is tied for the ninth-highest in program history.
Courtney Blackson and Emily Lopez tied for first on bars, both scoring a 9.925. Blackson's score tied her career-best and marked her first win on bars this season, extending her career total to three. She has five event wins this year and 15 in her career.
Lopez has five wins on bars this season, giving her 12 in her career, which is tied for eighth in school history. The senior has seven event wins this season and 23 in her career, both team-highs.
Adriana Popp scored a 9.925 to collect her second win on beam this season, giving her a career total of 11 that is tied for the fifth-most in program history. She has 15 career event wins.
Carly Buell posted a career-high on bars, scoring a 9.875.
Sydney Kho notched a career-best of 9.875 on beam and tied her career-best of 9.775 on vault.
Mahleea Werline (9.850) equaled her career-best on bars.
Elaina McGovern equaled her career-bests on floor (9.900) and vault (9.800).
Kylee Hamby tied her season-best on bars with a 9.825.
Alyssa Vulaj matched her season-best on beam, tallying a 9.825.
Blake Pascal tallied a 9.875 on floor, tying her best score of the year.
The Broncos scored a season-high 49.400 on bars and matched their season-best of 49.325 on beam.

What's Next
The Broncos return to the Treasure Valley for a quad meet on Friday, March 1. Boise State hosts nonconference opponents Minnesota, UC Davis and Washington at 7 p.m. in ExtraMile Arena.