COLLEGE PARK, Maryland – – The Ball State gymnastics group closed Saturday’s Maryland Quad with three straight scores of 9.900 on bars to earn a season-high group rating of 195.975.
It is the second straight meet the Cardinals (13-7) have completed with a season-high effort after going 195.750 final Friday at the Pitt Quad.
In the ultimate rotation, senior Zoe Middleton began the rally along with her highest bars rating of the season. Senior Mary Rose Bellan adopted with a career-best effort, whereas junior Ashley Szymanski closed the competitors along with her fifth bars rating of 9.900-or-better this season.
While the host Terrapins gained the meet with a rating of 196.225, the Cardinals had at least one particular person on high of the carts in all 4 particular person occasions and scored head-to-head wins over each Temple (194.875) and Cornell (193.175).
Prior to her season-best effort on bars, Middleton turned within the Mid-American Conference’s finest vault this season, profitable the occasion with a 9.925. The two-event winner additionally positioned second within the all-around with a rating of 38.950.
With her two season-high marks, Middleton has now scored 9.900-or-higher in 26 collegiate routines. She is the one gymnast in program historical past to file at least 9.900 on all 4 equipment.
The Cardinals began the day on beam, with junior Delaney McMahon and Ashley Szymanski closing the rotation with back-to-back scores of 9.875 to tie for the occasion title.
The second rotation noticed freshman Carley Stalder earn her first profession flooring victory by tying for high honors with a career-best 9.875.
Overall, it was the third meet this season Ball State has claimed the highest spot in all 4 particular person occasions. In addition, the Cardinals have gained 26 of a potential 40 occasion titles this season.
Along with the occasion wins, Ball State’s season-high whole included 10 scores of 9.800-or-higher, together with 4 of at least 9.900.
ROTATION 1: Beam (49.100)
– Ball State’s 49.100 group rating was its third finest on beam this season, trailing solely its pair of 49.250s
– Once once more, the anchors of the rotation led the way in which with McMahon and Szymanski every scoring 9.875 to tie for the occasion win
– Stalder turned in her second-best rating of the season at 9.825
– The Cardinals additionally counted a 9.775 from junior Lindsay Fuller and a 9.750 from sophomore Karli Mercer
ROTATION 2: Floor (48.800)
– Stalder led the way in which within the second rotation, incomes a career-best 9.875 to tie for the highest spot
– Sophomore Avery Kantor tied her profession excessive, scoring 9.825
– Ball State additionally counted a 9.750 from junior Ava Molina and 9.675s from sophomore Viviana Campuzano and senior Alauna Simms
ROTATION 3: Vault (48.925)
– Middleton turned within the MAC’s finest vault of the season, profitable the occasion with a 9.925, her sixth profession vault of 9.900-or-better
– Mercer turned within the group’s second-best rating, incomes a 9.775
– The Cardinals additionally counted 9.750s from Bellan and Stalder, together with a 9.725 from freshman Ava Thurston
ROTATION 4: Bars (49.150)
– Middleton, Bellan and Szymanski tied for the win on bars, closing the rotation with three straight scores of 9.900
– Mercer began the rally with a 9.825, whereas McMahon was Ball State’s remaining countable rating at 9.625
ALL-AROUND:
– Led by her 9.925 on vault and 9.900 on bars, Middleton place second within the all-around with a rating of 38.900
UP NEXT:
The Ball State gymnastics group closes the 2026 common season subsequent Friday (March 13) when it travels to Central Michigan in a battle of the league’s high two groups based mostly on NQS.
It is the second straight meet the Cardinals (13-7) have completed with a season-high effort after going 195.750 final Friday at the Pitt Quad.
In the ultimate rotation, senior Zoe Middleton began the rally along with her highest bars rating of the season. Senior Mary Rose Bellan adopted with a career-best effort, whereas junior Ashley Szymanski closed the competitors along with her fifth bars rating of 9.900-or-better this season.
While the host Terrapins gained the meet with a rating of 196.225, the Cardinals had at least one particular person on high of the carts in all 4 particular person occasions and scored head-to-head wins over each Temple (194.875) and Cornell (193.175).
Prior to her season-best effort on bars, Middleton turned within the Mid-American Conference’s finest vault this season, profitable the occasion with a 9.925. The two-event winner additionally positioned second within the all-around with a rating of 38.950.
With her two season-high marks, Middleton has now scored 9.900-or-higher in 26 collegiate routines. She is the one gymnast in program historical past to file at least 9.900 on all 4 equipment.
The Cardinals began the day on beam, with junior Delaney McMahon and Ashley Szymanski closing the rotation with back-to-back scores of 9.875 to tie for the occasion title.
The second rotation noticed freshman Carley Stalder earn her first profession flooring victory by tying for high honors with a career-best 9.875.
Overall, it was the third meet this season Ball State has claimed the highest spot in all 4 particular person occasions. In addition, the Cardinals have gained 26 of a potential 40 occasion titles this season.
Along with the occasion wins, Ball State’s season-high whole included 10 scores of 9.800-or-higher, together with 4 of at least 9.900.
ROTATION 1: Beam (49.100)
– Ball State’s 49.100 group rating was its third finest on beam this season, trailing solely its pair of 49.250s
– Once once more, the anchors of the rotation led the way in which with McMahon and Szymanski every scoring 9.875 to tie for the occasion win
– Stalder turned in her second-best rating of the season at 9.825
– The Cardinals additionally counted a 9.775 from junior Lindsay Fuller and a 9.750 from sophomore Karli Mercer
ROTATION 2: Floor (48.800)
– Stalder led the way in which within the second rotation, incomes a career-best 9.875 to tie for the highest spot
– Sophomore Avery Kantor tied her profession excessive, scoring 9.825
– Ball State additionally counted a 9.750 from junior Ava Molina and 9.675s from sophomore Viviana Campuzano and senior Alauna Simms
ROTATION 3: Vault (48.925)
– Middleton turned within the MAC’s finest vault of the season, profitable the occasion with a 9.925, her sixth profession vault of 9.900-or-better
– Mercer turned within the group’s second-best rating, incomes a 9.775
– The Cardinals additionally counted 9.750s from Bellan and Stalder, together with a 9.725 from freshman Ava Thurston
ROTATION 4: Bars (49.150)
– Middleton, Bellan and Szymanski tied for the win on bars, closing the rotation with three straight scores of 9.900
– Mercer began the rally with a 9.825, whereas McMahon was Ball State’s remaining countable rating at 9.625
ALL-AROUND:
– Led by her 9.925 on vault and 9.900 on bars, Middleton place second within the all-around with a rating of 38.900
UP NEXT:
The Ball State gymnastics group closes the 2026 common season subsequent Friday (March 13) when it travels to Central Michigan in a battle of the league’s high two groups based mostly on NQS.