THE RUNDOWN
Score: No. 6 Gannon 270.50, No. 15 West Liberty 230.66
Records: Gannon (4-2), West Liberty (1-4)
Location: Erie, Pa. - Hammermill Center
The Short Story: Gannon Acrobatics and Tumbling improved to 4-2 after a 270.50-230.66 victory over West Liberty on Saturday (Mar. 17), at the Hammermill Center.

MEDIA CENTER
Final Scoresheet: Click Here
Webcast Replay:  Click Here

GANNON'S WINNING TEAMS/INDIVIDUALS

Compulsory Event – Heat 1 (Comp Acro)
Team Members: Kelsey LeClair (Temecula, Calif./Temecula Valley), Olivia Tiano (Canyon Country, Calif./Canyon), Nikki Pizzi, Zeina Ellamei (Cairo, Egypt/Oasis International), Brenna Schuler (Corapolis, Pa./Peters Township), Kelsey McGarvey (Erie, Pa./Villa Maria Academy), Jocelyn Scott (DuBois, Pa./DuBois), Michaela Soper (Fallston, Md./Fallston), Meghan Hughes (Lakewood, N.J./Donovan Catholic)
Points Possible: 10.00
Score:  8.5
 
Compulsory Event - Heat 2 (Comp Pyramid)
Team Members: Chelsea Cowan (Erie, Pa./Mercyhurst Prep), Ellamei, Hayley Nejman (Erie, Pa./Villa Maria Academy), McGarvey, Sydney Pouliopoulos (Westford, Mass./Westford Academy), Jenna DeCoursey (East Hampton, Conn./East Hampton), Lisa Wagaman (California, Md./Leonardtown), Hughes, Scott, Soper, Ashley Barrish (West Berlin, N.J./Overbrook), Pizzi, Mikayla Vecchio (Cheswick, Pa./Deer Lakes), Gina Pergolizzi (Seminole, Fla./Seminole), Alyssa Lezamiz (Manalapan, N.J./Freehold)
Points Possible: 10.00
Score: 9.75
 
Compulsory Event – Heat 3 (Comp Toss) 
Team Members: Schuler, Pouliopoulos, Nejman, Tiano, Brittney McNiff (Bergenfield, N.J./Bergenfield), Wagaman, Cowan, Barrish, Vecchio, Elizabeth Martin (Chicago, Ill./Von Steuben), Pizzi
Points Possible: 10.00
Score: 9.70
 
Compulsory Event – Heat 4 (Comp Tumbling)
Team Members: Victoria DelleCurti, Pouliopoulos, McGarvey, DeCoursey, Regan Kanner (Apollo, Pa./Kiski Area), Pizzi, Lauren Zemanek (Erie, Pa./Harbor Creek), Danielle Samuel (Randallstown, Md./Western School of Technology and Environmental Science)
Points Possible: 10.00
Score: 8.30
 
Acro Event - Heat 1 (5 Element)
Team Members: Pergolizzi, Barrish, Kaitlyn Miller (Spring City, Pa./Owen J. Roberts), Pouliopoulos, McNiff
Points Possible: 9.95
Score: 9.10
 
Acro Event - Heat 2 (6 Element)
Team Members: McGarvey, Scott, Schuler, Pizzi
Points Possible: 10.00
Score: 9.90
 
Acro Event – Heat 3 (7 Element)  
Team Members: Nejman, Cowan, Ellamei, Soper, Vecchio
Points Possible: 10.00
Score: 9.85
 
Pyramid Event – Heat 1  
Team Members: Cowan, Wagaman, McNiff, Sarah Guarriello (Erie, Pa./Fort LeBoeuf), Barrish, Samuel, Pouliopoulos, Martin, Nejman, Scott, Kristen Godshall (Rochester, N.Y./Churchville-Chili) and Pizzi
Points Possible: 10.00
Score: 9.95
 
Pyramid Event - Heat 2 
Team Members: Vecchio, Pouliopoulos, LeClair, Wagaman, McNiff, Scott, Zemanek, Sydney Hulin (Doylestown, Ohio/Chippewa), Guarriello and Pizzi
Points Possible: 9.90
Score: 9.80
 
Pyramid Event – Heat 3  
Team Members: Hughes, Vecchio, Ellamei, Scott, Martin, Godshall and McNiff
Points Possible: 9.90
Score:  9.80
 
Toss Event – Heat 1  
Team Members: Hughes, Godshall, Scott, McGarvey, Soper, Wagaman
Points Possible: 9.50
Score: 9.40
 
Toss Event – Heat 2  
Team Members: Schuler, McNiff, Pouliopoulos, Tiano, Nejman, Cowan, Martin, Vecchio, Barrish, Pizzi, Wagaman
Points Possible: 9.40
Score: 9.20
 
Toss Event - Heat 3
Team Members: Cowan, Martin, Vecchio, Barrish, Pizzi and Wagaman
Points Possible: 9.90
Score: 9.60

Tumbling Event – Duo Pass  
Team Members: Pizzi, Wagaman
Points Possible: 8.95
Score:  8.35
 
Tumbling Event – Triple Pass  
Team Members: Nejman, Kanner, Martin
Points Possible: 9.10
Score: 8.20
 
Tumbling Event – Quad Pass
Team Members: Barrish, Vecchio, Ellamei, Zemanek
Points Possible: 8.50
Score:  7.80
 
Tumbling Event – Aerial Pass  
Team Members: Schuler
Points Possible: 10.0
Score:  9.60
 
Tumbling Event – 6 Element Pass 
Team Members: Hughes
Points Possible: 10.0
Score: 9.90
 
Tumbling Event – Open Pass
Team Members: Cowan
Points Possible: 9.95
Score: 9.65
 
Team Routine
Team Members: Entire Team
Points Possible: 104.25
Score: 94.15


BEYOND THE SCORESHEET

• Gannon was ranked No. 6 in the National Collegiate Acrobatics & Tumbling Association (NCATA) preseason coaches' poll.
• West Liberty was tabbed No. 15 in the NCATA coaches' poll.
• Saturday's meet was the first-ever meeting between Gannon and West Liberty acrobatics and tumbling.
• The Lady Knights 4-2 record is the best start through six meets in program history.
• Gannon hosted a Make-A-Wish event in conjunction with the meet.
   

UP NEXT

• Gannon Acrobatics & Tumbling will return home on Mar. 31, for a meet with Alderson-Broaddus.
• The competition is scheduled for 6 p.m.