Iowa State Travels to Morgantown for a Big 12 Tri-Meet

Who: No. 24 Iowa State (3-4, 1-1 Big 12) at West Virginia (4-6, 0-1 Big 12), No. 7 Denver (7-2, 1-2 Big 12)

Where: WVU Coliseum (14,000) – Morgantown, W Va.

When: Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024 – 1:00 p.m.

Leading Off: No 24. Iowa State will travel to Morgantown to compete with a pair of Big 12 opponents, No. 7 Denver, and West Virginia. This will be the second time this season that the Cyclones will compete with the Pioneers and marks the final two Big 12 counterparts they will see during the regular season.

This will be the last opportunity the Cyclones have to grab another conference win this regular season. ISU currently holds a commanding lead in the all-time series against West Virginia 17-9-1. Last season they picked up two wins over the Mountaineers and will look to make it three straight on Sunday.

ISU bounced back last time out where they scored a team total of 195.800 placing them 2^nd in the tri-meet. However, Head Coach Ashley Miles-Greig wants to see them put all four rotations together and get back to scoring those 196's and beyond. There was a lot to be pleased about on the floor from Sunday as the Cyclones had their second highest score of the year on that event of 49.300.

Storylines:

Iowa State came in second in the tri-meet last Sunday with their score of 195.800.
- Denver scored 196.775 and SEMO scored 194.675.
ISU is on the hunt for their first road win of the season with another opportunity coming in Morgantown.
Noelle Adams added her ninth 9.9 of the year coming from the floor that makes it four straight 9.9's on that event.
- Adams added a 9.850 on vault and 9.800 on beam.
Sunday marks the last regular season Big 12 meets for the Cyclones before they will see them again in Norman for the Big 12 championships in March.

From the Notes:

Rachel Wilke stepped into anchor the Cyclones on the floor. This was her season debut on this event. Wilke was able to score 9.850 to round out their score.
Josie Bergstrom has been consistent on vault all season long. This has pushed her all the way up to the 15^th ranked vaulter in the country. This is highlighted by a 9.925 against Boise State, and most recently she scored a 9.875 in Denver.
The Cyclones saw five scores of 9.825 or higher on the floor including a 9.9 from Noelle Adams, 9.875 from Kaia Parker, and two 9.85's from Emilie Hong and Rachel Wilke.
The Cyclones come in ranked 24^th on Road to Nationals with their top event ranking being vault where they place 17^th nationally.

Switching Sides to the Pioneers:

Head Coach Melissa Kutcher-Rinehart is entering her 26^th year at the helm of Denver gymnastics.
Denver comes into this meet ranked No. 7 on Road to Nationals while also being top 10 in three events. Including being the 4^th ranked team on vault.
The Pioneers are one of the top teams in the country. In their most recent meet against Towson, they scored 198.000. This marked a season high score for them.
Denver has seen three Big 12 Newcomer of the Week awards (Madison Ulrich), two Event Specialist Awards (Mia Hebink on bars), and two Gymnast of the Week awards (Jessica Hutchinson)
Rinehart brought in four freshmen to pair with their 11 returnees.

Switching Sides to the Mountaineers:

Head Coach Jason Butts is entering his 13^th season at the helm of West Virginia.
WVU comes in ranked 52^nd on RTN. Their top event is the floor where they are 47^th in the country.
Their top score of the year is 195.050. They got this in a quad meet against Illinois, UW Oshkosh, and Western Michigan.
This marks the Mountaineers 3^rd home meet of the year. They are 1-1 at WVU Coliseum with a win over Temple and loss to Penn.
Butts brought in six freshmen to pair up with their 12 returnees.

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