THE RUNDOWN
Score: No. 6 Gannon 269.425, No. 10 Converse 264.170
Records: Gannon (3-0), Converse (2-1)
Location: Spartanburg, S.C.
The Short Story: Gannon Acrobatics and Tumbling team improved to 3-0 on Tuesday with a 269.425-264.170 victory over Converse College. The Lady Knights won the first three meets of the season for the first time in program history.

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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 (Wallingford, Conn./Lyman Hall), 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
Score:  9.10
 
Compulsory Event - Heat 2 (Comp Pyramid)
Team Members: Chelsea Cowan (Erie, Pa./Mercyhurst Prep), Tiano, Hayley Nejman (Erie, Pa./Villa Maria Academy), Kelsey McGarvey (Erie, Pa./Villa Maria Academy), Sydney Pouliopoulos (Westford, Mass./Westford Academy), Jenna DeCoursey (East Hampton, Conn./East Hampton), Lisa Wagaman (California, Md./Leonardtown), Hughes, Scott, Michaela Soper (Fallston, Md./Fallston), 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
Score: 9.75
 
Compulsory Event – Heat 4 (Comp Tumbling)
Team Members: Vecchio, Pergolizzi, Regan Kanner (Apollo, Pa./Kiski Area), Cowan, Scott, Hughes, Lauren Zemanek (Erie, Pa./Harbor Creek) & Wagaman  
Points Possible: 10
Score: 8.65
 
Acro Event - Heat 2 (6 Element)
Team Members: Cowan, LeClair, Nejman & Zeina Ellamei (Cairo, Egypt/Oasis International)
Points Possible: 10
Score: 9.60
 
Acro Event – Heat 3 (7 Element)  
Team Members: Schuler, Scott, Vecchio, McGarvey & Pizzi
Points Possible: 10
Score: 9.05
 
Pyramid Event – Heat 3  
Team Members: Pergolizzi, Vecchio, McNiff, Soper, Hulin
Points Possible: 10
Score:  9.95
 
Toss Event – Heat 1  
Team Members: Hughes, Godshall, Scott, McGarvey, Soper &  Wagaman
Points Possible: 10
Score: 9.45
 
Toss Event - Heat 3
Team Members: Schuler, McNiff, Tiano, Nejman, Pizzi, Wagaman
Points Possible: 10
Score: 8.90
 
Tumbling Event – Triple Pass  
Team Members: Pergolizzi, Schuler & Hughes
Points Possible: 10
Score: 8.85
 
Tumbling Event – Quad Pass
Team Members: Cowan, Wagaman, Soper, Pizzi
Points Possible: 10
Score:  8.15
 
Tumbling Event – 6 Element Pass 
Team Members: Pergolizzi
Points Possible: 10
Score: 9.45
 
Tumbling Event – Open Pass
Team Members: Danielle Samuel
Points Possible: 10
Score: 9.625
 
Team Routine
Team Members: Entire Team
Points Possible: 104.15
Score: 94.10


BEYOND THE SCORESHEET

• Gannon was ranked No. 6 in the National Collegiate Acrobatics & Tumbling Association (NCATA) preseason coaches' poll.
• Converse was tabbed No. 10 in the NCATA coaches' poll.
• The Lady Knights' 3-0 start is the best in program history.
• Gannon matched its longest win-streak in the program's five seasons of existence. It's their first three-game win-streak since 2014.
   

UP NEXT

• Gannon Acrobatics & Tumbling will head to the University of Oregon for a tri-meet with Quinnipiac on Mar. 11
• The competition will begin at 5 p.m. eastern time.
• Both Oregon and Quinnipiac advanced to the NCATA National Championships a season ago.