THE RUNDOWN
Score: No. 6 Gannon 273.195, No. 11 Concordia (Wis.) 230.530
Records: Gannon (1-0), Concordia (Wis.) (0-1)
Location: Erie, Pa. - Hammermill Center
The Short Story: Gannon Acrobatics and Tumbling won its third straight season opener with a 273.195-230.530 decision over Concordia (Wis.) on Saturday afternoon at the Hammermill Center.

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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), Nicole 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
Score:  8.90
 
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), Meghan Hughes (Lakewood, N.J./Donovan Catholic), Jocelyn Scott (DuBois, Pa./DuBois), Michaela Soper (Fallston, Md./Fallston), Ashley Barrish (West Berlin, N.J./Overbrook), Victoria DelleCurti (Erie, Pa./McDowell), Mikayla Vecchio (Cheswick, Pa./Deer Lakes), Gina Pergolizzi (Seminole, Fla./Seminole), Alyssa Lezamiz (Manalapan, N.J./Freehold)
Points Possible: 10
Score: 9.80
 
Compulsory Event – Heat 3 (Comp Toss) 
Team Members: Brenna Schuler (Corapolis, Pa./Peters Township), Brittney McNiff (Bergenfield, N.J./Bergenfield), Tiano, Nejman, Victoria DelleCurti (Erie, Pa./McDowell), Hughes, Kristen Godshall (Rochester, N.Y./Churchville-Chili), Scott, McGarvey, Pizzi, Wagaman
Points Possible: 10
Score: 9.75
 
Compulsory Event – Heat 4 (Comp Tumbling)
Team Members: Vecchio, Pergolizzi, Schuler, Cowan, Scott, Hughes, Danielle Samuel (Randallstown, Md./Western School of Technology and Environmental Science) and  Wagaman  
Points Possible: 10
Score: 8.90
 
Acro Event - Heat 1 (5 Element)
Team Members: Hughes, Nejman, Godshall and Wagaman
Points Possible: 10
Score: 9.70
 
Acro Event - Heat 2 (6 Element)
Team Members: Cowan, LeClair, Nejman, Ellamei and Wagaman.
Points Possible: 10
Score: 8.40
 
Acro Event – Heat 3 (7 Element)  
Team Members: Schuler, Scott, Vecchio, Elizabeth Martin (Chicago, Ill./Von Steuben) and Sydney Hulin (Doylestown, Ohio/Chippewa)
Points Possible: 9.85
Score: 9.45
 
Pyramid Event – Heat 1  
Team Members: Cowan, Wagaman, McNiff, Sarah Guarriello (Erie, Pa./Fort LeBoeuf), Barrish, Samuel, Pouliopoulos, Martin, Nejman, Scott and Pizzi
Points Possible: 10
Score: 9.90
 
Pyramid Event - Heat 2 
Team Members: Schuler, Vecchio, DelleCurti, Godshall, Pouliopoulos, LeClair, Wagaman, McNiff, Scott, Lauren Zemanek (Erie, Pa./Harbor Creek)
Points Possible: 9.90
Score: 9.60
 
Pyramid Event – Heat 3  
Team Members: Pergolizzi, Vecchio, McNiff, Soper, Hulin
Points Possible: 9.90
Score:  9.80
 
Toss Event – Heat 1  
Team Members: Hughes, Godshall, Scott, McGarvey, Pizzi, Wagaman
Points Possible: 9.50
Score: 9.30
 
Toss Event – Heat 2  
Team Members: Hughes, Godshall, Scott, Pizzi, McGarvey
Points Possible: 9.40
Score: 8.70
 
Toss Event - Heat 3
Team Members: Schuler, McNiff, Tiano, Nejman, DelleCurti, Wagaman
Points Possible: 9.40
Score: 9.30

Tumbling Event – Duo Pass  
Team Members: Schuler, Hughes
Points Possible: 9.55
Score:  9.250
 
Tumbling Event – Triple Pass  
Team Members: Wagaman, Scott, Samuel
Points Possible: 8.75
Score: 8.250
 
Tumbling Event – Quad Pass
Team Members: Cowan, Pergolizzi, Soper, Pizzi
Points Possible: 9.10
Score:  8.400
 
Tumbling Event – Aerial Pass  
Team Members: Hughes
Points Possible: 9.55
Score:  9.400
 
Tumbling Event – 6 Element Pass 
Team Members: Schuler
Points Possible: 9.55
Score: 9.300
 
Tumbling Event – Open Pass
Team Members: Samuel
Points Possible: 9.95
Score: 9.525
 
Team Routine
Team Members: Entire Team
Points Possible: 103.62
Score: 97.57


BEYOND THE SCORESHEET

• Gannon won all 19 heats and posted scores over nine points in 13 of them.
• The Lady Knights only had 14.83 points deducted from a possible 288.020 points. Concordia (Wis.) had 41.56 points deducted from a possible 272.090 base.
• Gannon led 94.20-85.10 at halftime.

BEYOND THE SCORESHEET

• Gannon was ranked No. 6 in the National Collegiate Acrobatics & Tumbling Association (NCATA) preseason coaches' poll.
• Concordia (Wis.) was tabbed No. 11 in the NCATA coaches' poll.
• Saturday's dual-meet was Gannon's first meet of the season.
• Gannon won its season-opening meet for the third year in-a-row.
   

UP NEXT

• Gannon Acrobatics & Tumbling will head on the road for the second competition of the season, at Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) member, King (Tenn.) on Feb. 25.
• The competition will begin at Noon.