2007 GMW vs. Maryland -- Notes and Quotes
3/23/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Gymnastics
N O T E S
Michigan celebrated Senior Night against Maryland, honoring its three seniors -- Lindsey Bruck, Clare Flannery and Carol McNamara.
Senior Night drew the largest home crowd of the season, as 2,405 fans packed Crisler Arena for the Wolverines' regular-season finale.
Michigan's 196.075 was the third highest home score of the season, knocking off a 195.900 score earned against Penn State. This will help Michigan's RQS rise in the next poll Monday (March 26).
Senior Carol McNamara nailed a season-best 9.875 vault.
Junior Katie Lieberman tied a career-best 9.900 on vault, winning her fifth title of the year on the event -- the 10th crown of her collegiate career.
Freshman Maureen Moody hit a career-best 9.900 vault, winning a share of her first-ever collegiate title.
Sophomore Tatjana Thuener-Rego tied a career-best 9.900 on bars.
Sophomore Huneth Lor had a career-best 9.875 on beam, bettering her previous career high of 9.825. The score was good enough to win the title, giving Lor her first collegiate beam title and the second individual event title of her career.
Sophomore Becky Bernard tied a career-best 9.950 on bars, winning her fifth bars title of the season. Bernard has six bars titles in her collegiate career. Bernard also tied a season best on floor with a 9.900, winning her second floor title of the year.
Michigan finished the regular-season with a record of 11-5.
Michigan recorded a season best vault score of 49.300 -- 0.100 better than its previous high mark. The Wolverines also put up a season best score on bars, tallying a 49.275.
Michigan lost 146 routines to injury during the regular-season.
Q U O T E S
Michigan Head Coach Bev Plocki
On the meet ... "I would have liked not to count a fall on floor, but it was a great night for our seniors. It's always emotional and bittersweet. If we can get Lindsey Bruck to come back next year she'll get to do it all over again. We were rockin' through the first two events. It was a great crowd. I can't say enough about our seniors.
Senior Clare Flannery
On Senior Night ... "It was an exciting night and a special one. We want to say it was just another meet but it was emotional. I tried not to cry by I did. We all had to keep our emotions in check. It was good to go out on a high note -- my whole year has been a high note. We're going to go out to Big Tens and compete and then come back here for Regionals. I'm glad Regionals are here. It's great to compete in front of your home fans."
Senior Carol McNamara
On Senior Night ... "It was emotional tonight. I've done gymnastics my whole life. When my coaches came up to me during the ceremony I lost it. I've had a fun and memorable year. All of us came so much closer as a team dealing with all the adversity we have."
Senior Lindsey Bruck
On Senior Night and the chance that she will be back for a fifth season ... "It was a great night. We hit on a lot of events despite the struggles we've gone through. I've never seen a team like this before. We're still trying to work things out for next year and every day it looks better and better. Hopefully I'll be back next year. It's been a great four years and this year's seniors have really grown. There's nobody closer to me than Carol (McNamara) and Clare (Flannery)."
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