Kent State University
Fisk
Flashes Open Season With Tri-Meet Victory
1/10/2025 10:43:00 PM | Gymnastics
KENT, Ohio - The Kent State gymnastics team opened its 2025 campaign on Friday at the MAC Center with a tri-meet victory over Fisk and Wilberforce. The Flashes opened the season with an all-around team score of 193.775 to best scores of 189.075 by Fisk and 141.375 by Wilberforce.
ROTATION 1 - VAULT
Kent State began the evening on vault, combining for a 48.450 team total. Leading the Flashes was Nene Alvine, who posted a 9.825 in her first official collegiate vault attempt. Also making the first vault attempt of her collegiate career, Avery Compson recorded the second-highest score for Kent State with a 9.700.
ROTATION 2 - BARS
The Flashes posted a 47.775 on the bars as the competition continued. Dani Fuertez, recently named a MAC gymnast to watch this season, led the Flashes with a 9.800 in the event, matching the sophomore's career-best score on bars. Senior captain Brynne Tsipis posted the second-highest score on bars for Kent State with a 9.725.
ROTATION 3 - BEAM
The joint-best performance of the night for the Flashes came on beam, where the team earned a 48.775. Leading the Flashes in the event was Alyssa Guns, whose score of 9.850 was the joint-highest among all events for Kent State. After only competing on the beam in her freshman season, Nene Alvine posted a 9.800 to open the season in the event, second-best among the Flashes.
ROTATION 4 - FLOOR
Kent State continued a strong finish on the floor, where they matched their efforts on the beam with a 48.775. Dani Fuertez impressed most for the Flashes in the event, recording a joint meet-high score of 9.850. Guns also solidified a strong finish to the opening night of her senior year, notching a 9.825 in the final event of the night to help the Flashes prevail in the tri-meet.
FLASHES BY EVENT
Vault
Nene Alvine - 9.825 (1st)
Avery Compson - 9.700
Charlie Behner - 9.675
Gabby Riley - 9.650
Mya Migliore - 9.600
Bars
Dani Fuertez - 9.800 (1st)
Brynne Tsipis - 9.725 (2nd)
Charlie Behner - 9.700 (T-3rd)
Isabella Marques - 9.550
Nastia Rudnitskaya - 9.000
Beam
Alyssa Guns - 9.850 (1st)
Nene Alvine - 9.800 (2nd)
Dani Fuertez - 9.775 (T-3rd)
Gabby Riley - 9.700
Mya Migliore - 9.650
Floor
Dani Fuertez - 9.850 (1st)
Alyssa Guns - 9.825 (2nd)
Charlie Behner - 9.725 (3rd)
Nastia Rudnitskaya - 9.700
Nene Alvine - 9.675
UP NEXT
The Flashes will head to Morgantown, West Virginia to take on the Mountaineers in their first road meet of the season set for Thursday at 7 p.m.
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