Women's Gymnastics | September 28, 2016
KALAMAZOO, Mich. – The Western Michigan gymnastics team announced its 2017 schedule. The Broncos will be home for five home meets and compete in a total of 12 regular season meets ending with the MAC Championships on March 18 at Bowling Green.
Opponents on the Broncos' docket include Iowa, Penn State, at Southeast Missouri State in addition to their six MAC opponents.
The team's home schedule begins with rival Central Michigan on Sunday, Jan. 15. Other squads coming into University Arena in 2017 are Eastern Michigan, Northern Illinois, UIC and Southeast Missouri State. Last season the Broncos set the second-highest score in program history against the Flames with a 195.950.
Western Michigan returns six of its seven athletes (
Jessie Peszek,
Jessica Juncaj,
Rachael Underwood,
Audry Merritt,
Anna Corbett and
Kelsey Hood) who qualified for NCAA Regionals at Iowa last season, which was a program record. Of the six returners who qualified for the NCAA Regionals, five of them were also on the Academic All-MAC squad. Hood, Juncaj, Merritt, Peszek and Corbett were part of the seven-person squad that made up the team, also joined by two of last season's seniors
Jessi Buis and
Kayla Weber.
Below is the full 2017 schedule.
| Sunday, January 8 vs. Iowa, Lindenwood & Northern Illinois |
DeKalb, Ill. |
2:00 PM |
| Sunday, January 15 vs. Central Michigan * |
Kalamazoo, Mich. |
1:00 PM |
| Friday, January 20 vs. Kent State * |
Kent, Ohio |
7:00 PM |
| Sunday, January 29 vs. Eastern Michigan * |
Kalamazoo, Mich. |
1:00 PM |
| Sunday, February 5 vs. Bowling Green * |
Bowling Green, Ohio |
2:00 PM |
| Sunday, February 12 vs. Northern Illinois * |
Kalamazoo, Mich. |
1:00 PM |
| Sunday, Feb. 19 vs. Texas Women's, Penn St & Sacramento St. |
Denton, Texas |
2:00 PM |
| Sunday, Feb 26 at UIC |
Chicago, Ill. |
3:00 PM |
| Sunday, March 5 at Ball State * |
Muncie, Ind. |
1:00 PM |
| Tuesday, March 7 vs UIC |
Kalamazoo, Mich. |
7:00 PM |
| Saturday, March 11 vs. SEMO |
Kalamazoo, Mich. |
4:00 PM |
| Saturday, March 18 MAC Championship |
Bowling Green, Ohio |
2:00 PM |
| Saturday, Apr 1, 2017 NCAA Regionals |
TBA |
TBA |
| April 14-16, 2017 NCAA Nationals |
St. Louis, Mo. |
TBA |
All times listed are Eastern
Bold indicates home meet
* denotes MAC meet
