KALAMAZOO, Mich. -- The Western Michigan gymnastics team hits the road for the first time this season as the Broncos visit Eastern Michigan for the Eagle Invitational on Saturday, Feb. 6. WMU & EMU will be joined by Ball State and Kent State for the 4 p.m. ET meet.

Note: Eastern Michigan was forced to cancel the planned ESPN3 broadcast of the meet due to staffing issues beyond EMU's control.

The Broncos (1-1) are coming off their first win over rival Central Michigan since 2007. Eastern Michigan (3-1) plays host coming off its first defeat of the season to Kent State. The Golden Flashes are 3-0 with wins over Bowling Green and Pittsburgh in addition to the victory over EMU. Ball State is 2-0 with victories over CMU and Illinois State.

| Scouting the Broncos

In the victory over the Chippewas a week ago, Broncos secured the top spot in a pair of events as Payton Murphy won the balance beam with a 9.900 mark, while Ronni Binstock tied for the top mark in floor exercise at 9.875. Stacie Harrison paced the Broncos on the vault at 9.800 (third), while Alexis Olivier and Harrison finished in a tie for second on the uneven bars at 9.825.
 

2021 Top Broncos
Vault	Payton Murphy Stacie Harrison	9.800
Bars	Alexis Olivier	9.825
Beam	Payton Murphy	9.900
Floor	Ronni Binstock	9.875
All-Around	Sarah Moravansky	39.075
TEAM		195.425

| Scouting the Eagles

Eastern Michigan hosts the Eagle Invitational coming off a narrow 194.800-194.050 setback to Kent State a week ago. EMU captured one event in the meet, as Caitlin Satler won the beam with a score of 9.900
 

2021 Top Eagles
Vault	Hadyn Crossen	9.825
Bars	Cortney Bezold	9.850
Beam	Caitlin Satler	9.900
Floor	Karalyn Roberts	9.825
All-Around
TEAM		194.775

| Scouting the Cardinals

Ball State travels to the Eagle Invitational coming off a 194.425-187.975 victory over Illinois State. The Cardinals had the top-two finishers in each individual event. Like WMU, the Cardinals also own a victory over Central Michigan on the season. Arden Hudson has been the top Cardinal on three apparatus this season.
 

2021 Top Cardinals
Vault	Arden Hudson Suki Pfister	9.825
Bars	Arden Hudson Grace Evans Megan Teter	9.825
Beam	Arden Hudson	9.825
Floor	Claudia Goyco	9.850
All-Around
TEAM		194.425

| Scouting Golden Flashes

Kent State is in a stretch of three straight weekends competing against Eastern Michigan, as the Golden Flashes defeated EMU in a dual last week, 194.875-194.050, and will return to Ypsilanti for a dual meet on Feb. 14. Abby Fletcher was the standout in the victory over EMU, winning on the balance beam with a score of 9.900, vault with a mark of 9.850 and floor exercise at 9.875.
 

2021 Top Golden Flashes
Vault	Abby Fletcher Kyndall Gilbert	9.850
Bars	Rachel Decavitch	9.875
Beam	Abby Fletcher	9.900
Floor	Abby Fletcher	9.900
All-Around	Rachel Decavitch	39.050
TEAM		194.875

| Up Next

The Broncos remain on the road next weekend for a dual meet at Bowling Green on Saturday, Feb. 13. Action is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. ET.

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