KALAMAZOO, Mich. – The Western Michigan gymnastics team heads out east to N.C. State for a tri-meet with the Wolfpack and the University of North Carolina on Saturday at 4 p.m.
 
The meet can be watched live on ACC Network Plus.
 
The Broncos will be pitted against its toughest competition of the season so far, with NCSU ranked 23rd in the nation with high score of 196.650 and the 27th-ranked Tarheels with a high score of 196.325. The Wolfpack have posted its two highest scores at home this season and have a 2-3 record on the season. UNC enters the meet with a 5-2 record and has won its last four meets.
 
Saturday is WMU's fourth-straight road meet, most recently dropping a tight contest at Kent State last Saturday 195.925-195.425. The road hasn't been all that bad for the Broncos, who posted their season-best score of 195.925 in a win at Bowling Green.
 
The road swing ends next weekend as Western Michigan finally returns to University Arena to host Eastern Michigan on Sunday, Feb. 12 at 1 p.m.