2022 MIC Championship
SEMO vs. Texas Woman's, Lindenwood, Illinois State and Centenary
 
Meet Information
Date: Friday, March 18, 2022
Time: 5 p.m., CT
Location: Denton, Texas
Venue: Kitty Magee Arena
Series: SEMO leads TWU, 55-24; 0-1 in 2022;
Lindenwood leads SEMO, 22-8, 4-0 in 2022;
SEMO leads Illinois State, 64-41, 0-3 in 2022;
SEMO leads Centenary, 53-7, 1-0 in 2021
Coaches: Ashley Lawson (Fourth Season at SEMO);
Lisa Bowerman (11th Season at TWU);
Catelyn Orel (First Season at Lindenwood);
Bob Conkling (17th Season at Illinois State);
Jackie Fain (11th Season at Centenary)

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2022 Results  

Redhawks Trek to Texas for 2022 MIC Championship Friday 
Southeast Missouri women's gymnastics travels to Denton, Texas, for the 2022 Midwest Independent Conference Championship Friday at the Kitty Magee Arena. First rotation will begin at 5 p.m., CT.
 
The Redhawks will travel to Texas on Wednesday before practice day on Thursday. 
 
SEMO registered a team-score of 194.825 to take third at the 2021 MIC Championship March 19, 2021 at Redbird Arena on the campus of Illinois State in Normal, Illinois. 

Looking at the Championship Field
Texas Woman's
Texas Woman's, the 2022 MIC Championship host, is second in the league with a NQS of 194.995. The Pioneers are averaging a 193.861 and have achieved a season best 195.725.
 
Domi Bonzagni posted a season high on bars (9.625) while tying her season high on beam (9.725), Mara Johnson tied her season high on bars (9.750), and Daisy Woodring made a strong season debut on floor (9.725) as TWU concluded its regular season with a 194.825-191.575 victory over Centenary on March 12 inside the Gold Dome in Shreveport, Louisiana. 
 
Woodring won the vault with a 9.825. Madeline Gose and Steelie King tied for the beam event title with scores of 9.850. Gose also won floor with a 9.850. 
 
Lindenwood
Lindenwood ranks third in the conference for NQS with 194.555. The Lions are averaging a 193.965 and have notched a season high of 195.475.
 
The Lions most recently took fourth at Missouri's quad meet on March 12 with a team score of 194.825 in Columbia, Missouri. Hanna Moon was third in the all-around competition with 39.125 and Gayla Griswold was fourth (38.450). Moon had a 9.700 on vault, a 9.800 on bars, a 9.875 on beam and a 9.750 on floor. Griswold's top event was a 9.925 on vault to go along with a 9.750 on beam. 
 
Head coach Catelyn Orel is in her first season at the helm of Lindenwood.
 
Illinois State
Illinois State leads the MIC in 2022 with a NQS of 195.230 and is averaging a 194.260 with a season best of 195.875.
 
The Redbirds sent out their four seniors out with a victory as Illinois State led from start to finish over SEMO in a 195.350-192.750 win March 12 on Senior Night at Redbird Arena in Normal, Illinois. On bars in the second rotation, ISU set a season high score of 49.150 with five scores of 9.8 or better which ranks second in school history. The Redbirds also posted a season-high score of 49.325 on floor with five scores of 9.850 or better for third highest in ISU school history.
 
The Redbirds took the top two spots in the all-around, with Angelica Labat winning once again with a high score of 49.450. Alana Laster came in second in the all-around, setting a new career-high with a 39.200.
 
Labat tied her season high with a 9.925 on vault to pick up the event win. Sofia Iribarren tied her career high with a 9.900 on bars to take the event win in her final home meet of her career. Labat picked up her second event win of the night on beam, scoring a 9.850.
 
Centenary 
Centenary has compiled a NQS of 187.690 for fifth in the league this season. The Ladies are averaging a team score of 187.894 including a season high of 191.575.
 
Centenary earned its highest team score of the season as the Ladies posted a 191.575 and finished second to TWU in their annual Senior Night meet March 12 at the Gold Dome in Shreveport, Louisiana.
 
Taylor Ann Wilson won the bars title with a 9.850. Kendall Sanders took first in the all-around competition with 38.875 including a 9.775 on floor (third) and a pair of 9.725s on vault and bars. 
 
Jackie Fain is in her 11th season as head coach at Centenary and has announced that she will retire after the 2022 season. Brittany Harris, a former Lindenwood assistant, has been named the head coach in waiting. 
 
2021 MIC Championship Recap 
SEMO registered a team-score of 194.825 to take third at the 2021 MIC Championship March 19, 2021, at Redbird Arena on the campus of Illinois State in Normal, Illinois. 
 
Eight Redhawks earned All-MIC honors for their performances at the Championship and head coach Ashley Lawson was named the 2021 MIC Coach of the Year at the conclusion of the meet. For Lawson, it was her second-straight season earning the honor.
 
Dahlia Solorzano-Caruso paced the Redhawks with five All-MIC team honors on beam (first team), bars (second team), vault (second team), floor (first team) and in the all-around (first team).
 
She finished as the runner-up in the all-around competition with 39.150. Molly Maxwell totaled 37.700 for fifth overall in the all-around for second-team All-MIC honors.
 
Jolie Miller (bars first team and beam second team), Michael Sanders (vault and floor second teams) and Anna Kaziska (vault second team and floor first team) were each named to two All-MIC teams.
 
Miller finished third overall on beam with 9.825 to lead the Redhawks on the event.
 
Alana Fischer (bars second team), Anna Speller (beam first team), Jordan Jones (floor second team) and Maxwell (all-around second team) also placed in the top-six for All-MIC honors.
 
Speller and Solorzano-Caruso tied for third overall at the Championships with 9.825 on beam. 
 
SEMO at ISU in Regular-Season Finale Recap
SEMO totaled a team-score of 192.750 for second in a dual meet with Illinois State March 12 at the Redbird Arena in Normal, Illinois. 
 
Anna Kaziska, the reigning MIC Gymnast of the Week, won the floor title with a career-best matching 9.950 in the third rotation. She also tied for second on beam with a 9.775. 
 
Lydia Webb finished third in the all-around competition with 38.075 and Molly Maxwell was fourth (37.825). 
 
Lindsay Ockler paced SEMO on vault and bars, with a pair of runner-up finishes. Ockler earned second on vault with a 9.825 and was also second on bars with a career best 9.875.
 
Yeah Linds!!
Freshman Lindsay Ockler paced the Redhawks on vault and bars March 12 in SEMO's final regular-season dual at Illinois State. Ockler finished as the runner-up on both vault and bars to lead SEMO in the opening two rotations. 
 
She led SEMO on bars with a career best 9.875 to finish second overall at the dual. Ockler, a freshman from Huson, Montana, improved on her personal best after tallying her second career 9.850 last week at Texas Woman's quad meet (March 6). 
 
Ockler then paced the Redhawks with a 9.825 on vault to finish second overall at the dual. The mark was her second in as many meets and third 9.825 achieved in 2022 on vault. She has now posted a 9.800 or higher on vault in five-straight competitions on vault. Ockler also chipped in a 9.675 on floor. 
 
Ockler won the bars title Feb. 11 in SEMO's home opener against Lindenwood. She notched a bars set of 9.850 to capture her first career individual event title. Ockler also led the Redhawks with a 9.800 on vault in the anchor position for third at the meet.
 
In nine meets this season, Ockler has registered eight scores of 9.775 or higher on bars.
 
Ockler leads the Redhawks in 2022 with 20 scores of 9.7 or higher and an individual event title. She has competed on vault, bars and floor in her first career collegiate season. 
 
Ockler's career bests this season include a 9.850 on vault, a 9.875 on bars and a 9.775 floor exercise. 
 
On vault, Ockler hasn't scored lower than a 9.725. In her last five competitions, she has scored a 9.800 or higher on vault including a 9.850 at the 2022 GymQuarters Mardi Gras Invitational on Feb. 18. 
 
Her first 9.850 on bars this season earned her the individual title against Lindenwood on Feb. 11. All but two of Ockler's bars sets in 2022 have been lower than a 9.800. 
 
On floor, Ockler has achieved three scores of 9.700 or higher including a personal-best 9.775 at the Tennessee Collegiate Classic on Jan. 21. 
 
Ockler has a bars NQS of 9.825 and a vault NQS score of 9.815 in 2022. 
 
Anna Banana Doing Anna Banana Things
Senior Anna Kaziska paces the Redhawks in 2022 with 10 individual event titles (five beam and five floor) and 19 scores of 9.700 or higher.
 
Kaziska, a Louisville, Kentucky, native, has earned Midwest Independent Conference Performance of the Week twice in 2022 and MIC Gymnast of the Week once. She was named a nominee for the 2022 AAI Award on Feb. 21. 
 
On beam, Kaziska has registered a 9.775 or higher in each of the last eight competitions this season and nine times this campaign. She has tallied four 9.875s this season and added a season-best 9.900 to win the event title on Senior Night against Illinois State on Feb. 25. 
 
Kaziska has most recently tallied consecutive 9.775s at Texas Woman's quad on March 6 and in the regular-season finale at Illinois State on March 12. 
 
On floor, Kaziska has totaled nine scores of 9.775 or higher in 2022. In the last eight meets, Kaziska hasn't scored lower than a 9.800. She hit a 9.900 at Lindenwood on Jan. 29 before adding a 9.925 at home against Lindenwood on Feb. 11. 
 
Kaziska then posted a career-best 9.950 to earn the title on Senior Night against Illinois State on Feb. 25. She ranks fifth all-time in SEMO program history for floor with Alexis Traylor (2004) and Kate Farrington (1995).
 
She matched a career high 9.950 on floor to capture her 10th event title in 2022 (47 career titles) in the regular-season finale at Illinois State on March 12. It was Kaziska's second 9.950 in just over two weeks.
 
Kaziska also notched a season-high vault of 9.750 at #13 Arkansas on Feb. 6. 
 
She has a floor NQS score of 9.900 (48th) and a beam NQS score of 9.870 (68th).
 
Jolie, Jolie, Jolie, Jolie!! 
Jolie Miller, a junior from Aurora, Colorado, leads the Redhawks in 2022 on bars with eight scores of 9.700 or higher and two event titles.
 
Miller has registered six bars routines of 9.800 or higher this season including a pair of 9.875s, a 9.850 and a career-high 9.950. 
 
Miller registered a career-best and SEMO program-high 9.950 to win the event on Senior Night against Illinois State on Feb. 25. The bars mark put Miller first overall in SEMO program history edging the previous school record of 9.925 held by head coach Ashley (Godwin) Lawson (2004) and Malia Roberts (1999). Miller was awarded MIC Performance of the Week after the bars routine. 
 
Miller most recently tallied a 9.775 on bars and a 9.625 on beam in the regular-season finale at Illinois State on March 12.

She has a bars NQS score of 9.845 in 2022. 
 
Miller has also notched three scores of 9.700 or higher on beam thus far in 2022. She registered a season-best 9.800 on beam at the Tennessee Collegiate Classic on Jan. 21 and has also added a pair of 9.725s this season.   
 
WEBBY!!
Lydia Webb most recently finished third in the all-around competition with a 38.075 in the regular-season finale at Illinois State on March 12. Her best event was a 9.750 on floor to go along with a 9.725 on bars.
 
Webb finished second overall in the all-around competition with a career-high 39.075 against Illinois State on Feb. 25 on Senior Night. The sophomore from Wylie, Texas, registered career-bests on beam (9.875) and floor (9.850) to go along with a 9.800 on bars and a 9.550 on vault. 
 
Webb took first overall in the all-around competition at Centenary on March 4 with a total of 38.625 for her first career event title. She compiled 9.725 on both vault and floor with a 9.700 on bars. 

Webb has scored a 9.700 or higher on bars in the last four meets. On floor, she hasn't scored lower than 9.725 in the last eight competitions. 
 
Webb has competed in the all-around competition seven times in 2022 and has registered 19 scores of 9.700 or higher this season (eight on bars, eight on floor, two on beam, one on vault). She previously served as a floor specialist in 2021.

She has a NQS of 38.345 in the all-around, a NQS of 9.780 on floor and a NQS of 9.760 on bars. 
 
SEMO in 2022 
SEMO has posted a team-score of 193 or higher in six competitions in 2022. Head coach Ashley Lawson has coached SEMO to a NQS of 193.625 this season which ranks fourth in the MIC. 
 
SEMO registered a season-high 194.200 against Illinois State on Feb. 25. The Redhawks registered season highs on beam and floor during the dual. SEMO hit a 49.150 on beam in the third rotation. The mark ranks fifth all-time in Southeast Missouri program history. The Redhawks then concluded the dual meet with a 49.175 on floor. The score tied for 11th all-time in program history.
 
The Redhawks also have season-highs of 48.400 on vault and a 48.675 on bars in 2022. 
 
Seven Redhawks have won event titles in 2022 led by Anna Kaziska's 10. Molly Maxwell has three titles (two all-around, one vault) and Jolie Miller has won bars two times in 2022. Anna Speller (beam), Lindsay Ockler (bars), Madison Greene (floor) and Lydia Webb (all-around) have also won an event title this season. 
 
Two Redhawks have also been recognized by the MIC with weekly honors. Kaziska has earned MIC Performance of the Week twice and MIC Gymnast of the Week once while Miller captured MIC Performance of the Week after posting a SEMO program-best bars routine of 9.950. 
 
SEMO is averaging a 48.000 on vault, a 48.015 on bars, a 48.300 on beam, a 48.578 on floor and a team-score of 192.893.

Our Favorite Color Besides Red is Madison Greene
Freshman Madison Greene has registered consecutive 9.850s on floor to wrap up SEMO's 2022 regular season at Texas Woman's (March 6) and at Illinois State (March 12). 
 
Greene also made her vault debut at Illinois State on March 12, finishing with a 9.625.
 
She previously captured her first career event title with a personal-best floor score of 9.925 in the final rotation Feb. 11 in SEMO's home opener against Lindenwood. Greene tied for first on floor with teammate Anna Kaziska. The floor score ranks tied for seventh all-time in SEMO history. 

Greene has registered six scores of 9.800 or higher on floor in 2022 including a 9.925 and a 9.900. 
 
She has a NQS of 9.855 on floor in 2022. 
 
Greene, a freshman from Crestwood, Kentucky, trained at Champion Gymnastics with current SEMO teammate Anna Kaziska.  
 
Speller is Stellar
Anna Speller won the individual beam event title in her 2022 season debut Feb. 18 at the 2022 GymQuarters Mardi Gras Invitational quad meet held at The Family Arena. 
 
Speller, a sophomore from St. Louis, Missouri, matched a personal-best 9.900 beam routine to capture her first career event title. Her 9.900 ranks tied for sixth all-time in SEMO program history for beam. For Speller, it marked her 2022 debut after missing the first five meets of the season. 
 
She also chipped in a 9.850 for fifth against Illinois State on Feb. 25 on Senior Night at Houck Field House. 
 
Speller most recently recorded a 9.650 on beam in the regular-season finale at Illinois State on March 12. 

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Redhawks Edge Centenary in Road Dual
The Redhawks secured four individual event titles as SEMO totaled 191.200 to take first overall in its road dual against Centenary March 4 at the Gold Dome. Centenary finished with 188.100.
 
Molly Maxwell captured the vault title with a personal-best matching 9.775. The title was the third in her career and first title outside of the all-around competition.
 
Lydia Webb took first overall in the all-around competition with a total of 38.625 for her first career event title. Webb notched a pair of 9.725s on vault and floor along with a 9.700 on bars. 
 
Anna Kaziska won the floor (9.800) and beam (9.875) titles in the final two rotations.
  
Maxwell was the runner-up in the all-around competition, compiling a score of 37.925 behind a 9.775 on vault and a 9.700 on beam. 
 
SEMO's best event of the dual was a 48.400 on vault along with a 48.025 on beam, 47.850 on floor and 46.925 on bars. 
 
TWU Quad Meet Recap
SEMO notched a team-score of 193.425 for fourth at Texas Woman's Quad Meet March 6 at the Kitty Magee Arena. No. 2-ranked Oklahoma took first with a 198.075 followed by meet host, Texas Woman's (195.725), and Air Force (195.700).
 
Molly Maxwell took fifth in the all-around competition with a total of 38.675. The junior from Milton, Wisconsin, registered a 9.725 on vault and a 9.750 on floor. Lydia Webb, a sophomore from Wylie, Texas, finished the competition with 37.600 for sixth with a 9.750 on bars and a 9.800 on floor. 
 
The Redhawks notched a 48.950 on floor in the second rotation. It's the second-highest floor score for SEMO in 2022 after posting a season-high 49.175 against Illinois State on Feb. 25.
 
The Redhawks also compiled 48.525 on bars, 48.300 on vault and 47.650 on beam. 
     
Senior Night 2022 Recap
Southeast Missouri notched a season-best 194.200 Feb. 25 on Senior Night 2022 at Houck Field House against Illinois State (195.875).
 
Lydia Webb was second overall in the all-around competition with a career-best 39.075. Molly Maxwell took fourth, tallying a career-high 38.775. 
 
SEMO opened its Senior Night dual against Illinois State with a 48.200. Lindsay Ockler led the Redhawks with a 9.800 for fourth overall at the dual.
 
The Redhawks then added a 47.675 on bars paced by Jolie Miller's career-best and program-record mark (9.950). Webb added a 9.800 for fourth overall.
 
SEMO then hit a 49.150 on beam in the third rotation. The mark ranks fifth all-time in Southeast Missouri program history. Anna Kaziska won the event with 9.900 followed by Anna Speller (9.850). Nyah Reader registered a 9.800 for sixth overall at the dual behind Speller (fifth). Maxwell and Miller each had 9.725 to round out the beam rotation.
 
SEMO concluded the dual meet with a 49.175 on floor. The score tied for 11th all-time in program history. All five of the Redhawk gymnasts hit their routines during the final rotation. Kaziska paced the Redhawks with a career-high 9.950 for the event title. Madison Greene added a 9.900 in the fourth position. Maxwell and Webb both chipped in career-best 9.850s, in the second and third lineup spots, respectively. 
  
Kaziska Closes Senior Night with Career-Best Floor
Senior Anna Kaziska captured both the beam and floor titles in the final two rotations of SEMO's Senior Night dual meet against Illinois State on Feb. 25. Kaziska notched her second career 9.900 on beam (season-high) and a personal-best 9.950 on floor to secure the top spot on both events at the dual. The Louisville, Kentucky, native now ranks fifth all-time in SEMO program history for floor with Alexis Traylor (2004) and Kate Farrington (1995). Kaziska also posted a 9.650 on vault in the opening rotation.
 
Kaziska has earned three Midwest Independent Conference weekly honors (Performance of the Week twice, Gymnast once) and won 10 individual titles in 2022 (four beam and three floor).
 
The Reader
Nyah Reader registered a pair of career bests on vault (9.675) and beam Feb. 11 in SEMO's home opener against Lindenwood. Reader, a freshman from Rexford, New York, finished as the runner-up on beam with a career-best 9.850.
 
Reader notched a 9.800 on beam against Illinois State on Feb. 25 on Senior Night. She also had a 9.625 on floor and a 9.450 on vault.
 
Reader also registered a career-best floor score of 9.700 at Texas Woman's Quad Meet on March 6. 
 
Reader has recorded a beam score of 9.700 or higher in six of the last seven meets and has seven scores of 9.700 or higher in 2022. 
 
She has totaled a NQS of 9.755 on beam in 2022. 
 
Maxwell with Another All-Around Title
Molly Maxwell won her second career all-around title with 38.200 Feb. 11 in SEMO's home opener against Lindenwood. Maxwell's best event of the dual was a 9.700 on floor. 
 
She previously took first in the all-around competition at Lindenwood's dual Jan. 29 in St. Charles, Missouri, for her first career event title with a total of 37.775. Her best event of the dual was a 9.700 on floor.
 
Maxwell won the individual vault title with a personal-best matching 9.775 at Centenary on March 4. The title was the third in her career and first title outside of the all-around competition. Maxwell was also the runner-up in the all-around competition, compiling a score of 37.925. 
 
Maxwell, a junior from Milton, Wisconsin, has competed in the all-around competition in all 10 meets in 2022. She took fourth with a career-best 38.775 against Illinois State on Feb. 25 on Senior Night including a personal high 9.850 on floor. 
 
Maxwell most recently was fourth (37.825) in the all-around competition in the regular-season finale at Illinois State on March 12. Maxwell tallied a 9.775 on floor in the third rotation. 

Maxwell has registered 12 scores of 9.700 or higher in 2022. She has compiled a NQS score of 38.275 in the all-around and a NQS of 9.730 on floor. 
 
In 2022, Maxwell has surpassed 38.000 in the all-around competition five times. 
 
Lopez Makes Redhawks Debut
Janelle Lopez, a freshman from Cape Coral, Florida, hit a personal-high 9.750 on vault in her Redhawks debut Feb. 18 at the 2022 GymQuarters Mardi Gras Invitational quad meet held at The Family Arena. 
 
Lopez previously competed as an exhibitionist on bars at Kent State's tri meet Jan. 16.

She has competed in five meets in 2022 and had consecutive 9.650s on vault at Centenary (March 4) and at Texas Woman's Quad (March 6). 
 
Lopez added a personal-best 9.450 on bars at Centenary on March 4. 
 
Lopez is from the same hometown (Cape Coral, Florida) as head coach Ashley Lawson. 
  
Kaziska Named 2022 AAI Award Nominees
Senior Anna Kaziska was named a 2022 AAI Award Nominee, Feb. 21. Kaziska, a Louisville, Kentucky, native, is one of 35 nominees for the award. 

Kaziska has competed in 42 career meets over all four events. The Louisville, Kentucky, native has captured 47 career event titles and 99 scores of 9.700 or higher. Kaziska won the 2021 USA Gymnastics National Beam Championship and has represented the Redhawks in two NCAA Regionals. Her career highs are 9.8 or higher on each event. Kaziska ranks second in the SEMO Gymnastics record books with a career-best beam score of 9.925. She also is fifth all-time on floor exercise with a pair of personal-high 9.950s.
 
Kaziska was named the MIC Gymnast of the Year in 2020 and the MIC Newcomer of the Year in 2019. She is a nine-time USA Gymnastics All-American and seven-time MIC All-Conference gymnast.
 
AAI has been presenting the AAI Award to the most outstanding senior female gymnast in the country for over the last 30+ years. Some people have stated it is the Heisman Trophy for Women's gymnastics. 
 
2022 GymQuarters Mardi Gras Invitational Recap
Anna Speller won the individual beam event title as SEMO notched a 193.075 for fourth Feb. 18 at the 2022 GymQuarters Mardi Gras Invitational quad meet held at The Family Arena.
 
SEMO opened the competition with a 48.525 on floor. Anna Kaziska led the way with a 9.850 for fifth at the quad while Lydia Webb was second on the Redhawks with a 9.775.
 
The Redhawks then registered a 48.375 on vault for the second-straight week. Lindsay Ockler led SEMO with a career-best 9.850 for sixth overall. Janelle Lopez added a personal-high 9.750 in her Redhawks debut.
 
SEMO hit a 47.575 on bars in the third rotation of the evening. Jolie Miller paced the Redhawks with a 9.825 achieved in the anchor position. She finished fifth overall at the quad meet. Ockler added a 9.800 in the fifth lineup slot.
 
The Redhawks wrapped up the quad meet with a 48.600 on beam. Speller paced the Redhawks with a personal-best matching 9.900 for first overall. Kaziska was third overall at the quad with a 9.850, notched in the anchor slot. 

Molly Maxwell totaled 36.900 for third in the all-around competition with a 9.700 on vault and a 9.675 on floor.
  
Home Opener Recap
Southeast Missouri women's gymnastics captured five individual event titles as the Redhawks totaled 194.100 Feb. 11 in their home opener at Houck Field House. Lindenwood took the dual with a total score of 195.150. 
 
Lindsay Ockler won the bars while Anna Kaziska secured the beam title. Kaziska also tied for first overall on floor with her former club teammate, Madison Greene. Molly Maxwell earned the all-around crown with 38.200 and Lydia Webb finished as the runner-up with 37.900. For Ockler and Greene, it marked the first career titles for the freshmen. 
 
SEMO commenced its home opener with a 48.375 on vault and notched a 48.675 on bars in the second rotation which matched a season best.
   
#13 Arkansas Recap 
SEMO totaled a 194.150 in a dual meet against #13-ranked Arkansas Feb. 6 at Barnhill Arena in Fayetteville, Arkansas. 
 
The Redhawks registered a 48.250 on vault in the second rotation and a 48.950 on beam in the final event of the afternoon. The beam mark ranks 10th all-time in SEMO program history.
   
At Lindenwood Dual Recap 
SEMO totaled a team score of 191.150 in a dual with Lindenwood Jan. 29 at the Robert F. Hyland Arena in St. Charles, Missouri.
 
SEMO registered a floor score of 48.875. The Redhawks also had a 47.225 on vault, 47.675 on bars and a 47.375 on beam.
 
Jordan Jones compiled a 9.725 on beam and 9.700 on floor. For Jones the 9.725 was her second on beam in 2022.
  
Tennessee Collegiate Classic Recap
Southeast Missouri tallied a team score of 193.375 for third overall at the 2022 Tennessee Collegiate Classic Jan. 21 at the Farm Bureau Exposition Center.
 
Jolie Miller won the bars title with her second career 9.875. Molly Maxwell was third in the all-around competition with a 38.450.
 
SEMO opened the tri with a 47.700, followed by a 48.675 on bars, 48.750 on beam and 48.250 on floor.
 
Jolie Miller and Molly Maxwell hit 9.800s in the first and fourth beam slots, respectively. Maxwell also posted a 9.725 on floor in the final rotation.
 
Nyah Reader registered a 9.550 on vault and a beam score of 9.675 at the tri.
 
Ashley Albrecht added a 9.325 on vault and 9.575 on bars in her second meet back from injury.
    
2022 Season Opener Recap
SEMO opened its 2022 season with a team score of 191.500 Jan. 16 at Kent State's tri meet held at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center. Host Kent State won the tri with a team score of 195.300. Northern Illinois was second with 194.150 and SEMO was third at the tri with a mark of 191.500.

The Redhawks best event at the tri was 48.050 on bars. SEMO also had a 47.850 on floor, a 47.825 on beam and 47.775 on vault. 
 
Jolie Miller and Lindsay Ockler led SEMO with consecutive 9.800s in the final two bars lineup slots, which tied for fifth overall.
 
Jordan Jones was the second highest Redhawk on beam, notching a 9.725 to take seventh overall at the meet. Anna Kaziskawon the event with a 9.875.
  
SEMO Debuts
Madison Greene, Lindsay Ockler and Nyah Reader all made their Redhawk debuts at Kent State's tri meet Jan. 16. Janelle Lopez competed as an exhibitionist on bars.
 
Welcome Back, RED!!!
Ashley Albrecht returned to the Redhawks vault and bars lineups at Kent State's tri meet Jan. 16 after suffering an injury during the 2021 season. She posted a 9.675 on bars and a 9.100 on vault in her first meet back from injury since Feb. 22, 2021, against Lindenwood.
 
Albrecht hit her second 9.675 bars set in the regular-season finale at Illinois State on March 12. 
  
Roster Breakdown
SEMO returns 12 student-athletes from the 2021 USA Gymnastics National Championship Team. Anna Kaziska, who represented SEMO at the 2021 NCAA Regionals, returns for her senior season. She captured 11 event titles (37 in her career entering 2022) including the 2021 USAG Beam title this past season. Ashley Albrecht and Makenzie Marciniak complete the senior class.
 
Juniors Jordan Jones, Molly Maxwell, Jolie Miller (the 2021 USAG and MIC Bars Bronze Medalist), Mallory Desch and Taylor Fishkin, along with sophomores Anna Speller (the 2021 MIC Championships Beam Bronze Medalist), Lydia Test, Lydia Webb and Sophia Studdard round out the returners.
 
The Redhawks also added four newcomers in freshmen Lindsay Ockler, Nyah Reader, Janelle Lopez and Madison Greene. Both Ockler and Reader competed at SEMO's Red & Black Intrasquad in December. Ockler trains all four events and has the potential to compete as an all-arounder in her freshman campaign in 2022.
 
2021 Signees
SEMO head coach Ashley Lawson announced Nov. 10 the team had inked two student-athletes during the early signing period. Taylor Ingle and Sydney Crouch will join the team next fall for the 2023 season.
 
Ingle, a Coppell, Texas native, will graduate from Coppell High School in 2022. She was a state, regional and National qualifier in her junior year. Ingle most recently won the 2021 state championship with Texas Dream Gymnastics.
 
Crouch, who comes to Cape Girardeau by way of Coral Springs, Florida, will graduate from Coral Springs Charter School in 2022. She was a State, Regional and National Qualifier in 2021 during her junior year.
  
2021 USA Gymnastics National Champions
The Redhawks captured the 2021 USA Gymnastics Women's Collegiate National Championship April 10 at the Show Me Center with a team score of 195.025. Trailing Lindenwood 145.725-145.650 entering the final rotation, SEMO tied a program-best 49.375 on beam to secure the Championship.
 
SEMO's beam score of 49.375 matched the program-record set at the 2003 MIC Championships (March 29, 2003) where head coach Ashley Lawson (then Godwin) led SEMO on the event with a 9.975. SEMO also recorded a 48.900 on vault at the 2021 USAG Championship, which tied for the seventh-highest score in SEMO program history.
 
Dahlia Solorzano-Caruso won the 2021 USA Gymnastics All-Around crown with 39.225. Makenzie Marciniak was awarded the Mari Rae Sopper Spirit Award at the conclusion of the 2021 USA Gymnastics Championships. Head coach Ashley Lawson was named the Ken Anderson USAG Coach of the Year for the second-straight season at the conclusion of the 2021 USA Gymnastics Championships. Assistant coach Andavea Alexander was selected as the 2021 USAG Assistant Coach of the Year
 
SEMO earned 18 USA Gymnastics All-American selections. Dahlia Solorzano-Caruso was named a First Team All-American for all-around, bars, beam and floor. Anna Kaziska garnered First Team laurels for vault, beam and floor. Jolie Miller was named a First Team All-American for bars and beam. Molly Maxwell was named to the First Team for all-around and beam and the Second Team for floor. Michael Sanders (vault), Gabrielle Adams (vault), Lindsey Bates (bars), Anna Speller (beam), Alana Fischer (beam) and Jordan Jones (floor) were also awarded First Team honors.
 
2021 in Review
SEMO registered a team score of 194.825 to take third at the 2021 Midwest Independent Conference Championships March 19 at Redbird Arena on the campus of Illinois State. Eight Redhawks earned All-MIC honors for their performances at the Championships and head coach Ashley Lawson was named the 2021 MIC Coach of the Year at the conclusion of the meet. For Lawson, it was her second-straight season earning the honor.
 
SEMO averaged a team score of 193.498 in 2021 including six-straight marks of 194 or higher to conclude the season. The Redhawks season-high of 195.150 achieved against Illinois State and Lindenwood on Senior Day (March 12) ranks 10th all-time in SEMO program history. The Redhawks averaged a 48.000 plus on every event this season including a 48.555 on beam, 48.527 on floor, 48.236 on vault and 48.180 on bars. The SEMO season-best floor score of 49.225 posted on March 12 ranks ninth in the school's record books.
 
Redhawks Crushing it in the Classroom 
Southeast Missouri ranked 13th among the nation's top Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) academic teams for the 2020-21 season. SEMO posted a 3.78 GPA with 18 of its student-athletes named Academic All-Americans. Over 94 percent of the 2021 Redhawks roster registered a 3.5 or higher GPA.

Ashley Albrecht, Lindsey Bates, Mallory Desch, Alana Fischer, Taylor Fishkin, Jordan Jones, Anna Kaziska, Makenzie Marciniak, Molly Maxwell, Jolie Miller, Lindsey Moffitt, Michael Sanders, Dahlia Solorzano-Caruso, Anna Speller, Sophia Studdard, Lydia Test, Heidi Vanderboom and Lydia Webb were all named WCGA Academic All-Americans. Each of these student-athletes either had a 3.5 overall GPA or carried a 3.5 GPA during the 2020-21 academic year.

Looking Ahead
To wrap up the season, SEMO will travel to the Empire State to defend its 2021 crown at the 2022 USA Gymnastics National Championship April 7-10 in Ithaca, New York. The competition will be held on the campus of Cornell.
 
The 2022 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship teams, all-around competitors, and individual event specialists will be announced on Tuesday, March 22, prior to regional competition (March 30-April 2).