The No. 6-ranked Ashland University STUNT team hosted nine games on Saturday (April 6) at Kates Gymnasium – and the Eagles went 2-1 in their three games to complete the 2024 regular season.
Ashland topped Concordia Ann Arbor 19-1 and Muskingum 19-0 before losing to NCAA Division I Kentucky 22-5. The Eagles have set new single-season program standards for wins (17) and games played (25) in 2024.
"It was amazing. All the games were amazing, but this last one…we asked them to get five points on a D-I powerhouse, and they did it," said Ashland head coach
Denise Farnsworth. "And they did it with such class, and I am so proud of them.
POST-GAME NUGGETS
- Junior flyer/tumbler Alyssa McLaughlin led the way in the Concordia game with 61 points, and in the Muskingum contest with 51 points.
- McLaughlin also went past 300 rounds for the 2024 season on Saturday – the first Eagle to accomplish the feat in a single season.
- "Alyssa is killing it in all aspects," Farnsworth said. "She's the kindest kid you've ever met, so she deserves it."
- Ashland's seven seniors – back/base Ashley Amstutz, bases Anna McLaughlin, Kalli Sidwell, Jessica Miklos and Lily Moyer; flyer/tumbler Lily Boldman, and base/tumbler Jennifer Crum – all played their last game at "The Kates."
- "Those girls started this program, and I am excited for them," Farnsworth said. "Hopefully, we get that nationals call and the season gets extended."
UP NEXT
Awaiting the call for 2024 STUNT nationals, April 26-28 in St. Louis, Mo..
"This is the last chance that we get to put in some real game action to prepare for nationals," Farnsworth said, "and I think we can all agree they were fighters today."
