OHIO STATE ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS

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1 OHIO STATE ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Fawcett Center, 6th Floor 2400 Olentangy River Rd. Columbus, Ohio SCHEDULE Ohio State Opens B1G Action at Michigan JANUARY 6 at No. 6 UCLA L, at Michigan* 6 p.m. 19 at Iowa* 8 p.m. 27 MINNESOTA & ILLINOIS ST.* 4 p.m. Saturday s dual meet will be live on ESPNU The No. 29 Ohio State women s gymnastics team leaps into Big Ten action when it heads to No. 5 Michigan on Saturday. Competition in the Crisler Center is set to begin at 6 p.m. ET live on ESPNU. The meet is the conference opener for both teams. FEBRUARY 3 at Rutgers* 7 p.m. 9 PENN STATE (Coed)* 6 p.m. 17 WESTERN MICHIGAN 4 p.m. 25 at Bowling Green 2 p.m. MARCH 2 at Kentucky 7 p.m. 11 N.C. STATE & CENTRAL MICH. 2 p.m. 17 at Big Five Meet^ TBD 24 at Big Ten Championships# TBD APRIL 7 NCAA REGIONALS$ 6 p.m. 20 NCAA Nationals@ TBD All times Eastern Home matches in CAPS INFORMATION KEY * Big Ten contest ^ East Lansing, Mich. # Champaign, Ill. $ Columbus, St. Louis, Mo. Amanda Huang WEEKLY BASICS Saturday, Jan p.m. ET Ann Arbor, Mich. Crisler Center TV: ESPNU #29 Ohio State (0-1) at #5 Michigan (1-0) HISTORY WITH THE WOLVERINES Ohio State and Michigan have faced off quite a few times, with the Wolverines holding a lead in the all-time series. The Buckeyes seized first place and bested the Wolverines a season ago in Columbus during a quad meet. It was the first win for the Scarlet & Gray since topping Michigan at the 2012 Big Ten Championships. LAST TIME OUT The Buckeyes dropped its season opener to then-ranked No. 6 UCLA, Alexis Mattern continued her success on floor exercise, scoring a to rank sixth nationally. Olivia Aepli and Mattern delivered a on vault and uneven bars, respectively. Jenna Swartzentruber and Jamie Stone tied for third at on balance beam. As a team, the squad scored a for the 10th-best floor rotation in the country. NATIONAL RANKINGS The Buckeyes check in at No. 29 in the latest Road to Nationals rankings. Other Big Ten teams in the standings include No. 5 Michigan, No. 17 Penn State, No. 20 Maryland, No. 28 Michigan State and No. 30 Iowa. B1G PRESEASON POLL Ohio State was voted fourth in the Big Ten Preseason Coaches Poll, the conference announced on Dec. 14. The Buckeyes checked in behind Michigan, Nebraska and Iowa while Penn State rounded out the top five selections. In addition, senior Alexis Mattern and freshman Jenna Swartzentruber were named gymnasts to watch in the league. A PEEK AT 2018 The Scarlet & Gray has 10 letterwinners off the 2017 NCAA Regional squad returning and welcomes six newcomers to the program. Included in the 10 are Alexis Mattern and Kaitlyn Hofland, a pair of All-Big Ten honorees a season ago. GET YOUR TICKETS! Season tickets, on sale now, include a ticket to each of the four home meets and are just $40 (reserved) and $29 (general admission) for adults. It is $29 (reserved) and $18 (general admission) for students, youths, and seniors (62+). Single-meet tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. on Jan. 11 at $8 for adults and $5 for students, youths and seniors (62+). Youth under the age of 6 are free. For more information about the benefits of purchasing season tickets, or to purchase season tickets, contact the Athletic Ticket Sales Team by phone at GOBUCKS (select option 2) or by at AthleticSales@osu.edu to speak with an account executive. For more information on Ohio State women s gymnastics tickets, visit 1

2 2018 ROSTER Name...Pos... Hgt... Cl... Hometown (Previous School) Danica Abanto...All-Around Fr...Tyler, Texas (East Texas Christian) Nevin Adamski...All-Around So... Virginia Beach, Va. (Princess Anne) Olivia Aepli...All-Around So...Dublin, Ohio (Jerome) Brooke Chesney...All-Around Fr...Cincinnati, Ohio (Oak Hills) Leonie Gast...All-Around Fr...San Antonio, Texas (Earl Warren) Taylor Harrison...All-Around Sr...Suffolk, Va. (Tabb) Peyton Hinterberger...All-Around So... Fairport, N.Y. (Fairport) Kaitlyn Hofland...All-Around R-Jr...Georgetown, Ontario (Christ the King) Amanda Huang...All-Around R-So... Roswell, Ga. (Montverde) Morgan Lowe...All-Around Fr... Dallas, Texas (Spring Creek) Alexis Mattern...All-Around Sr... Harrisburg, Pa. (Bishop McDevitt) Janelle McClelland...All-Around Jr...Bidwell, Ohio (River Valley) Stefanie Merkle...All-Around Sr... Petersburg, Ontario (KCI) Kali Schierl...All-Around Fr... Stevens Point, Wis. (Stevens Point) Jamie Stone...All-Around Jr...Chesapeake, Va. (Western Branch) Jenna Swartzentruber...All-Around Fr... Centerburg, Ohio (Ohio Connections) Head Coach: Meredith Paulicivic,1st season (Utah, 1994) Assistant Coach: Randy Monahan, 4th season (Ohio State, 2005) Assistant Coach: Lucas Wasson, 1st season Director of Operations: Drew Moling Athletic Trainer: Jason Good PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Nevin Adamski... Uh-DAM-ski Olivia Aepli...APP-lee Amanda Huang...like WUNG Jenna Swartzentruber...Swart-ZEN-TRUE-ber UNIVERSITY FACTS Location... Columbus, Ohio (pop. 1.7m) Founded Enrollment... 66,046 Nickname...Buckeyes Colors... Scarlet (PMS 200) and Gray (PMS 429) Mascot...Brutus Buckeye Director of Athletics...Eugene Smith Woman Administrator...Miechelle Willis President...Michael V. Drake, MD Faculty Representative...John Davidson Conference... Big Ten (1913) WOMEN S GYMNASTICS HISTORY First Year All-Time Record (.584) National Championship Appearances AIAW ( );...(NCAA ) NCAA Regional Appearances All-America Honors... 8 Academic All-America Selections Big Ten Championships... 5 ( ) Big Ten Individual Champions All-Big Ten Selections Academic All-Big Ten Selections Big Ten Weekly Award Selections Facility... Steelwood Athletic Training Facility Meet Facility/Capacity...St. John Arena/13,276 2

3 2018 OHIO STATE BUCKEYES Danica Abanto Tyler, Texas Nevin Adamski Virginia Beach, Va. Olivia Aepli Dublin, Ohio Brooke Chesney Cincinnati, Ohio Leonie Gast San Antonio, Texas Taylor Harrison Suffolk, Va. Peyton Hinterberger Fairport, N.Y. Kaitlyn Hofland Redshirt Junior Georgetown, Ontario Amanda Huang Redshirt Roswell, Ga. Morgan Lowe Dallas, Texas Alexis Mattern Harrisburg, Pa. Janelle McClelland Junior Bidwell, Ohio Stefanie Merkle Petersburg, Ontario Kali Schierl Stevens Point, Wis. Jamie Stone Junior Chesapeake, Va. Jenna Swartzentruber Centerburg, Ohio 3

4 MEREDITH PAULICIVIC HEAD COACH FIRST SEASON UTAH 94 Meredith Paulicivic was named the fifth head coach in Ohio State women s gymnastics history in May A high-level choreographer, Paulicivic completed her second season as an assistant at Utah in 2017, helping guide the Utes to a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Championships and a Pac-12 team championship in As Utah s primary vault coach, Paulicivic coached Pac-12 vault co-champions Mykayla Skinner and Tiffani Lewis as Skinner went on to become the Fayetteville Regional vault champion and a regular-season All- American. At Utah, Paulicivic was the primary vault coach while assisting on balance beam and floor exercise while being responsible for the choreography and music selection on beam and floor. In 2016, Paulicivic helped guide Lewis to the Pac-12 floor championship and Baely Rowe and Makenna Merrell to runner-up floor finishes at Pac-12 Championships as the Utes finished fourth nationally as a team on floor exercise. Prior to her time at Utah, Paulicivic spent a season as an assistant coach at Arizona, helping the Wildcats to a 17th-place finish nationally, the highest team ranking in over a decade. Paulicivic also was head coach at SCEGA Gymnastics from , coaching six U.S. National Team members, including world bronze medalist Rachel Tidd. She spent the previous nine years as assistant coach and head choreographer for floor and beam at SCEGA after a one-year stint as assistant coach at University of California. As a gymnast at Utah from , Paulicivic (nee King), competed on a pair of NCAA Championship teams in 1992 and Paulicivic was a three-time All-American on vault and a team captain as a senior. A native of Twenty Nine Palms, Calif., Paulicivic graduated from Utah with a bachelor s degree in exercise and sport science in Paulicivic and her husband, George, are the parents of two daughters, Blayne and Avery, and a son, Corbin. 4

5 2018 SEASON, CAREER HIGHS Vault Bars Beam Floor All-Around Gymnast 2018 Career 2018 Career 2018 Career 2018 Career 2018 Career Nevin Adamski Olivia Aepli Peyton Hinterberger Morgan Lowe Alexis Mattern Janelle McClelland Stefanie Merkle Jamie Stone Jenna Swartzentruber Date OSU Rank Opponent (Rank) OSU Score Opp. Score Site Overall Big Ten Jan UCLA (6) Los Angeles, Calif INDIVIDUAL BESTS Event Individual Score Date Location V Aepli /6/18 Los Angeles, Calif. UB Mattern /6/18 Los Angeles, Calif. BB Swartzentruber /6/18 Los Angeles, Calif. Stone /6/18 Los Angeles, Calif. FX Mattern /6/18 Los Angeles, Calif. AA Mattern /6/18 Los Angeles, Calif. Merkle /6/18 Los Angeles, Calif TEAM BESTS Event Score Date Location V /6/18 Los Angeles, Calif. UB /6/18 Los Angeles, Calif. BB /6/18 Los Angeles, Calif. FX /6/18 Los Angeles, Calif. TEAM /6/18 Los Angeles, Calif. Bold score indicates team best; (#) indicates Top 3 finish No. 22 Ohio State at No. 6 UCLA - L, Jan. 6, Los Angeles, Calif. Name V UB B F AA Adamski Aepli (t-2) Hinterberger Lowe Mattern (t-3) (t-1) (t-3) McClelland Merkle (t-3) Stone (t-3) Swartzentruber (t-3) Team (1) (2) (2) (2) (2) 5