Michigan Heads to West Virginia to Compete in NCAA Regional

» Michigan makes its 30th NCAA appearance and 29th under head coach Bev Plocki.
» U-M will compete in Morgantown for regionals for the fourth time in program history.
» The Wolverines rank fourth nationally and in the top 15 on all four events heading into regionals.

THIS WEEK
Fri-Sat., April 2-3 -- at NCAA Regionals (Morgantown, W.Va.)

Friday, April 2 -- at NCAA Regional - Second Round, 7 p.m.
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Saturday, April 3 -- at NCAA Regional Final, 7 p.m.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The No. 4-ranked University of Michigan women's gymnastics team will compete against eight other teams for two spots in the NCAA Championships on Friday and Saturday (April 2-3). The Wolverines will compete in the second session on Friday (April 2) at 7 p.m., and the regional finals are set for 7 p.m. on Saturday (April 3).

Session and Rotation Information

• Penn State and host West Virginia will compete Thursday (April 1) with the winner advancing to Friday's second-round competition. The Friday morning session of the Morgantown regional includes: Brigham Young, California, Ohio State and Towson at 1 p.m., before the Wolverines compete in session two at 7 p.m. with the winner of Penn State/West Virginia as well as Kent State and UCLA.

• The top two teams from each second round session will advance to the regional final on Saturday, April 3 at 7 p.m.

• Michigan will begin on balance beam and head to floor exercise in the second rotation. The Wolverines will be on vault in the third rotation and will finish the night on uneven bars in the final rotation.

Wolverine Bites

• Michigan will make its 30th NCAA appearance and 29th under head coach Bev Plocki. The Wolverines have won 12 NCAA Regionals and advanced to make and NCAA Championship appearance 24 times.

• U-M has competed in regional competition in Morgantown three times in school history, winning in 2017 and 2013, while placing second in 2010. Plocki also has a connection with Morgantown as she transferred to West Virginia and received her degree in physical education in 1987.

• The Wolverines have had at least one individual event winner in 10 of the last 11 regionals.

• Michigan heads to the regionals as the No. 4-ranked team in the nation, topping the ranks on the vault, ranking third on the uneven bars, fourth on the beam and 12th on the floor. The Wolverines also lead the Northeast region on all four events.

• Natalie Wojcik ranks sixth in the all-around and also ranks in the top 15 on the beam (fourth), uneven bars (sixth) and vault (12th), while Sierra Brooks ranks 15th in the all-around and fifth on the vault. Abby Heiskell and Naomi Morrison rank in the top 15 on the vault coming in at seventh and 12th, respectively. The quartet earned WCGA regular-season All-America honors with Wojcik earning a first-team nod in the all-around, on the uneven bars and the beam, while Brooks was first team on the vault and second team in the all-around. Heiskell notched her first All-America citation, earning first team on the vault and Morrison was named second team on the vault.

• Wojcik scored a perfect 10.0 on the vault to become the Big Ten champion in the event, while Gabby Wilson scored a 9.950 to share the Big Ten floor title. Wojcik is just the third Wolverine to earn a perfect 10.0 on the vault at the Big Ten Championships, joining Beth Wymer in 1994 and Heather Kabnick in 1995.

• The Wolverines set program records in back-to-back weeks, eclipsing the 198.000 mark for two straight weekends to end the regular season. U-M earned its first 198.000 in program history at the Ohio State Quad (198.025) before topping it with a 198.100 at Maryland to end the regular season. Michigan also broke the program beam record with a 49.600 and posted the second-highest vault score in program history with a 49.800.