Wisconsin-Whitewater Nabs Fifth NCGA Championship

The NCGA National team and all-around competition took place last night and the UW-Whitewater Warhawks came out on top.

Mar 24, 2018 by Sarah Lorish

Wisconsin-Whitewater Nabs Fifth NCGA Championship

The UW-Whitewater Warhawks tallied a team score of 193.700 for their second consecutive National Collegiate Gymnastics Association (NCGA) championship win. The Warhawks came out on top in 2017 as well, adding a title to their current total of five team wins in UW-Whitewater history.

BACK TO BACK! The #Warhawks are NCGA national champions for the second straight season and fifth time in program history! || #PoweredByTradition #NCGAGym pic.twitter.com/d2uNMpKNEV
— UW-W Gymnastics (@UWWGymnastics) March 24, 2018

Second place went to Wisconsin-La Crosse for their 192.550; Brockport finished third (191.350).

In the individual all-around competition, the Warhawks collected another accolade as junior Lisa O’Donnell earned her second consecutive all-around title for her 38.675. Just under O’Donnell was Candis Kowalik (Brockport), who posted a 38.5, and third place went to Tori Erickson (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) for her score of 38.375.

The top eight individual competitors in the all-around finished with All-American honors.

Team Results

Place	Team	Score
1	UW-Whitewater	193.700
2	UW-La Crosse	192.550
3	Brockport State	191.350
4	Hamline	190.000
5	Cortland State	189.000
6	Ithaca College	188.175

All-Around Results

Place	Gymnast	Team	Score
1	Lisa O'Donnell	UW-Whitewater	38.675
2	Candis Kowalik	Brockport State	38.500
3	Tori Erickson	UW-Eau Claire	38.375
4	Brooke Terry	UW-Stout	38.275
5	Samantha Wiekamp	UW-La Crosse	38.075
6	Amanda Malo	Gustavus Adolphus	37.475
7	Heather Brubaker	Ursinus College	37.450
8	Ali Rushlow	Springfield College	37.425
9	Caitlin Cooper	Hamline	36.950
10	Alexandra Puryear	Ursinus College	35.100