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The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater gymnastics team remained undefeated for the season Friday night after defeating Winona State and Hamline (Minn.) in a Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference tri-meet in Winona, Minn.
 
The Warhawks (5-0 overall, 4-0 WIAC) recorded 187.525 points. Winona State collected 186.400 points, and Hamline tallied 183.675 points.
 
UW-Whitewater started the meet on the balance beam, recording a 47.025. Junior Franchesca Hutton (Shakopee, Minn./Main Street School of Performing Arts) led the team and placed second overall with a 9.675, and senior Kate Mierow (Brookfield, WI/Brookfield Central) finished third with a 9.625. Freshman Jessi Rondeau (Norwood Young America, Minn./Central) scored a 9.450 to place sixth, and junior Erika Briscoe (Solon, Iowa/Solon) tied for seventh with a 9.300. Junior Abby Helmke (New Lenox, Ill./Lincoln-Way Central) finished 11th with an 8.975.
 
The Warhawks totaled their highest score of the meet on the floor exercise with a 47.575. Junior Lisa O'Donnell (Berwyn, Ill./Morton West) finished first overall with a 9.775, good for a tie for 15th in the program's all-time record book. Sophomore Acacia Fossum (Gladstone, N.D./Richardton-Taylor) tied for fifth with a 9.575, Helmke tied for ninth with a 9.425, and Briscoe and Hutton scored matching 9.400s to tie for 11th overall.
 
UW-Whitewater collected two of the top three scores on the vault and finished with a 46.475 as a team. Sophomore Lauren Marshall (Winthrop Harbor, Ill./Zion-Benton Township) finished second with a 9.475, and senior Chloe Rehberg (Cary, IL/Cary-Grove) was just behind in third with a 9.375. O'Donnell tied for fifth with a 9.300, and Briscoe placed ninth with a 9.225. Junior Bailey Fitzpatrick (Burlington, Wis./Burlington) rounded out Warhawk scoring with a 9.100.
 
Mierow, O'Donnell and freshman Blaise Wilson (Thornton, Colo./Legacy) finished 1-2-3 on the uneven parallel bars as UW-Whitewater closed the meet with a 46.450 in the event. Mierow tallied a 9.575, O'Donnell registered a 9.525 and Wilson contributed a 9.425. Senior Christina Slack (Albrightsville, PA/Jim Thorpe) placed 13th with an 8.975, and Helmke tied for 14th with an 8.950.
 
The Warhawks head to New Brunswick, N.J., next Saturday for a quad meet at Division I Rutgers. Competition against Rutgers, Ohio State and West Chester (Pa.) is set to begin at 6 p.m. Central Time.