By Jim Peters
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“Ana (Weaver) told me they’d never beaten them her whole career,” Erminger said. “It’s a big thing for her and Ashley (Virden).”
The two Trojan seniors, along with fourth-year coach Kathy Wilburn, enjoyed their first victory over the Vikings Jan. 30 as fourth-ranked Chesterton topped No. 3 Valpo, 111.125-110.025.
“We’re a young team, so they don’t really about Chesterton and Valparaiso,” Wilburn said. “We still had some mistakes, but we’re fortunate enough to have kids pull up, not get down and work through it. I think our depth helped out.”
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“We hit well and I think they just fed off that,” Wilburn said. “Right from the beginning, they showed they had business to do.”
The lead held up throughout the meet, with the Vikings’ beam score against the Trojans’ floors closing the margin in the final set.
“That was a very positive note,” Valpo coach Lorie Cook said. “I was pretty pleased how we competed. Overall, I thought we had a solid meet, not outstanding, and obviously we needed to be outstanding. Chesterton proved to fit the bill.”
The Trojans were powered by freshmen Megan Erminger and Kelley Freeman, Erminger won bars (9.55), beam (9.55) and all-around (37.5) with personal bests, while Freeman placed top three in all four events to take second all-around (37.225).
“I thought there would be a little more pressure but everybody on the team did really well and that took the pressure off,” Erminger said. “Kathy told me she was going to find a bars routine that fits me and I think she did.”
Bailey Huddleston won vault (9.5), hitting a layout Tsukahara.
Chesterton topped its 28 on vault with a 28.05 on beam to solidify the outcome.
Katelyn Skinner won floor (9.45) and was top four in all four events and all-around for Valpo, which posted a season best.
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