In a battle between last season's Mid-American Conference gymnastics regular season and tournament champions, Kent State and Eastern Michigan will meet in Ypsilanti, Michigan on Friday at 7 p.m.
The Golden Flashes (2-5, 1-1 MAC) were chosen by the conference's seven head coaches as the MAC's preseason favorite after posting an undefeated conference season in 2016. The Eagles (5-2, 20 MAC) posted the second-highest score in program history to win the 2016 MAC Gymnastics Championships in Muncie, Indiana.
CHANGE OF VENUE
Due to Eastern Michigan's men's basketball game being bumped up to Friday evening for a national television broadcast, the meet has been moved to Bowen Fieldhouse on EMU's campus.