Four thousand and seventy-one people turned out Friday night to see Carolina Gymnastics play host to the University of Florida in dual meet action. The Gators were impressive. Ranked third nationally and winners of three of the last four NCAA team championships, Florida took the meet by a score of 197.325 to 194.300.
The young Tar Heels –with ten freshmen vying to score– used Friday's home opener as an opportunity to improve, a measuring stick against the nation's best. "We are young, and we need to compete with a little more confidence," head coach Derek Galvin said, "but this was a better performance than what we had last weekend.