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BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. - A record five members of head coach Kelsey Kyle's West Liberty University acrobatics & tumbling team earned All-Mountain East Conference honors on Thursday as the MEC coaches released the 2023 All-Conference honor roll.
Hilltopper senior Abbey Swinderman was joined by the sophomore duo of Kayla Gandy and Gillian Hartz on the first-team All-MEC unit with sophomore Abbey Horvath and graduate student Paige McGlothlin earning second-team laurels. The five All-MEC selections are a program high.Horvath, McGlothlin and Swinderman are repeat honorees.
Horvath, a Brooke High alum, was the 2022 MEC Freshman of the Year while Swinderman was a two-time All-MEC selection at Glenville State before transferring to WLU over the summer. This marks the second consecutive All-MEC honor for McGlothlin, a St. Clairsville grad.
The Hilltoppers received the No. 3 seed for this weekend's MEC Championships at Frostburg State. They will kick off tournament action Friday at 5 p.m. when they take on No. 2 seed and defending tournament champion Fairmont State in the first semifinal.
Saturday's tournament schedule starts at 11 a.m. with the Individual Event Finals with the MEC Tournament championship match set for Saturday at 3 p.m.