MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. -- The circumstances have changed. The inner expectations have not.
A year ago, the Central Michigan gymnastics team saw its streak of first-place finishes at the Mid-American Conference Championships end at five. The margin was just one-10th of a point, and the team that edged the Chippewas was Kent State.
The Chippewas enter the 2016 MAC Championships – Saturday, 2 p.m., at Ball State – looking up at the Golden Flashes after the latter went unbeaten in conference duals.
But for the Chippewas, the focus is no themselves and their numbers, not an opponent.