Providence, R.I.—Rhode Island College senior Abigail Bunch (Cartersville, Ga.), junior Payton Greene (Mannford, Okla.) and sophomore Aaliyah Krause (Milwaukee, Wis.) qualified for the 2026 National Collegiate Gymnastics Association (NCGA) National Championship, which will be hosted by SUNY Cortland on Friday, March 20 (2 p.m.).
 
Bunch will be making her first career appearance at the National Championship on bars. She earned an automatic qualifier to the championship by winning the individual bars championship and All-Region honors at the 2026 NCGA East Regional Championship on March 7. She is averaging a season-score of 9.419 on that event, which includes a program-record score of 9.775 at this year's regional meet.
 
Greene will be making her first career appearance at the National Championship in the all-around. She qualified by virtue of her performance throughout the season. Greene earned All-Region honors on vault and in the all-around at the East Regional Championship, tying for fifth on vault (9.700) and finishing second in the all-around (38.525). For the season, she is averaging scores of 9.628 on vault, 9.297 on bars, 9.342 on beam, 9.408 on floor and 37.729 in the all-around. Greene has registered season-high scores of 9.750 on vault, 9.450 on bars, 9.675 on beam, 9.725 on floor and 38.525 in the all-around.


 
Krause will be making her second career appearance at the National Championship in the all-around. Last winter, she earned NCGA All-American honors with a third place finish in the all-around at the NCGA National Championship. At this year's East Regional Championship, Krause earned All-Region honors on floor and in the all-around, tying for sixth on floor (9.775) and finishing third in the all-around (38.400). For the season, she is averaging scores of 9.550 on vault, 9.250 on bars, 9.429 on beam, 9.593 on floor and 37.821 in the all-around. Krause has registered season-high scores of 9.575 on vault, 9.450 on bars, 9.650 on beam, 9.775 on floor and 38.400 in the all-around.


 
Head Coach Monica Mesalles Nassi's team finished third (seven teams) with a team score of 192.200 at the NCGA East Regional Championship on March 7.