Gymnastics Posts Season-High on Floor at West Virginia Tri-Meet

Sunday, March 1

Morgantown, WV / WVU Coliseum

2 PM

Rutgers University

West Virginia, Pitt

Photo by: Rich Graessle

Gymnastics Posts Season-High on Floor at West Virginia Tri-Meet

Mar 01 | Women's Gymnastics

Results

MORGANTOWN, W. Va. – Rutgers gymnastics registered its second-highest mark of the season with a 195.300 at a tri-meet with host West Virginia and Pittsburgh. The Scarlet Knights shined on floor with a season-best team score of 49.250 in the event.

BEAM

Opening the night on beam, Rutgers came out strong as freshman Hannah Joyner and senior Erin McLachlan tied for second place with identical scores of 9.875. Sophomore Kiera Doherty-Herwitz matched her career-high of 9.825, while sophomore Sage Littlejohn returned to lineup with her own career-best of 9.775. Freshman Jenna Ferguson contributed a 9.750 to round out the team score of 49.100.

FLOOR

The Scarlet Knights carried the early momentum to floor, where junior Belle Huang earned a 9.900 for second place in the event. Freshman Jordyn Duffield, Ferguson, and Joyner all executed beautiful routines as well to each score a 9.850. It marked the career-best for all three on floor. Senior Shannon Farrell added a 9.800, also a career-high, to give RU its best team score of the season at 49.250.

VAULT

On vault, senior Kaitlyn Hall led the way with a 9.825, marking her fifth straight meet hitting a 9.825 or higher. Junior Toni Williams followed with a 9.800, while Joyner produced a 9.775. Farrell and Huang each added a 9.750 to contribute to team score of 48.900.

BARS

RU closed the meet on bars, where Joyner recorded a career-best mark of 9.825. Farrell's routine earned her a 9.825 as well to help boast the team's score of 48.050.

ALL-AROUND

Joyner finished first in the all-around with a score of 39.325, finishing second on beam (9.875) and third on bars (9.825) Huang followed in second with a 38.850.

UP NEXT

Rutgers returns home on Friday, March 6 to host a quad meet at the College Avenue Gym. The meet will feature West Chester, Southern Connecticut State and Cornell.

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