Saturday, January 30
Piscataway, N.J.
1 PM ET
Rutgers
192.750
vs
194.925
Maryland
Photo by: Ben Solomon
Gymnastics Improves Team Score in Second Straight Meeting with Maryland
Jan 30 | Women's Gymnastics
PISCATAWAY, N.J. ā Ā Rutgers gymnastics hosted Maryland for the second consecutive weekend at the RAC on Saturday afternoon. The Scarlet Knights improved their overall team score from a week ago to 192.750, as senior Belle Huang led the team with a second-place finish in three events, including beam, floor and all-around. Sophomore Hannah Joyner joined her with two second-place finishes of her own on vault and bars.Ā
"Today it was an improvement. We have a very young team and our freshmen are still trying to figure out how to compete in a collegiate setting and how to calm those nerves," said Umme Salim-Beasley. "When you're competing 13 of your 24 routines with freshmen, it takes some time. I'm just pleased that they're going out and competing aggressively.Ā
"We haven't had a whole lot of consistent training with a lot of people so that does hinder us somewhat. We just haven't had the time to build that consistency within routines. And when you get consistency, you get confidence. I think once they start seeing that their percentages of hit routines are going up, that will boost their confidence in what they're doing."
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Sophomore Hannah Joyner made her 2021 debut, anchoring vault for RU with a team-best 9.800 for second place in the event. Senior Belle Huang followed with a 9.725. The rest of the lineup included freshmen Stephanie Zanella, Avery Balser and Calah Newman in their second appearances for RU, as well as classmate Jaidyn Raby in her collegiate debut.
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Joyner held strong with a 9.875 on bars for another second-place event finish. Senior Emily DraussĀ contributed a 9.725 with her performance the second rotation for RU. Freshman Myra Daniels made her collegiate debut in the event, while senior Belle Huang, Balser and Newman rounded out the lineup.
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Rutgers produced a strong outing on beam, as Huang led the way with a 9.800 for a second-place finish. Sophomore Jenna Ferguson added in a 9.775 for RU, while classmate Kiera Doherty-Herwitz and Zanella recorded identical marks of 9.725.
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Senior Belle Huang concluded the meet with a solid performance on floor, posting a second-place mark of 9.850 in the event. Joyner contributed a mark of 9.775 as the team produced a 48.625 in its top event of the day.
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Three Scarlet Knights competed in all-around in Huang, Joyner and Newman. Huang led theĀ the way for Rutgers, placing second in the meet with a 39.050.
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Rutgers travels to Nebraska for its first road meet of the year on Sunday, Feb. 7. Start time is set for 5 p.m. ET in Lincoln.
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"Today it was an improvement. We have a very young team and our freshmen are still trying to figure out how to compete in a collegiate setting and how to calm those nerves," said Umme Salim-Beasley. "When you're competing 13 of your 24 routines with freshmen, it takes some time. I'm just pleased that they're going out and competing aggressively.Ā
"We haven't had a whole lot of consistent training with a lot of people so that does hinder us somewhat. We just haven't had the time to build that consistency within routines. And when you get consistency, you get confidence. I think once they start seeing that their percentages of hit routines are going up, that will boost their confidence in what they're doing."
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| VAULT |
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| BARS |
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šššIt's a stunning routine and stick for Hannah Joyner on bars, producing a 9.875 to pace the team in the event ā¼ļø pic.twitter.com/gTTntiZWEO
ā Rutgers Gymnastics (@RUGymnastics) January 30, 2021
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ššBelle Haung leads the beam queens this week with a 9.800 ā¼ļø pic.twitter.com/XDu2ptEQIN
ā Rutgers Gymnastics (@RUGymnastics) January 30, 2021
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| FLOOR |
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šššBelle Huang concludes the meet strong for RU with a 9.850 on floorā¼ļø pic.twitter.com/BTiUbdC2l0
ā Rutgers Gymnastics (@RUGymnastics) January 30, 2021
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| ALL-AROUND |
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| KNIGHT NOTES |
- Today's competition marked the Big Ten "United as One" meet for the Scarlet Knights. "United as One" is among several conference-wide Equality Coalition initiatives dedicated to constructively and collectively recognizing and eliminating racism and hate in our society by creating resources for inclusion, empowerment, and accountability.
- Jaidyn Raby made her debut as a Scarlet Knight, competing on vault.Classmates Stephanie Zannella, Avery Balser, Calah Newman, Myra Daniels and Emily Wood made their second straight appearances for RU.
- Hannah Joyner returned to the lineup for the first time in 2021, competing all-around and finishing second on bars (9.875) and vault (9.800) for RU.Ā
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