Friday, January 27
Corvallis, Ore.
9:00 PM
Rutgers University
at
No. 16 Oregon State
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CORVALLIS, Ore. – Rutgers gymnastics carries momentum on the road after posting its second-highest team score in program history (196.375), visiting No. 16 Oregon State in a dual meet on Fri., Jan. 27 at 9 p.m. ET (6 p.m. PT).
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Rutgers gymnastics reset three major records in a home dual against Illinois on Saturday, Jan. 21 at Jersey Mike's Arena. The 196.375 team score set a program record for a home meet, powered by a new school-record 49.375 on the balance beam and a 49.100 on vault, the program's sixth-highest score in history.
Senior captain Hannah Joyner paced the record-setting day with one of her own, scoring a 39.525 in the all-around to reset the program standard that stood since 2013. Her 9.925 on beam tied for the fifth-best score in school history, one she has reached six other times, and accouting for her program-record 29th overall 9.9 or higher score across the gym.
The Scarlet Knights combined to tie or set eight career highs in the record-breaking team performance, which was just 0.025 shy of the overall team score record of 196.400.
Following Saturday's all-around record, Hannah Joyner made more history by becoming Rutgers' first selection as a Big Ten Gymnast of the Week. Overall, it is just the fifth Big Ten weekly honor since the team joined the conference in 2015, with Belle Huang (2) and Makenzey Shank earning Event Specialists of the Week and Joyner grabbing a Freshman of the Week nod in 2020.
Rutgers has been strong at home, setting a program record for a home opener team score on Jan. 14 with a 195.550, placing second while hosting a quad at Jersey Mike's Arena behind four event wins and the top team score on beam (48.925). Hannah Joyner took the all-around with a season-best 39.175, while Emily Leese claimed floor with a 9.875 and Gianna Ortiz and Elia Aird shared the beam title with a 9.850. Rutgers' program record home opening score of 195.550 surpassed the previous record from Jan. 24, 2015 (195.375). It was the seventh highest home score in program history and tied for the 15th best team score overall at Rutgers.
Kaitlyn Bertola and Stephanie Zannella join Joyner and Newman as 2023 captains. Bertola enters her senior season after competing in six meets as a junior and contributing to a program-record team total of 196.400 in March. She set a career high of 9.750 on bars in February after making her collegiate debut with Rutgers in January. Bertola, a two-time Junior Olympics qualifier before coming to Rutgers, is now a two-time Academic All-Big Ten selection and 2020-21 WCGA Scholastic All-American.
Zannella returns as a captain for her junior season after boosting Rutgers' program-record Big Ten Championships score with a career-high 9.775 on floor and 9.750 on beam. She also turned in a career-best 9.900 on beam during the Scarlet Knights' record-setting 196.400 total in March. In the classroom, Zannella was awarded Academic All-Big Ten and WCGA Scholastic All-America honors.
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Senior captain Hannah Joyner paced the record-setting day with one of her own, scoring a 39.525 in the all-around to reset the program standard that stood since 2013. Her 9.925 on beam tied for the fifth-best score in school history, one she has reached six other times, and accouting for her program-record 29th overall 9.9 or higher score across the gym.
The Scarlet Knights combined to tie or set eight career highs in the record-breaking team performance, which was just 0.025 shy of the overall team score record of 196.400.
This is a Pags appreciation post😍. Anna Pagliaro smashed her career high on beam from 9.625 to this 9.875 to help us post a school-record 49.375 on the apparatus on Saturday.#ouRyear /// #GoRU! pic.twitter.com/8PcdqfLLAr
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Go all around the gym with us and watch the best all-around score in #RUGYM history, courtesy of 👑Hannah Joyner👑#ouRyear /// #GoRU! pic.twitter.com/S2EXrvKzlC
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Zannella returns as a captain for her junior season after boosting Rutgers' program-record Big Ten Championships score with a career-high 9.775 on floor and 9.750 on beam. She also turned in a career-best 9.900 on beam during the Scarlet Knights' record-setting 196.400 total in March. In the classroom, Zannella was awarded Academic All-Big Ten and WCGA Scholastic All-America honors.
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