
Gymnastics Starts Weekend Road Trip with a 194.150
Jan 27 | Women's Gymnastics
Avery Balser and Emily Leese lead the Scarlet Knights with Top 3 finishes at No. 16 Oregon State
CORVALLIS, Ore. ā Rutgers gymnastics scored a 194.150 on the road at No. 16 Oregon State on Friday evening inside Gill Coliseum. The host GymBeavs won the dual with a score of 197.275.
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Avery Balser tied for second on bars with a solid 9.850, connecting on her jaeger and soaring with her double layout on the dismount.
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Emily Leese continues to earn her anchor spot on vault, posting a 9.825 on her Yurchenko 1.5, tying for third in the event against the nationally-ranked GymBeavs.
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Elsewhere on vault, freshman Valentina Lorente-Garcia continues to improve, posting a young career-high 9.675 on her Yurchenko full.
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Gianna Ortiz paced Rutgers on beam with a 9.800, highlighted by a clean double back handspring to loso leading into a stuck gainer full dismount.
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Emily Wood scored a 9.850 on the floor to lead the Scarlet Knights, starting with a Rudi to loso and closing with a clean front 2/1.
TOP INDIVIDUAL PERFORMERS
Vault:Ā Emily Leese, 9.825 (T-3nd)
Bars:Ā Avery Balser, 9.850 (T-2nd)
Beam:Ā Gianna Ortiz, 9.800
Floor:Ā Emily Wood, 9.850
All-Around:Ā Hannah Joyner, 38.950
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UP NEXT
The Scarlet Knights finish up the road trip at Penn State on Mon., Jan. 30 in a Big Ten dual meet scheduled for 8 p.m. on national television on Big Ten Network.
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Avery Balser tied for second on bars with a solid 9.850, connecting on her jaeger and soaring with her double layout on the dismount.
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Emily Leese continues to earn her anchor spot on vault, posting a 9.825 on her Yurchenko 1.5, tying for third in the event against the nationally-ranked GymBeavs.
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Emily Leese's Yurchenko 1.5 is ELITE#ouRyear /// #GoRU! pic.twitter.com/BJwJN54W6n
— Rutgers Gymnastics (@RUGymnastics) January 28, 2023
Elsewhere on vault, freshman Valentina Lorente-Garcia continues to improve, posting a young career-high 9.675 on her Yurchenko full.
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Gianna Ortiz paced Rutgers on beam with a 9.800, highlighted by a clean double back handspring to loso leading into a stuck gainer full dismount.
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Emily Wood scored a 9.850 on the floor to lead the Scarlet Knights, starting with a Rudi to loso and closing with a clean front 2/1.
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— Rutgers Gymnastics (@RUGymnastics) January 28, 2023
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Emily Wood is HER.#ouRyear /// #GoRU! pic.twitter.com/L3xXJ5Bm3N
TOP INDIVIDUAL PERFORMERS
Vault:Ā Emily Leese, 9.825 (T-3nd)
Bars:Ā Avery Balser, 9.850 (T-2nd)
Beam:Ā Gianna Ortiz, 9.800
Floor:Ā Emily Wood, 9.850
All-Around:Ā Hannah Joyner, 38.950
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UP NEXT
The Scarlet Knights finish up the road trip at Penn State on Mon., Jan. 30 in a Big Ten dual meet scheduled for 8 p.m. on national television on Big Ten Network.
Follow Rutgers gymnastics onĀ Twitter,Ā Instagram, andĀ Facebook. Download the Scarlet Knights App forĀ AppleĀ orĀ AndroidĀ today.
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