Four Rotations: Gymnastics at Penn State

Monday, January 30

University Park, Pa.

8:00 PM

Rutgers University

Penn State

Jan 30 | Women's Gymnastics

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The four things to know before the Scarlet Knights visit the Nittany Lions on Mon., Jan. 30 at 8 p.m. ET live on Big Ten Network

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Rutgers gymnastics finishes a weekend road trip at Penn State on Mon., Jan. 30 at 8 p.m. inside Rec Hall and airing live on Big Ten Network.

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The Four Things to Know...

ONE FOR THE RECORD BOOKS

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.

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
— Rutgers Gymnastics (@RUGymnastics) January 26, 2023

B1G HISTORY

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.

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
— Rutgers Gymnastics (@RUGymnastics) January 26, 2023

HOT START

Rutgers gymnastics began the 2023 season with a 194.700 team score at the Super 16 Collegiate Challenge in Las Vegas, setting a program record for a season-opening road score and recording its best overall season-opening score since the 2014 season. The Scarlet Knights placed second on floor with a 49.150, beating out No. 14 Oregon State and No. 20 Georgia in the event. Emily Leese recorded two of RU's four Top 3 finishes, tying for second on vault with a 9.875 and tying for third on floor with a career-high 9.900. Stephanie Zannella tied for second on beam with a 9.850, and Elia Aird tied for third on floor with a 9.900 while competing in the all-around for the first time.

NATIONAL ATTENTION

Rutgers gymnastics began the 2023 season receiving votes in the Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) preseason poll. The Scarlet Knights are receiving 50 points in the Top 36 poll, coming in 44th place heading into the new campaign. Rutgers rose to No. 24 in the nation in February during the 2022 season, marking its first national ranking since 2014 – an NCAA Regionals season for the Scarlet Knights. The national attention stems from a mix of strong returning talent and the hype around the 2023 freshmen class. The Scarlet Knights return 18 letterwinners from last year's team, including NCAA Regional qualifiers Hannah Joyner and Emily Leese. Many of those 18 contributed to the program-record team score of 196.400 set in March, and the highest Big Ten Championships score in program history (195.750).

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