Saturday, March 18
Coralville, Iowa / Xtream Arena
12:00 PM
Rutgers University
vs
Big Ten Championships
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The four things to know before the Scarlet Knights take on the Big Ten on Sat., March 18 at 12 p.m. on Big Ten Network
CORALVILLE, Iowa – Rutgers gymnastics heads to the postseason at Xtream Arena, the site of the 2023 Big Ten Championships on Sat., March 18. The Scarlet Knights will compete in Session I at 12 p.m. against Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Penn State, airing live on Big Ten Network with Dean Linke and Olivia Karas on the call.
The Four Things to Know...
Rutgers gymnastics closed out the 2023 regular season in spectacular fashion on Saturday at Jersey Mike's Arena, winning the tri-meet against UPenn and No. 35 West Virginia with a new program-record score of 196.875.
The historic team score was fueled by a new program record on beam (49.400), tying the school record on vault (49.275), and Emily Leese tying the individual school record on vault with a 9.925. Overall, 10 Scarlet Knight performances set or tied career-bests to push Rutgers to its top score in program history. The beam team set a new program record 49.400, dropping a strong score from Aird (9.700) and scoring high marks from Emily Leese (career-high tying 9.825), Jacqueline Manifold (career-high 9.900), Gianna Ortiz (career-high tying 9.875), Joyner (9.875), and Stephanie Zannella (career-high tying 9.925).
The Scarlet Knights scored a 196.225 for its fourth-highest score in program history in a dual meet at NC State on March 4. The Scarlet Knights' third 196+ of the season was powered by a 49.400 on floor (second-highest in school history) and a 49.150 on bars (fourth-highest in school history), and by senior Hannah Joyner, who led Rutgers in all four events and scored a 39.500 in the all-around, including a 9.900 on bars and 9.925 on floor.
The Scarlet Knights have shined on beam in 2023, ranking 23rd in the NCAA with an NQS of 49.185. Hannah Joyner scored a 9.950 on beam for the third time in her career to tie the school record in a Big Ten dual at No. 18 Iowa on Feb. 18. The big score, coupled with junior captain Stephanie Zannella's anchoring and career-high 9.925, pushed the Scarlet Knights to a 49.175 on vault, the ninth-best score in program history.
Sharing the record with Erin McLachlan (2020), it is the fourth time in program history a gymnast has hit 9.950 on beam. Joyner has a 9.950 on beam in each her sophomore, junior, and senior seasons.
Hannah Joyner has been named First Team All-Big Ten for a fourth consecutive year. The senior all-arounder is the first gymnast in Rutgers history to earn four All-Big Ten First Team honors.
This feat is the latest in Joyner's historic collegiate career "On the Banks," in which she has competed in the all-around in every single event of her run as a Scarlet Knight. She is the program record holder in the all-around with a 39.575 and has recorded the top three all-around scores in school history this season with two scores of 39.525 joining the school-record 39.575. She also holds the school record on beam with a 9.950, a mark she has reached three times, including once in 2023. This season, she has reached a 9.9 or higher in all four events, matching her career-highs 9.900 on vault, 9.950 on beam, and 9.950 on floor, while setting a new career-bests on bars (9.925). Overall, she holds another program record with 39 scores of 9.9 or higher – including 11 from this season.
Rutgers scored a 195.750 at the 2022 Big Ten Championships, its highest score at the postseason conference meet since joining the league in 2015. Hannah Joyner was named to the All-Championship team, finishing tied for seventh overall in the all-around with a score of 39.350. Joyner was sixth overall on beam (9.900) and seventh overall on floor (9.900).
2022 - 195.750 - 9th
2021 - 195.675 - 5th
2019 - 194.175 - 10th
2018 - 194.400 - 9th
2017 - 194.700 - 9th
2016 - 194.775 - 9th
2015 - 193.125 - 10th
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The Four Things to Know...
| MARCH MOMENTUM |
The historic team score was fueled by a new program record on beam (49.400), tying the school record on vault (49.275), and Emily Leese tying the individual school record on vault with a 9.925. Overall, 10 Scarlet Knight performances set or tied career-bests to push Rutgers to its top score in program history. The beam team set a new program record 49.400, dropping a strong score from Aird (9.700) and scoring high marks from Emily Leese (career-high tying 9.825), Jacqueline Manifold (career-high 9.900), Gianna Ortiz (career-high tying 9.875), Joyner (9.875), and Stephanie Zannella (career-high tying 9.925).
The Scarlet Knights scored a 196.225 for its fourth-highest score in program history in a dual meet at NC State on March 4. The Scarlet Knights' third 196+ of the season was powered by a 49.400 on floor (second-highest in school history) and a 49.150 on bars (fourth-highest in school history), and by senior Hannah Joyner, who led Rutgers in all four events and scored a 39.500 in the all-around, including a 9.900 on bars and 9.925 on floor.
| BEAM QUEENS |
Sharing the record with Erin McLachlan (2020), it is the fourth time in program history a gymnast has hit 9.950 on beam. Joyner has a 9.950 on beam in each her sophomore, junior, and senior seasons.
| HANNAH JOYN"HER" |
This feat is the latest in Joyner's historic collegiate career "On the Banks," in which she has competed in the all-around in every single event of her run as a Scarlet Knight. She is the program record holder in the all-around with a 39.575 and has recorded the top three all-around scores in school history this season with two scores of 39.525 joining the school-record 39.575. She also holds the school record on beam with a 9.950, a mark she has reached three times, including once in 2023. This season, she has reached a 9.9 or higher in all four events, matching her career-highs 9.900 on vault, 9.950 on beam, and 9.950 on floor, while setting a new career-bests on bars (9.925). Overall, she holds another program record with 39 scores of 9.9 or higher – including 11 from this season.
| B1G HISTORY |
2022 - 195.750 - 9th
2021 - 195.675 - 5th
2019 - 194.175 - 10th
2018 - 194.400 - 9th
2017 - 194.700 - 9th
2016 - 194.775 - 9th
2015 - 193.125 - 10th
Follow Rutgers gymnastics on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Download the Scarlet Knights App for Apple or Android today.
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