DURHAM, N.H. - Rutgers gymnastics teamed up for its seventh-highest score in team history at the New Hampshire Quad Meet on Sunday with Brown and Towson, scoring a season-best 196.200 to finish second in the meet at the Whittemore Center. RU was just one-tenth off Towson's winning 196.300.

The Scarlet Knights combined for three event victories, their fourth-best bars score in team history, three 9.9+ scores, and seven career-high or tying scores.
 

ALL-AROUND THE GYM

• Emily Leese scored a career-high tying 9.925 on floor in a three-way tie for first place.
• Avery Balser's season-best 9.900 on bars bested the field of 24 for the event win at the quad meet, while Elia Aird's season-high 9.850 was tied for third.
• Stephanie Zannella shared the beam crown with a 9.875 in the field of 24.
• Emily Leese nailed a 9.900 on vault to finish second in competition.

KNIGHT NOTES

• The Scarlet Knights' 49.150 team score on bars is tied for the fourth-best tally at Rutgers.
• Rutgers' 49.275 on floor is tied for the ninth-best score in program history.
• Emily Leese's 9.925 on floor tied a career high and is the senior's 12th overall 9.9+ (seventh on floor). Her 9.900 on vault was her second of the season and fifth of her career. This meet marks the second time Leese has hit 9.9+ on vault and floor in her career (March 12, 2023).
• Avery Balser earned her third-career 9.9+ on bars, the first of the 2024 season.
• Avery Balser, competing on floor for the second time this season and twice in three days, posted a career-high of 9.875.
• Stephanie Zannella posted her season-high on beam, anchoring with a 9.875.
• Gabrielle Dildy, two days after recording a career-high 9.850 on beam, reached a new career high of 9.850 on floor at the New Hampshire meet.
• Elia Aird scored a season-high 9.850 on bars.
• Myra Daniels' 9.825 on bars is a career high.
• Valentina Lorente-Garcia produced a career-high 9.800 on bars.
• Freshman Olivia DiNovi, in her seventh collegiate meet, recorded a new career-high of 9.775 on bars.
• Freshman Elliot Goldsmith made her collegiate debut on floor with a 9.775.

TOP PERFORMERS

Vault: Emily Leese (9.900) – 2nd of 24
Bars: Avery Balser (9.900) – 1st of 24
Beam: Stephanie Zannella (9.875) – T-1st of 24
Floor: Emily Leese (9.925) – T-1st of 24
 

UP NEXT

The Scarlet Knights head to Toledo, Ohio on Fri., Feb. 16 for the Elevate the Stage Meet against Michigan at 6 p.m.
 

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