Terps Open Season vs. WVU in Beauty & the Beast
1/5/2017 10:00:00 AM | Gymnastics
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| 2016 Season Highs | ||
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| Category | MD | WVU |
| Vault | 49.000 | 49.225 |
| Uneven Bars | 49.125 | 49.150 |
| Balance Beam | 49.000 | 49.075 |
| Floor | 49.175 | 49.575 |
| Team Score | 196.025 | 196.800 |
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| Next Home Meet |
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| Maryland vs. Arizona, Alaska, Minnesota Saturday, Jan. 14 | 4 p.m. The Terps host their first quad meet of the season and their Big Ten home opener! Maryland will celebrate Girl Scout Day and Hometown Heroes Day. Admission is free! | PROMOS |
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The Maryland gymnastics team officially opens the 2017 season against No. 29 West Virginia on Sunday at 1 p.m. The Terps will compete simultaneously with the Maryland wrestling team in the programs' annual Beauty and the Beast meet.
• The Terps' meet vs. West Virginia will be streamed live on BTN Plus. Live results will be available here.
• Admission to all gymnastics meets is free.
saturday promos
• Saturday is Hometown Heroes Day. All local police, fire, EMTs, and military are invited to attend the meet and be honored in a special ceremony prior to the meet on the floor.
• All local scout troops are invited to attend the meet for Girl Scout Day and participate in team introductions with the Terps. Scouts (8th grade and under) will receive a Maryland Athletics patch!
• Saturday is Senior Citizen Day. Local retirement communities are encouraged to attend the meet and spend the day with the Terps.
• The Terps will host an autograph session following the meet, as well as a Tumble Talk Q&A with all fans aged 8 and under on the floor. Before the meet, fans can make posters, take photos, meet Maryland cheerleaders and receive temporary tattoos to gear up for the meet.
in the rankings
• After posting a 193.950 in the first meet of the season, the Terps rank No. 28.
• Minnesota ranks 18th while Arizona is No. 27.
Scouting the alaska-anchorage seawolves
• The Mountaineers finished third at the Big 12 Championships last season. West Virginia competed in the NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional, finishing fifth.
• West Virginia had a high score of 196.800 last season (vs. Bowling Green, Ohio State, 3/6/16).
• The Mountaineers return Kirah Koshinski, who was named Big 12 Newcomer of the Year and earned NACGC/W All-America Second Team honors on vault.
• The Terps and Mountaineers last competed against each other in 2015. West Virginia won the first meeting of the season, 193.500-193.025 while Maryland took the second outing, 195.350-195.200.
Scouting the arizona wildcats
• The Mountaineers finished third at the Big 12 Championships last season. West Virginia competed in the NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional, finishing fifth.
• West Virginia had a high score of 196.800 last season (vs. Bowling Green, Ohio State, 3/6/16).
• The Mountaineers return Kirah Koshinski, who was named Big 12 Newcomer of the Year and earned NACGC/W All-America Second Team honors on vault.
• The Terps and Mountaineers last competed against each other in 2015. West Virginia won the first meeting of the season, 193.500-193.025 while Maryland took the second outing, 195.350-195.200.
Scouting the minnesota golden gophers
• The Mountaineers finished third at the Big 12 Championships last season. West Virginia competed in the NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional, finishing fifth.
• West Virginia had a high score of 196.800 last season (vs. Bowling Green, Ohio State, 3/6/16).
• The Mountaineers return Kirah Koshinski, who was named Big 12 Newcomer of the Year and earned NACGC/W All-America Second Team honors on vault.
• The Terps and Mountaineers last competed against each other in 2015. West Virginia won the first meeting of the season, 193.500-193.025 while Maryland took the second outing, 195.350-195.200.
FAller, Farina named b1g gymnasts to watch
• Senior Sarah Faller and freshman Alecia Farina were selected as Maryland's Big Ten Gymnasts to Watch in December.
• Faller has been a consistent performer for the Terps since her first season, competing on vault, bars and beam. Last season, Faller set a new career-high with a 9.850 on bars and tied a career high 9.800 on beam. The Raleigh, N.C., native is a two-time Big Ten All-Academic selection.
• Farina is a member of one of Maryland's strongest freshmen classes to date. She was the only gymnast in Ohio high school history to earn a perfect 10.0 on vault, which she did three times. Farina finished second on floor, 10th on vault and 23rd in the all-around at the 2016 U.S. Junior Olympic National Championship.
• The Terps were picked to finish ninth in the Big Ten preseason coaches poll.
tumble talk
• Check out this week's Tumble Talk as Leah Slobodin talks about the Terps' preparation for the first meet of the season!
• Every week, a Maryland gymnasts blogs on umterps.com about what the team is doing in and out of the gym.
TERPS POST STRONG SHOWING IN RED-BLACK
• The Maryland gymnastics team posted consistent routines in the team's annual Red-Black instrasquad scrimmage last month. The Red team defeated the Black squad, 187.800-186.600.
• Freshman Alecia Farina posted a strong all-around performance in her first meet as a Terp. Farina anchored vault, bars and floor for the Red team and tied for the highest score on each apparatus.
• Seniors Sarah Faller and Emily Brauckmuller impressed in the scrimmage, while the freshman class put up strong performances in their first time in Maryland leos.
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