COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The Maryland gymnastics team earned their second-best score of the season (195.500) last week at the Big Five meet despite coming in fourth place. The Terps travel to Washington D.C. this week to meet with George Washington for the first meet of a double competition weekend.
"We actually felt that the Big Five meet was an off meet for us," said head coach Brett Nelligan. "Looking at the glass half full, I told the girls that if an off day for us is a 195.500 and our second highest score of the year that we just need to keep pushing to have an on day and the scores will follow."
Sophomore Audrey Barber earned second place in the all-around competition with a 39.150 which included three 9.800s on vault, bars and floor exercise.
Sophomore Emilie LeBlanc remained consistent in her events earning a 9.850 on bars and a 9.825 on beam.
Senior Alex Robinson earned a career-best 9.825 on floor and sophomore Collea Burgess posted a 9.850.
Maryland earned a new team-high on vault led by Burgess (9.825) and followed by junior Alecia Farina (9.800) and Barber (9.800).
This is the eighth meet of the season for the GymTerps and the first of three meets with George Washington this season.
Scouting the Opponents
George Washington
George Washington earned a 195.350 in the Kent State Tri-Meet last weekend with season-high scores on vault (48.900) and beam (48.925) and added a 48.875 on bars and 48.650 on floor.
Fifth-year co-captain Alex Zois finished atop the all-around podium with a season-high matching 39.300, beating out a pair of all-arounders from NC State. The Crofton, Md., product took the bars title with a season-high 9.875 and finished in a tie for third on beam (9.825). Zois also posted solid scores on vault (9.775) and floor (9.825) to contribute to her sixth all-around crown.
BYU
The BYU Cougars earned a 195.650 in their last outing led by all-arounder Shannon Evans (39.200). BYU earned team scores of 48.775 on vault, 48.800 on bars, 49.000 on beam and 49.075 on floor. BYU owns a season-best 196.900.
BYU earned team scores of 48.775 on vault, 48.800 on bars, 49.000 on beam and 49.075 on floor. BYU owns a season-best 196.900.
