Two Terps Match Career-Highs As GymTerps Top Iowa

Friday, February 21

College Park, MD

7 PM

Maryland

195.750

194.725

Iowa

2/21/2025 8:00:00 PM | Gymnastics

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COLLEGE PARK, MD – Two Terps matched career highs on vault as Maryland gymnastics defeated Iowa 195.750-194.725 at the XFINITY Center on Friday. The Terps won three of the four events overall, including vault, beam and floor.

The Terrapins opened the night with the vault event. They recorded a team score of 49.075, as Natalie Martin led all Terps, tying her career high of 9.925. Rhea LeBlanc also had a great showing on vault, tying her career high of 9.850. Three Terps overall scored 9.850 or higher, as Taylor Rech also achieved that score.

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Natalie matching her career-high of 9.925! 🤩 pic.twitter.com/x3KvXWsllX
— Maryland Gymnastics (@TerpsGymnastics) February 22, 2025

Maryland finished their meet against Iowa on the floor. Two Terps set new season high scores during their floor routines, LeBlanc scored 9.900, and Madeline Komoroski scored 9.875. The team scored 49.150 to Iowa's 48.450 to defeat the Hawkeyes.

The beam was Maryland's third event of the evening. Komoroski scored a 9.900, tying her career high, and Martin scored the second-highest score of 9.800. Four gymnasts recorded scores of 9.725 or higher, contributing to the team score of 48.775.

Maryland scored 48.750 as a team on the uneven bars. Hailey Merchant had an individual score of 9.800, and both LeBlanc and Sarah Saville recorded scores of 9.775. Iowa logged a team score of 48.775, beating the Terps by .025 points.

The Scores

Vault
Logan Buckmon, 9.725
Rayna Engelmayer, 9.725
Alexa Rothenbuescher, 9.625
Taylor Rech, 9.850
Rhea LeBlanc, 9.850
Natalie Martin, 9.925
EX: Maggie Murphy, 9.650
Team Score: 49.075

Rhea matching her career-high with this one, 9.850 😍 pic.twitter.com/3b6RCUnAx4
— Maryland Gymnastics (@TerpsGymnastics) February 22, 2025

Bars
Victoria Gatzendorfer, 9.650
Sarah Saville, 9.775
Tasha Brozowski, 9.675
Hailey Merchant, 9.800
Alexa Rothenbuescher, 9.725
Rhea LeBlanc, 9.775
Team Score: 48.750

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— Maryland Gymnastics (@TerpsGymnastics) February 22, 2025

Beam
Lauren Brendlinger, 9.725
Rayna Engelmayer, 9.450
Alexa Rothenbuescher, 9.600
Victoria Gatzendorfer, 9.750
Natalie Martin, 9.800
Madeline Komoroski, 9.900
EX: Nicollette Crochet, 9.150
Team Score: 48.775

The beam queen herself👑 pic.twitter.com/4H8cntrw5J
— Maryland Gymnastics (@TerpsGymnastics) February 22, 2025

Floor
Taylor Rech, 9.850
Lauren Brendlinger, 9.775
Rhea LeBlanc, 9.900
Madeline Komoroski, 9.875
Alexa Rothenbuescher, 9.750
Natalie Martin, 8.925
EX: Logan Buckmon, 9.725
EX: Rayna Engelmayer, 9.800
Team Score: 49.150

Rhea with a beautiful 9.900 routine 🤩 pic.twitter.com/g6q5FwhJRG
— Maryland Gymnastics (@TerpsGymnastics) February 22, 2025

Up Next

The Terps will host Illinois, Minnesota and Michigan for the Big Four Meet on Mar. 1 at the XFINITY Center. The meet starts at 6 p.m. and will air on the Big Ten Network.