Meet-by-meet coverage for every NCAA meet during week three of competition. Also check out our wrap-up, featuring rankings and our favorite and least favorite moments of the week!

Florida 197.200, Auburn 195.650 [Results]

Florida came out with a fair win against Auburn after a good, if not completely solid meet. Beginning on vault, the Gators had had lots of hops, though Alex McMurtry in the anchor position stuck hers cold, earning a 10 for an FTY that actually may have been one (on a whole I was very impressed with Florida’s judging, and this is one 10 I felt was truly deserved). On bars, Bianca Dancose-Giambattisto had a gorgeous and super clean routine that featured a lovely Maloney to bail and a big, clean, stuck double layout for a 9.95. Kytra Hunter also gets kudos here for her awesome Hindorff and otherwise solid work, and McMurtry in her bars debut hit a huge full-in. On beam, Kennedy Baker’s double wolf turn got a lot of appreciation from the home crowd, and she got bonus points from me for using “Benny and the Jets” as her music. Most routines were good, and though Dancose-Giambattisto fell on her bhs loso, Hunter saved the rotation with a clutch routine featuring an awesome bhs loso. Floor wasn’t what you’d expect from a home floor rotation for the Gators, looking a bit lazy, ending with a fall from Caquatto in her first pass (a 2.5 to punch front). I actually found the Auburn ladies looked to be having a lot more fun, though Baker in her debut on this event busted out a huge arabian double pike (in its usual nearly laid-out position), Hunter’s double layout and open double tuck were very powerful, and Claire Boyce proved to be a great leadoff choice with nice clean work.

Auburn got off to a great start on bars, hitting six very strong routines (even if they weren’t as technically proficient as Florida’s). Kait Kluz was a standout with a big Tkatchev and awesome stuck double layout, and Caitlin Atkinson was also excellent with her Tkatchev and a sky-high stuck full-in. Vault was serviceable if not super tidy, with Atkinson’s Yurchenko 1.5 the highlight. On floor, the one big issue was M.J. Rott’s broken form on her punch layout to front layout (her legs were bent on the latter), though they showed a lot of power here overall, with four full-ins (two piked!) as opening passes. Beam was a bit disastrous, as there were falls in two routines and a near-fall for Rott on her bhs-loso, though Bri Guy – back from two Achilles injuries sustained 11 months ago – was outstanding in her beautiful, solid, and energetic routine.

Nebraska 197.125, Penn State 196.025 [Results]

The Huskers came out super fierce in their home opener against Big 10 rival Penn State, besting the Nittany Lions by over a point in their 197.125 win. A bulk of the team’s score came from their explosive vault, where Hollie Blanske came out with a 9.925, Desiree Stephens posted a 9.95, Jessie Deziel hit a 9.975, and Ashley Lambert won the event with a perfect 10, quite a feat after breaking her vertebrae four years ago and getting booted from LSU’s program.

The Huskers weren’t as polished on bars, though Lambert and Blanske posted 9.85s to share the title, and performances were clean on beam and floor, with freshman Grace Williams earning the beam title with a 9.925 and Blanske winning on floor with a 9.925, helping her to the all-around title with a 39.5.

Penn State had some strong performances of their own, especially from freshman Briannah Tsang  and Sidney Sanabria-Robles in the all-around. Tsang hit vault for a 9.95 and had the team’s best on beam with a 9.9, while Sanabria-Robles earned a 9.9 on vault, and 9.85s on bars and beam. Also great was powerful Emma Sibson, who posted a 9.9 on floor, and Krystal Welsh with a 9.85 on beam.

Michigan 196.975, Ohio State 195.025, West Virginia 194.175 [Results]

Michigan was solid in their performance at Ohio State on Saturday. They saw zero falls and counted several big scores, including a 9.925 from Sachi Sugiyama on vault, a 9.925 from Lindsay Williams on bars, and a 9.95 from Nicole Artz on floor. Brianna Brown continued excellent as an all-arounder, posting the highest beam score of 9.875 as well as scores all in the 9.8-range on her other three events for a 39.375 in the all-around, third best behind Sugiyama with a 39.45 and Artz with a 39.4. No one had a bad day, and like Utah, they continued showing a nice focus on polish over flash.

Ohio State looked mostly strong, counting no falls to their total and overcoming a fall early in the beam rotation to post all 9.7-range scores on that event. Standouts include Tenille Funches on vault (9.85) and bars (9.85), Taylor Harrison on beam (9.775), and Stefanie Merkle on floor (9.85). West Virginia was a bit all over the map, showing an exceptional vault rotation but counting two falls on bars, and then looking decent on beam and floor. Jaida Lawrence had a strong vault for a 9.9, Melissa Idell was superb on beam and floor, earning a 9.8 on both, and Alexa Goldberg was the team’s best on bars with a 9.875.

Utah 196.675, Southern Utah 195.500, Boise State 194.525, UC Davis 193.950 [Results]

Utah continued with strong, consistent performances across the board in their quad meet on Friday night. Again, there wasn’t a lot that was super flashy, though they look strong and focused, ready to build on the previous week. Georgia Dabritz was the exception; she earned a massive 39.6 in the all-around after absolutely dominating, earning the top score on every event for her team, including a 9.925 on bars and a 9.95 on floor. Tory Wilson also had a good day, bringing in a 39.3 in the all-around.

Southern Utah had an exceptional meet, looking incredible on vault, counting all scores 9.825 and above, including a 9.875 from Stacie Webb, who also won the beam title with a 9.875. Danielle Ramirez and Jamie Armijo looked clean on bars, and they overcame a fall on floor to post scores all in the 9.7 range, including a 9.775 from Tyly Bozzuto. Boise State also showed great power on vault, with Maddie Kretnz winning the title with a 9.925; she also brought in a 9.75 on bars and a 9.8 on floor They counted a fall on floor, but otherwise had a very solid meet. Kelsey Morris posted high scores on bars (9.85) and floor (9.775), while Marissa Wossner looked great on beam, earning a 9.775. UC Davis didn’t have their absolute best meet, but despite having a fall on each event, they didn’t count a single one. Standouts include Kala DeFrancesco on vault and floor, Dani Judal on bars and beam, Cassie Quebral on beam, and Stephanie Stamates on beam and floor.

LSU 196.600, Kentucky 195.600, Arizona State 194.400 [Results]

Beginning on bars, LSU had six solid, if not super tight routines. All-arounders Jessie Jordan and Rheagan Courville were standouts, of course. They both competed nice Jaegers as well as the same bail to toe shoot series, and then Jordan had a beautiful stuck double layout while Courville finished with a full-out with a hop. On beam, Courville had a bobble on her bhs loso and due to a fall from Sydney Ewing on her bhs layout, they had to count three scores in the 9.7 range, though Erin Macadaeg had a very smooth routine and Jordan nailed her set, including a clean side somi, bhs loso, and near-stuck 1.5. They were very good on floor, beginning with Jessica Savona’s fun and super difficult routine (featuring a 1.5 through to double back and a full-in), featuring a lovely hit routine from Jordan (who nailed her double pike and 1.5 to front full), and ending with Lloimincia Hall, who brought in a 9.95 in front of a very enthusiastic Kentucky crowd, hitting her double layout very well and looking a hundred times more into her performance than a week ago. The Tigers finished counting five 9.85s on vault, including a huge FTY from Courville.

Kentucky had a mostly fantastic night, and with a little more polish, I think they could have an excellent year. They showed hints of greatness on bars in Washington last week, and really started to sell it here, beginning with a fantastic leadoff routine from Amy Roemmele for a 9.825. There are three incredible freshmen here, with and Sydney Waltz – who fell a week ago – blew me away with her giant Tkatchev. The team counted all 9.8 and above here for a 49.15 total. Otherwise, they counted five solid vaults, including a very nice Yurchenko 1.5 from Waltz, and strong rotations on beam and floor, where they overcame falls on both to finish on a strong note. Shannon Mitchell looked great on both, sticking her beam dismount and nailing her Rudi and 1.5 to front layout.

I absolutely love Arizona State on floor. They lose some valuable tenths on form and landings, but have SO many super fun routines with some kickass music. Taylor Allex opened with an excellent double arabian in the leadoff spot, and I loved Allie Salas’ classic rock routine; both brought in 9.825s for the team. They all perform with tons of energy and look like they’re having so much fun out there. Vault was a bit rough, with Kristine Levin putting her hands down on her FTY forcing them to count two 9.55s, though Alexx looked fantastic. On bars, Carissa Kraus missed a kip cast and had to take an extra swing in the fifth spot, but Salas came in with a clutch performance, hitting a great routine capped with a nice double layout.

Oklahoma 196.500, Minnesota 194.475 [Results]

Oklahoma walked away with the win here by a full two points despite counting a low score on beam. The Sooners set the tone for a solid meet on bars, where everyone looked polished and clean. Brenna Dowell won the title with a 9.95 after hitting her Maloney and Church and then sticking her full-twisting double layout dismount. Vault was seamless for the Sooners, and they also had no major problems on floor, despite a last-minute lineup change that took Dowell out (after she sat her double front in warmups) and put Maile’ana Kanewa in (Dowell later went on to perform an exhibition routine, during which she stuck her double front cold). Haley Scaman and Kara Lovan were the title-winners here with 9.9s, but it was Chayse Capps that stuck out with her absolutely breathtaking performance. On beam, Haley Sorenson’s routine was beautiful, but she was docked to just a 9.6 start value after pausing between her front aerial and back handspring. A shame, because it was otherwise lovely. That plus a fall from Rebecca Clark brought them to a low 48.6 for the event.

Minnesota got their day started counting five reliable vaults, and then despite a very messy warmup, they managed to make it through bars with only one fall. Lindsay Mable and Cierra Tomson were both lovely here, and Mable continued to have an excellent day on beam and floor. Hanna Nordquist was also excellent on beam, as usual, but floor as a whole was a mess (Mable aside). Lots of missed landings and untidy passes, and then poor Abby DeMuse had a very rough day, beginning with a hit double pike that she then collapsed into, and ending with a crashed double tuck. Definitely a bummer for the Gophers in their home gym, but the crowd loved them no matter what.

Arkansas 196.325, Alabama 196.175 [Results]

It was a very exciting Friday night at Barnhill Arena, where the Razorbacks had an historic floor rotation to lift the team to a 0.15 come-from-behind victory over defending SEC champion Alabama. Trailing by 1.3 points after counting a fall from the typically unshakable Sydnie Dillard on beam, Arkansas smashed hit routine after hit routine on floor, earning a 49.6 that included 9.925s from Stephani Canizaro, Samantha Nelson, and Heather Elswick, followed by a huge 9.95 from Amanda Wellick in the anchor position. Wellick was also the all-around champion with a score of 39.475 after posting a second 9.95 on vault. Overall, vault was powerful but tidy, with Elswick tying Wellick for the title, and bars were also strong, with Canizaro earning a 9.875 to share the title with Alabama’s Lauren Beers.

Beers was one of Bama’s three falls on beam in the final rotation, unfortunately (Katie Bailey as the leadoff and Kayla Williams in the anchor spot were the other two). The Tide saw lovely work from Keely McNeer and Aja Sims on the event. Beam aside, it was a very strong meet for Bama, who looked best on vault and floor. Both Williams and Kaitlyn Clark posted 9.925s for their incredibly powerful vaults, while every score to count on floor was a 9.875 or better, including a huge 9.925 from freshman Mackenzie Brannan. Bars could use a bit more attention to detail, but Beers was great on the event, and Bailey hit a ginormous full-in dismount to cap off her 9.825 routine.

Illinois 196.175, Rutgers 192.775 [Results]

Illinois had a fantastic home opener, defeating Big 10 foe Rutgers by nearly four points while sweeping the event titles and placing top three in the all-around. They began with a solid vault rotation, including a 9.875 from Giana O’Connor. Bars was best for the Illini, who earned a 49.25 including a huge 9.925 for Sunny Kato, who also had the top score on beam with a 9.9. The team finished with a great performance on floor, where O’Connor posted a 9.875 for the title. Mary Jane Horth won the all-around title with a 39.275 after polished routines on all four events. Rutgers struggled after counting falls on bars and floor, but showed promise with several of their routines and had fantastic vault and beam rotations. As an all-arounder, April Baker looked powerful on vault (9.725) and floor (9.8), though she earned just a 38.3 overall after a fall on beam. Other standouts include Luisa Leal on vault (9.825) and beam (9.775), Jenna Williams on bars (9.775) and beam (9.85), and Claudia Salinas on beam (9.825).

Denver 196.025, Utah State 194.525 [Results]

Denver was fantastic in their home opener on Saturday night, where Nina McGee had an especially incredible night, winning the all-around with a 39.35 and nabbing the floor title with an almost perfect 9.975. McGee and Rachel Fielitz shared the vault title with their 9.9s, and McGee was also best on bars with a 9.875. Beam overall wasn’t as solid, though Julia Ross posted a 9.775 for second place. Utah State had some technical issues here and there, but overall put on a nice show. McKinzey Martinez and Bailey McIntire were strong in the all-around with Martinez showing lovely lines on bars and McIntire nailing beam and floor for a 9.8 (the title-winning score) and 9.875, respectively; Jillian Chappel was also a standout on vault with a 9.85.

Oregon State 195.975, Iowa State 195.950, SEMO 193.300 [Results]

OSU and ISU were chased each other from start to finish during this tri-meet in Ames, Iowa, with visiting Oregon State managing to come up from behind in their final rotation on vault as Iowa State let deductions get the best of them on floor. Oregon State had a very consistent night overall, with two thrown-out falls. The first fall came from Chelsea Tang on bars, which they were able to overcome and drop thanks to solid and lovely work from Kaytianna McMillan and Erika Aufiero. Beam was gorgeous for the Beavers, with Risa Perez in her outgoing routine and Madeline Gardiner and her lovely lines both deserving of their 9.9s. On floor, Gardiner was again superb in the anchor spot. Tang again fell on vault, but those who followed wiped the slate clean, including an excellent vault from Megan Jimenez.

Iowa State had no falls all night, though they do need to work a bit on the details, which should come with time. Otherwise, they had a very strong night, with a pair of 9.825s from Caitlin Brown and Haylee Young on vault and a 9.825 from Hilary Green on bars to start them off. Beam was out-of-this-world, and though slightly overscored according to reports from the arena, both Brown and Sammie Pearsall hit excellent routines for a pair of 9.95s to earn the title. Young nabbed the floor title with a 9.85, with Brown rounding the team off as the ancor for a 9.8 to add to her 39.375 for the all-around win.

UCLA 195.975, Arizona 195.300 [Results]

UCLA got off to a great start on vault in the Pac-12 meet against Arizona, counting all scores 9.825 or better, including big FTYs from Sam Peszek and Jordan Williams at the end of the lineup. They had clean work on bars, including a giant 9.975 from Peszek (who caught an excellent giant full to Gienger and then stuck her double layout cold), but unfortunately had to count a fall. Sonya Meraz over-arched on a handstand early in the lineup and then had to hop off, and though Peng Peng Lee caught her Bhardwaj, she lost the swing before her van Leeuwen and had to swing around again before releasing, only to miss the high bar and fall. Beam was surprisingly excellent for the Bruins, including two monster routines from Francis (who nailed her sideways side aerial to gainer full for a 9.925) and Peszek (who brought her standing full back into rotation, landing it with a wobble and a leg up that she turned into a scale, and then sticking her double full for a second 9.95). Floor had been going well, with Jennifer Pinches returning to the lineup with an excellent West Side Story routine, and Francis earned a second 9.925 after hitting her whip through to double tuck, 2.5, and double pike. But in the last two spots, Pua Hall and Angi Cipra both crashed their double pike final passes.

Arizona kicked off the meet with a good effort on bars, where they overcame an early fall from Selynna Felix-Terrazas on her dismount to count three 9.825s from Gabby Laub, Lexi Mills, and Victoria Ortiz, who had an excellent clear hip to HUGE Tkatchev straight to overshoot. They lost a lot of tenths with their technique on vault, where there were lots of soft (and sometimes fully bent) knees as well as steps on the landings, though Jessie Sisler looked really powerful in her attempt. Floor went very smoothly with no major issues; Sisler earned the team high 9.875 here after nailing her punch Rudi loso, double pike, and double full to front tuck. It all fell apart on beam, however, where Shay Fox in the leadoff position had three falls, including on her bhs loso and front toss. Kennady Schneider then fell on her bhs loso, so they had to count her routine, though Sisler, Mills, and Allie Flores finished up nicely, with Mills earning a 9.85 for an effortless routine.

Stanford 195.950, Penn 189.575 [Results]

Despite counting a fall in the final rotation on beam at Penn this weekend, Stanford had a relatively solid meet, including excellent rotations on vault and bars. Elizabeth Price was again on fire; anchoring on both events, she earned a 9.925 and a 9.95, respectively, to add two more individual titles to her NCAA collection, making her five-for-five. Nicolette McNair also brought in a 9.925 on vault to share the title, while Ivana Hong shared the bars title with her own 9.95. Overall, bars was outstanding, with everyone hitting clean and dependable routines for an event score of 49.475. On floor, Rachel Daum fell and went out-of-bounds, so they had to count a 9.6 from Haley Spector, who also went OOB, though most everyone else looked solid, with Taylor Rice earning the title after scoring a 9.875. Daum fell again in the anchor spot on beam in the final rotation, so Pauline Hanset’s 9.2 was counted, though otherwise they looked great, with Hong adding a second title after scoring a 9.9 for her gorgeous routine. Rice was the all-around champion with a 39.375.

Penn got off to a good start on vault, where Carissa Lim earning the team high score of 9.65 on the event. The team had some rough work on bars and beam, though Elyse Shenberger was a great bars standout with her lovely anchor routine earning a 9.725 and then Amanda Schlaefer in the anchor spot on beam brought in a 9.775 for her own excellent set. Though they started out with a fall from Amber Woo on floor, the rotation was overall their strongest, building from routine to routine and ending with a huge 9.825 from Lim, who was thrilled to take second on the event.

Central Michigan 195.875, Eastern Michigan 194.575, Seattle Pacific 187.250 [Results]

CMU was super consistent in their defeat of EMU and SPU on Saturday, with exceptional rotations on bars and beam. The Chippewas posted three 9.8s on vault from Rachel Carr, Karlee Teet, and Halle Moraw to start. Teet went on to earn a 9.85 on bars while Moraw was solid on beam (9.8) and then won the floor title with a 9.9. Kylie Fagan was lovely on bars (9.875) and beam (9.8), as was Caroline Fitzpatrick, who brought in a pair of 9.825s on the two events, and Taylor Bolender went 9.8 on bars, 9.8 on beam, and 9.875 on floor. EMU looked great on floor, where Chantelle Loehner tied for second place with a 9.875. They struggled with precision on the other three events, though Anna Willette had a super consistent day for a 39.0 to win the all-around, and Kendall Valentin looked fantastic on bars (9.825) and beam (9.725). Seattle Pacific unfortunately counted two really rough routines with multiple falls on beam, and then also counted two falls on floor and one on bars. We saw some great work from Sydney Clark in the all-around, who stayed consistent across the board, and Tracie Villanueva had standout performances on bars (9.825) and beam (9.7).

Georgia 195.800, Missouri 195.225 [Results]

Georgia got the meet started with a lot of FTYs and a lot of bounces, so they lost several crucial tenths, though Brandie Jay stepped up with a fantastic, perfectly stuck 1.5 as the anchor to earn a 9.95. Unfortunately, Jay fell on her Ray on bars, though the rest of the rotation was pretty solid. Keira Brown and Chelsea Davis, the last two up, both had crazy high Tkatchevs, and Sarah Persinger did a great job leading off in place of Brittany Rogers, who was mysteriously off the lineup this week in a last-minute decision by coach Danna Durante. The Gym Dogs were forced to count a fall on floor after both Persinger (on her bhs loso) and Brown (on her double tuck dismount) fell, though we did see some really nice work from Ashlyn Broussard, who had a killer one-armed bhs loso and stuck her cat leap to gainer full; freshmen Natalie Vaculik and Vivi Babalis also showed great potential, despite a couple of balance checks. The Gym Dogs finished up well on floor, where I was so impressed with Babalis. Her double tuck and double pike were both fantastic, and it’s such a great routine overall, I think she’s going to be a huge standout on this event in her future with the team. Naturally, Jay finished things off with incredible tumbling and a crowd-engaging performance for a 9.85.

Bars wasn’t spectacular for Missouri, and Katelyn Trevino fell on her Gienger early in the rotation, though pretty much everyone else got the job done, with all scores to count between 9.7 and 9.75. The Tigers decided to field just five on vault, and all looked good aside from some bounces here and there; freshman Shauna Miller, who won SEC Freshman of the Week after her all-around win last week, was cleanest with just a tiny bounce in place on her clean FTY. Aside from some form and landing deductions on floor, it was a pretty solid event, with Miller again a standout, nailing her double pike and front layout front full. Also super strong was another freshman, Kennedi Harris, who had a very powerful double pike to start and finished with a 9.8. On beam, Briana Conkle had the cleanest routine for the Tigers, including a solid bhs loso, and Laura Kappler also looked very strong, capping her lovely routine off with a stuck gainer full.

Michigan State 195.625, Iowa 194.425, Ball State 193.350 [Results]

Michigan State had a decisive win over Iowa and Ball State at this tri-meet, earning a 195.625 after no major errors all meet, and finishing with a huge 49.3 on floor. Lisa Burt was a star in her performance, earning a pair of 9.775s on vault and bars and then a pair of 9.9s on beam and floor, winning the all-around with a 39.35. Nicola Deans won the vault title with a 9.85, and Elena Lagoski put up a hell of a floor performance for a 9.95 to win the title. For Iowa, Sydney Hoerr was on fire, especially on bars (9.825) and floor, where she placed second with a massive 9.925; she also placed second in the all-around with a 39.15. Other standouts include Angel Metcalf on bars and Nikki Youd on beam, though beam was as a whole a very rough event, with two falls counted into the total. Like MSU, they had an incredible floor rotation, bringing in a 49.375 for the event after five excellent routines. Ball State also struggled on beam and counted a fall on bars, though otherwise they had a decent meet; Denasiha Christian and Erin Patchey were especially great in their powerful vault and floor performances, while Jordyn Penny brought in a 9.825 as the bars anchor and Kayla Beckler had the team’s best on beam with a 9.775.

Washington 195.550, NC State 194.150 [Results]

Washington had a great victory during their road trip to North Carolina this weekend, looking consistent across the board. They began with a high note on bars, where McKenzie Fechter, Janae Janik, and then Allison Northey in the anchor spot with a 9.9 all looked clean and confident. Freshman Hailey Burleson showed tremendous power on vault to earn a 9.85, then on floor both Janik and Zoey Schaefer in the anchor spot were phenomenal, bringing in a 9.85 and 9.875, respectively. There were a couple of mishaps on beam, but Northey was again on her game and earned a 9.825 late in the rotation while anchor Janik earned a 9.9 for her fluid and masterful performance. NC State counted a fall on bars, but looked solid on vault, where Brittni Watkins got her fantastic all-around performance started off with a 9.9. She continued to earn a 9.85 on bars and a 9.825 on floor to help her to a 39.2 total, good enough for first place. Other standouts include Lane Jarred on vault (9.8), beam (9.825), and floor (9.825) as well as Hannah Sobhan on bars (9.775).

New Hampshire 195.500, Yale 191.175 [Results]

UNH had an easy win at home against Yale on Sunday, overcoming falls on bars and floor to hit 48.9 or better on all four events. Vault was best for the Wildcats, as both Meghan Pflieger and Elizabeth Mahoney hit 9.85s and then Adrienne Hill brought in a huge 9.875 to their 49.075 total. Makenzie Kerouac won the title on bars with a 9.9 for her solid set, and then both Pflieger and Casey Lauter stood out for their great work on beam and floor; the two tied for the beam title with a 9.85, and then Lauter went on to earn a 9.8 on floor while Pflieger brought it home with a 9.925, helping her to a 39.325 in the all-around for the win. Yale looked strong on vault and steady on beam, but falls on bars and floor kept them out of the race. Standouts include Joyce Li in the all-around with a 38.35 for second place, Morgan Traina on vault (9.675), bars (9.75), and beam (9.775), Brittney Sooksengdao on beam (9.775), and Camilla Opperman on floor (9.75).

Arizona 195.250, Sacramento State 193.350, UIC 187.300, Stout 181.175 [Results]

Arizona looked especially strong on floor in their defeat of Sacramento State, UIC, and Stout on Friday night. They counted all scores 9.775 and above on that event, with Allison Flores capping off the rotation earning a 9.875 for the title. Flores also edged out Lauren Rice of Sacramento by 0.025 for the all-around win, looking strong as the anchor on beam and hitting a solid bar routine as well. Shelby Edwards and Gabby Laub were impressive on vault, Victoria Ortiz and Krysten Howard were outstanding on bars as the first two up in the rotation, and leadoff Shay Fox was best on beam with a 9.85.

Sacramento State counted a fall on beam in addition to some rough vaults, though they looked strong on bars and floor. Kalliah McCartney brought in a 9.8 on beam, and as the anchor on beam, hit the team’s highest score with a 9.725. Lauren Rice earned 9.7s and above on all four events, and Annie Juarez and Cassie Benning brought in a pair of 9.85s on floor. UIC had a rough night, especially counting several falls on beam and floor, though Kim Randall looked explosive on vault with a 9.85 and clean on bars with a 9.775; Katie Snyder was the team’s strongest on beam with a 9.575, while Gabby May finished things up on floor with a 9.625. Stout looked very impressive on vault, where Kenzie Hyde and Kaylee Jondahl brought in a pair of 9.65s to the 47.35 total. Jondahl was actually solid all night, earning decent scores on bars and beam, and then looking unbelievable on floor for a 9.75. Hyde had the team’s best on bars with a 9.575 while Randi Schorzman was their number one on beam with a 9.575.

George Washington 195.025, North Carolina 194.550, Pittsburgh 192.625, Cornell 189.200, Temple 187.275 [Results]

GWU won the Lindsey Ferris Invitational for the third year in a row, edging out UNC, Pitt, Cornell, and Temple for the team title while all-arounders Jillian Winstanley and Cami Drouin-Allaire went 1-2 as individuals. They counted two beam falls, unfortunately, but looked sharp elsewhere. In addition to Winstanley and Drouin-Allaire, who were excellent on all four events, standouts include Chelsea Raineri on vault (9.9) and floor (9.85), Alex DeMoura on bars (9.825), and Sara Mermelstein on beam (9.85).

UNC hit all four events, albeit with some costly errors here and there. Morgan Lane tied for second in the all-around with a 39.2 after excelling especially on beam and floor (9.85 on both); other standouts include Sarah Peterson on vault (9.9), Kaitlynn Hedelund on bars (9.825), and both Lexi Cappalli and Haley Watts on floor (9.8). In third place, Pitt was hitting for the most part, but couldn’t overcome many mistakes on floor, where they earned just a 47.625. Standouts include Tracey Pearson and Maebelle Pacheco on vault (9.825), Miya Dotson on bars (9.825), Pearson on beam (9.75), and Lindsay Offutt on floor (9.8).

Cornell had some great performances on vault, beam, and floor, but bars was a bit disastrous, bringing in just a 45.775 overall. Standouts include Alicia Bair on vault (9.775), Courtney Spitzer on beam (9.8), and Kaylie Cronin on floor (9.7). Temple also had some struggles on bars as well as on beam, counting several falls between the two, but saw some standout performances from Jasmine Johnson on vault (9.7) and floor (9.75), Kerry Arone on bars (9.65) and Alexis Arena on beam (9.7).

Cal 194.875, San Jose State 194.750, La Crosse 188.850 [Results]

Cal pulled out a narrow win against host San Jose State despite counting a fall on beam. They were otherwise on top of things, and freshman Toni-Ann Williams continues to be a superstar. She was one of the two falls on beam, but that aside she was outstanding, nailing vault (9.95) and floor (9.925) to take the titles on both; her 9.875 on bars was also excellent enough to earn a shared title with Charlie Owens. Also solid for Cal was Desiree Palomares on beam and Arianna Robinson on floor. SJS had some struggles on bars and need to pay a bit more attention to detail on vault, though they looked consistent on beam and very strong on floor, where both Cami Guyer and Alyssa Montalban posted 9.875s. Other standouts were Rachel Heinl on vault, and Katie Won on bars, beam, and floor. La Crosse had an excellent day, crushing last week’s score by over three points and looking strong everywhere but beam, which was slightly rocky. Nicole Wangler was the team’s best on vault with a 9.625, Lauren Wilson posted a 9.65 on bars, and both Ali Berry and Amy Enright were huge on beam and floor; both earned huge 9.7s on floor, while on beam Berry brought in a 9.55 and Enright earned a 9.475.

Denver 194.850, Georgia 194.300

Despite coming in behind after three rotations, Denver pulled out a win thanks to some strong performances on floor while Georgia faltered on beam in the final few sets. Denver was at their best on vault, where they saw especially nice sets from Rachel Fielitz, who earned a 9.825 for her nice FTY in the anchor spot, and Nina McGee, who hit her tsuk full for a 9.875. On bars, Julia Ross had an excellent routine, featuring a giant full to lovely Gienger, a gorgeous pak salto, and a whipped-around DLO with a hop for a 9.775; McGee earned a 9.7 here after arching over on a handstand (but saving it). On beam, Leah Lomonte opened the rotation with a fall, though they managed to stay on for the rest of the lineup, finishing with a hit routine from McGee for a 9.825. The team then stormed back on floor, where Ellese Sakai-Hart hit for a 9.8 as the lead-off after hitting a lovely 2.5, Rudi, and double tuck, and McGee then destroyed it for a 9.925 after nailing her double layout, 1.5 to front layout, and double pike.

Georgia had a relatively great meet in the first three rotations, but as usual, beam proved tricky for the Gym Dogs. Beginning on bars, the team had a 49.125 for several great sets, especially from Rachel Schick (who had a big piked Jaeger and a clean double layout) and Brandie Jay (who caught a great Ray before sticking her double layout). Moving to vault, Ashlyn Broussard earned a 9.875 after sticking her FTY cold, and then Jay brought in a 9.85 for her big Yurchenko 1.5. There were a few minor errors on floor, including Jay going OOB on her half-in half-out (though the rest was great and she still managed a 9.8), but overall it was a solid rotation, and Vivi Babalis was a true standout, earning a 9.85 after hitting three excellent passes. Beam, however, was a major letdown. Mary Beth Box began with a fall on her bhs loso, and then things looked up as Natalie Vaculik hit well under pressure, earning a 9.7. But that would turn out to be the team’s highest score, and from there it was downhill. Sarah Persinger had a huge wobble on her bhs loso and a hop on her 1.5, Broussard fell on her flight series, Babalis had balance checks throughout her routine, and in the anchor position, Keara Brown fell on her bhs loso. Just a very unfortunate, nervous performance from all in the lineup after an otherwise good day.

Maryland 194.325, Minnesota 193.350 [Results]

Though the Terps and Gophers chased each other throughout the meet, Maryland pulled through in the final rotation on floor, taking advantage of Minnesota’s falls in the same rotation. Maryland began with six FTYs, though all had hops so it wasn’t necessarily the cleanest. Bars was mostly well-done, capped off with a 9.925 from Karen Tang who had a great Jaeger and a stuck full-in. Unfortunately, beam was a bit of a splat fest, as Dominiquea Trotter, Shannon Skochko, and Ebony Walters all fell on their acro series. Stephanie Giameo looked clean and self-assured here, however, nailing her one-armed bhs loso and a cat leap to a stuck gainer full. The Terps then kicked butt on floor, with Walters and Katy Dodds hitting powerful routines for a pair of 9.875s. Dodds opens with a huge full-in, not bad for someone just back from an Achilles injury! Also, I could be wrong, but I thought I saw a double full to loso from Kathy Tang, which looked excellent.

Beginning on bars, the Gophers were in struggle city from the start after Bailey Gardner lost energy going up into handstand and had to take a huge deduction. Jenny Covers and Madie Hanley also had mental breaks, with Covers taking an extra swing before her overshoot, and then Hanley taking an extra swing after her giant full before hopping off to regroup. Like Maryland, vault was decent if not totally solid, though Lindsay Mable had a lovely stuck FTY. The team fielded just five athletes on floor, and were forced to count a 9.55 from Bailie Holst, though again Mable was a standout here, after hitting a lovely double pike, a Rudi to straddle jump to front tuck, and a 1.5 to front layout. On beam, Kaitlin Rahon fell on her side aerial and Mable sadly fell on her front aerial, causing the team to count a fall. In a mostly rough rotation, Hannah Nordquist was noticeably stoic, hitting a lovely side aerial to loso, cat leap to switch side, and a side aerial to layout full dismount for a 9.875 to win the title.

William & Mary 193.550, Towson 193.125 [Results]

W&M opened its 2015 season on a high note, edting Towson by several tenths and posting the best team total in a season opener during head coach Mary Lewis’ 21-year tenure. Despite counting a fall on beam, the team looked very strong overall. Brittany Stover posted a 9.85 on vault for the title, and then shared the bars title with Bri Gironda after both posted 9.775s. Brandy Stover then posted a 9.775 for the team high on beam, while Maggie Lundeen won the floor title with a 9.825. For Towson, standouts included Lauren Cahalan and Janis Konkle with a pair of 9.6s on vault, Lydia Thompson posted a 9.7 on bars, Lauren Ross won the beam title with a 9.85, and Katie Sassa had the team’s best on floor with a 9.725.

Northern Illinois 193.375, Kent State 193.025 [Results]

NIU had an historic win, defeating MAC foe Kent State for the first time in 16 years by about three tenths after posting huge scores on vault and floor. Amanda Stepp was fierce on both, posting a 9.825 for second on vault and a 9.85 for the floor title; the vault title went to Megan Greenfield with a 9.85. Though they did have some rough spots on bars and beam, it was nothing they couldn’t overcome. Lauren Africano was the team’s best bar worker with a 9.7, while Katherine Prentice nabbed the beam title with a 9.75. Kent State was consistent across all four events, but didn’t really have any big standouts. Chelsea Drooger helped them out with a 9.75 on vault and a 9.725 on bars, while Rachel Stypinski brought in a 9.8 for the beam title and Amiah Mims was tops on floor with a 9.775.

Brigham Young 193.075, Bowling Green 191.175, Whitewater 189.975, Alaska 188.850 [Results]

Brigham Young took the title at the Ozone Classic on Saturday night after especially strong performances on vault and bars. All-around champion MaKenzie Johnson had team high scores on vault (9.85) and floor (9.725) in addition to posting a 9.825 on bars to finish with a 38.975 total. Elaine Kulczyk was the team’s best on bars with a 9.85 while Ashley Robinson brought in a 9.625 on beam. Bowling Green was great on floor, where Krista Walberer brought in a big 9.7; other standouts include Lauren Feely on vault (9.825), former New Zealand elite Jordan Rae on bars (9.775), and Caroline Ellingboe on beam (9.6).

The DIII squad from Whitewater had a great day, especially on floor where Courtney Pickett earned a 9.75 before CiCi Talcott came in with a clutch 9.7 in the anchor spot after a fall earlier in the routine. Chloe Rehberg was great on vault (9.6), Talcott brought in another clutch anchor score with a 9.6 on bars, and both Hannah Lee and Kristin Shackleton earned 9.575s on beam. They came out on top of DII Alaska, who had rough bars and beam rotations. M’rcy Matsunami unfortunately fell on beam, though was the team’s top scorer on vault (9.65), bars (9.65), and floor (9.7), and then Simone Penker also looked on track to bring in a strong all-around score after a 9.55 on vault, 9.5 on bars, and 9.65 on floor, though like Matsunami, she also fell on beam. The top beam score for the Seawolves went to Julie York with a 9.625.

Western Michigan 192.450, Lindenwood 192.350 [Results]

Western Michigan narrowly won the showdown against DII Lindenwood, who held their own but couldn’t overcome a fall on beam in their final rotation. WMU started out doing well on vault and bars; Jessie Peszek had a great routine on the latter, earning the title with a big 9.8. Beam was a bit rough, though Peszek was again solid here, nabbing another title with a 9.775. They unfortunately had a fall on floor, though Anna Corbett, Audry Merritt, and Kelsey Hood were nice standouts here, with Merritt taking the title with a 9.8. Lindenwood got off to a fantastic start on bars and then vault, besting WMU on both events counting five solid routines on each. Valeri Ingui was great on both, as was Kierstin Sokolowski, who went on to win the all-around with a 38.925 after also posting the team’s high scores on beam and floor. Ingui fell on floor, though the team still won that event overall, but then both Ingui and Lauren Cartmell fell on beam, causing them to count Ingui’s 9.15. In addition to Sokolowski, Rachel Zabawa was also a standout on both events, tying Sokolowski for second on both.

Bridgeport 192.000, Brown 191.075, SCSU 189.850, Rhode Island 175.375 [Results]

Bridgeport narrowly walked away with the quad team title after showing some excellent routines on bars, beam, and floor. Sasha Tsikhanovich brought in a pair of 9.85s as the anchor on bars and floor, and won the all-around with a 38.55 after a fall on beam. Brianna Comport was the strongest on beam with a 9.825, and vault was a bit weak overall, with Tsikhanovich’s 9.65 the best for the team. Brown had some iffy routines here and there, though came in strong on bars and floor. Standouts include all-around champion Diana Walters, who was especially good on bars (9.775) and beam (9.725), Caroline Morant on bars (9.825), and Danielle Hoffman on floor (9.7).

SCSCU had an exceptional floor rotation, with Alexandra Avendano and Nicole Pruchnik bringing in a pair of 9.725s to help them to a 48.125; Pruchnik also earned the team’s best on beam with her 9.75. Other standouts include Meghan Cole on vault (9.575) and Rachel de la Torre on bars (9.6). RIC showed great strength on vault, where all scores to count were at 9.15 or better, including a 9.475 from Victoria Costello. Courtney Osborn was strongest on bars with a 9.05, Emily Murphy brought in a 9.3 for her solid beam routine, and Samantha Lemaire was the team’s best on floor with a 9.15.

Brockport 189.100, Springfield 183.450 [Results]

Brockport posted the top DIII score of the season thus far after coming out especially strong on floor, where they earned a 47.8 and counted five solid routines including a 9.7 from Lily Jagodzinski and a 9.8 from Lexi King. Jagodzinski also posted the high score on beam, with a 9.65, and Stephanie Schuler hit a fantastic vault (9.625) before nailing bars with a 9.725 to take the titles on both. Springfield was solid on vault, where Marissa DeAngelo had the team’s best with a 9.575; she was also the all-around champion of the meet with a 37.575. Other standouts include Lauren Pocius on bars (9.575), and Abby Clark on beam (9.6) and floor (9.475).

Illinois State 188.750, Centenary 185.250 [Results]

Illinois State defeated Centenary by 3.5 points at home this weekend after an exceptional showing on vault and bars. They began on vault with a 48.2 after counting hit sets all 9.575 and above, including a big 9.775 from Kristyn Bossle. Bossle went on to earn a second 9.775 on bars, finishing in second place just behind Samantha King, who brought in a 9.8 for the title win; other standouts on this event include leadoff Megan Knoernschild with a 9.7 and Samantha Ward with a 9.725. The team struggled with many falls on beam, and leadoff Laura Jonas was the top performer here with a 9.6. On floor, they also counted a couple of falls, including from King in the anchor spot, though Sarah Fisher came in with a nice routine for a 9.75 to win the title. Centenary was consistent everywhere but bars, where they began the meet counting three falls; the high score here was a 9.5 from Sylvia Keiter. Things picked up a bit on vault, where Ashley White was the team’s best with a 9.6; White went on to earn a 9.725 for second place on floor, and then in the leadoff position on beam, captured the team high of 9.475, helping her to an all-around with with a 38.075.

Ursinus 188.100, West Chester 187.550 [Results]

The DIII squad from Ursinus not only had one of their best season openers in program history, but in their first meet of the season earned a team total higher than anything they earned in 2014 while defeating DII team West Chester. It’s looking to be a great year for the team, who looked especially polished on vault and floor. Heather Brubaker and Kaelin Ruoss were golden on vault, each earning a 9.65, Amanda Palladino hit a solid bar routine for a 9.475, and Jillian Casarella managed a 9.625 on beam for the title. Floor was an absolute domination, as they counted all scores 9.525 and above including a title-winning routine from Kelsey Jewel, who brought in a huge 9.75. West Chester looked strong to start, showing some clean bar work, solid vaults, and floor routines as equally excellent as Ursinus, but they had a total meltdown on beam, counting multiple falls to their total. Sophomore Majesta Valentine was a rock, however, on beam and throughout the entire competition. She not only won the all-around with a 38.45, but also had the highest scores on every single event for her team, placing first on vault (9.65) and bars (9.55) and second on beam (9.525) and floor (9.725).

West Chester 188.000, Cortland 185.225 [Results]

DIII West Chester defeated DIII Cortland by about three points on Saturday despite some struggles on bars. They were otherwise solid, especially on floor, where Majesta Valentine was a superstar in the anchor position, earning a 9.75 for her big routine. Valentine also won the title on vault (9.625), but a fall on bars cost her the all-around crown. Selena Swanger won the all-around with a 37.8 after especially good beam (9.625) and floor (9.55) performances; other standouts include Alyssa Hult on bars (9.475) and Meghan Chan on beam (9.65). Cortland had a mostly consistent day, beginning with a 46.5 on vault despite fielding just five athletes. Standouts for the team include Nicole Zangoglia on bars (9.4), Elise Konikoff on vault (9.5) and beam (9.625), and Meghan Goyden on vault (9.45) and floor, where her 9.75 tied the title with West Chester’s Valentine.

Ursinus 186.400, Ithaca 182.925 [Results]

In their second meet of the week, Ursinus lost a bit of their magic from their home opener, but still put out some great routines, especially on floor. Alyssa Hershmen started her meet with a vault title after earning a 9.5, Lauren Chavis brought in a 9.625 for the title on bars, and then both Monique Brooks and Kristina Steffenhagen looked solid on beam. Steffenhagen also dominated on floor, earning a 9.8 for an excellent set for the title, while Kelsey Jewel placed second with a 9.7 and Brooks earned third with a 9.6. Ithaca had a few falls throughout their day, but showed some solid work on beam, especially from Rachel Lee, who earned the title with a 9.7; she also had the team high of 9.325 on bars. Other team standouts include Kaylee Pacunas on vault (9.375) and Megan Harrington on floor (9.5).

Brockport 185.000, Cortland 184.625 [Results]

This was a close meet between these two SUNY rivals, and a tough loss for Cortland at home after a rough rotation on bars. Brockport began with some very nice bar routines, including a 9.5 title-winning routine from Stephanie Schuler, who had a fabulous day also bringing in a 9.4 on vault and a 9.475 on beam. Brittany Vasile came in with a powerful vault to win the event title with a 9.45, and she also performed well on floor, though Lily Jagodzinski was the team’s standout there. There were some rough beam routines, though Amanda Rota won the title with a 9.625. Cortland got things started off on a high note on vault, where Meghan Goyden earned a 9.425 (she was also one of the team’s best on beam and floor). Bars was a letdown, though Nicole Zangoglia hit her routine for a 9.45, and then Amanda Scanlon killed it on beam and floor, winning the title on the latter with a huge 9.7.

Oshkosh 183.375, Eau Claire 182.500 [Results]

Oshkosh won this Wisconsin showdown at home with some standout performances on beam and floor, where Krystal Walker was excellent, counting a 9.5 and 9.575 to her all-around total of 37.55. There were some issues on vault, though Walker, Emily Ryan, and Amanda McBrayer were great there, and then Kasandra Stamopoulos and Elizabeth Kiel were strongest on bars, sharing the title with a 9.25. Eau Claire started out with some low scores on bars, with Bailey Peter and Leah Robinette earning the high score of 9.125 for the team. Vault was mostly solid, with Julia Stedman bringing in the high score of 9.375, and floor was outstanding. Stedman was again strong, earning a 9.5, though the title handedly went to Elizabeth Stubbs, who hit every mark for a 9.75. Unfortunately, beam was a very problematic event, though Stubbs again was excellent, earning the team high of 9.35.

Hamline 175.475, Gustavus 174.550 [Results]

Despite finishing with a weak beam rotation, Hamline managed a win over home team Gustavus Adolphus after hitting consistently across vault, bars, and floor. Sarah Dyer was strongest on bars, earning a 9.15 to win the title, while Alexis Nault brought in a 9.0 for third place on vault. Sela Fadness, also solid on vault, earned a 9.125 for the team’s high on floor, and then though they counted several falls on beam, they had some good performances from Tasha Golding and Courtney Morrison, with Morrison earning the title with a 9.15. Gustavus actually had a better meet overall, but lost it after a disastrous bars rotation, where they fielded only five athletes and counted many falls. Alexandra Kopp had the team’s highest score of 8.9 there, and she also won the vault title with a 9.275, helping her to a 36.075 first place all-around finish. Rachel Thiner earned a 9.05 for the team’s best on beam, while Lauren Kershner won the floor title with a 9.325.