No. 15 Gymnastics Challenges Pitt in Dual Meet (Jan. 23, 6 p.m.)

Saturday, January 23

Pittsburgh, Pa.

6 PM

University of New Hampshire

University of Pittsburgh

Photo by: Greg Greene

No. 15 Gymnastics Challenges Pitt in Dual Meet (Jan. 23, 6 p.m.)

1/22/2016 5:33:00 PM | Women's Gymnastics

PITTSBURGH – The 15^th-ranked University of New Hampshire gymnastics team heads to the University of Pittsburgh for a dual meeet at Fitzgerald Field House against the Panthers on Saturday, Jan. 23, at 6 p.m. The meet was originally supposed to include 12th-ranked George Washington University and Temple University, but inclement weather forced the Colonials and Owls to cancel their involvement.

NEXT HOME MEET: UNH hosts its annual Wildcat Invitational quad-meet Sunday, Feb. 7, at 1 p.m. The 'Cats compete against the University of Bridgeport, Brown University and Towson University. It will be Fitness Day at Lundholm Gym. Fans displaying their gym membership card will receive a special ticket price. For tickets, visit www.unhwildcats.com or call 603-862-4000, extension 5.

WHAT'S AHEAD: The Wildcats wrap up their three-meet road trip at the Don Tonry Bulldog Invitational quad meet (Jan. 30, 1 p.m.), hosted by Yale University. The Wildcats and Bulldogs will be joined by the University of Bridgeport and Southern Connecticut State University.

MEET NOTES:

The Wildcats moved up three spots from No. 18 to No. 15 in this week's Road to Nationals Top-25.
UNH is ranked second (195.467 average) in EAGL behind No. 12 George Washington (195.800).
On Tuesday, UNH swept EAGL's three weekly awards: Casey Lauter (Northport, N.Y.) was named EAGL Gymnast of the Week for the first time in her career; Danielle Mulligan (Farmingdale, N.Y.) was tabbed EAGL Specialist of the Week and Danielle Doolin (Medford, N.J.) was honored as EAGL Rookie of the Week.
Fitzgerald Field House, the site of this weekend's meet, is also the host arena for the 2016 EAGL Championship (March 19, 2 p.m.)

LAST TIME OUT: (Jan. 17, 2016)- MORGANTOWN, W.VA. – Casey Lauter set a career high on balance beam (9.950) and placed second in the all-around (39.075) in No. 18 UNH's 195.800-195.225 loss to West Virginia University on Sunday afternoon at Cary Gym.

The Wildcats swept the top four scores on beam, but fell to 2-2 on the season. West Virginia earned its first victory of the year, improving to 1-2.

"This was a great score for our first road meet of the season," head coach Gail Goodspeed said. "We started rough on bars, but fought to the very last beam routine. Casey scored a career high 9.95, and the head judge gave her routine a 10.0."

Danielle Mulligan registered the Wildcats' top score on bars for the third straight meet. The freshman scored a 9.850 to earn third place in the event.

Elizabeth Mahoney (Hanson, Mass.) achieved the top score for New Hampshire on vault, the team's second event of the afternoon. She scored a 9.775, good enough for a fourth place finish.

Danielle Doolin (Medford, N.J.) registered UNH's top mark on floor (9.850), earning a share of second place. The freshman also finished third in the all-around (39.050).

The Wildcats closed strongly on beam where they recorded six of the top seven performances, headlined by Lauter. Meghan Pflieger (Barneveld, N.Y.) placed second with a 9.900, followed by Kelsey Aucoin (Double Oak, Texas) with a 9.875.

"We had great team energy throughout, and I am very excited about this team," Goodspeed added.

SCOUTING THE PANTHERS: Pitt (1-5, 0-1 EAGL) finished third at the Ozone Collegiate Classic on Saturday. The Panthers scored a 190.350 to defeat Air Force (188.850). Iowa State (194.200) and Southeast Missouri State (192.550 claimed the top two placements. The Panthers had two individual first-place finishers in junior Tracey Pearson (9.775, vault) and senior Lindsay Offutt (9.900, floor).