UNH Defeats BGSU (195.650-195.025)

Sunday, February 18

Durham, N.H.

1 PM

University of New Hampshire

195.650

195.025

Bowling Green

2/18/2018 4:54:00 PM | Women's Gymnastics

The Wildcats have now won three straight meets

DURHAM, N.H. – Nicole O'Leary (Newtown, Conn.), Lauren Diggan (Sinking Spring, Pa.), Casey Lauter (Northport, N.Y.), and Danielle Mulligan (Farmingdale, N.Y.) all won individual event championships to lead the University of New Hampshire gymnastics team to a victory over Bowling Green State University, 195.650-195.025, Sunday afternoon at Lundholm Gym.

Several UNH gymnasts recorded elite scores in the meet. Diggan recorded a career-high 9.925 on bars, Mulligan notched a career-high 9.900 on floor, and Lauter recorded a 9.925 on beam despite battling the flu.

Head coach Gail Goodspeed has been pleased with the team's performance this season and believes that the best is yet to come.

"Balance beam was amazing and I was really impressed with our performance," said Goodspeed. "I want to get our entire, healthy team on the floor at one time because this team is a mid-196 to even potentially a 197 team. They're awesome and we haven't had the entire team healthy yet this year, so now it's time."

UNH – 195.650
Bowling Green – 195.025
Lundholm Gymnasium - Durham, N.H.
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NEXT HOME MEET

The Wildcats return home Sunday, March 11 for Senior Day when they take on Kentucky, Yale, and Brown in a non-conference quad-meet at the Whittemore Center. Tickets for the meet can be purchased here or by calling 603-862-4000.

HOW IT HAPPENED

FIRST ROTATION

O'Leary won the individual vault championship with a 9.875 to lead the Wildcats to a team score of 48.825. Diggan came in third place (9.775) while Courtney Bondanza (Buffalo, N.Y.) came in fourth (9.750).

SECOND ROTATION

Diggan finished the meet in first place and recorded a career-high 9.925 on bars as UNH recorded a team score of 48.925. Riley Freehling (Southington, Conn.) came in second place with a 9.875, which tied her career-high.

THIRD ROTATON

UNH tied its season-high score on beam (49.225), led by Lauter (9.925) and Mulligan (9.875) who came in first and second place, respectively. Lia Breeden (York, Pa.) tied for fourth (9.850) and Freehling came in sixth (9.825).

FOURTH ROTATION

Mulligan tied for first and recorded a career-high 9.900 on floor to lead the Wildcats to a team score of 48.575. Diggan came in fourth with a 9.800.

UNH NOTES

In addition to her career-high 9.900 on floor, Mulligan also bested her pervious high score on beam as she recorded a 9.875.
Diggan's 9.925 on bars was a career-high and tied for the fifth highest score in UNH history. She has the highest average score on bars in the conference (9.854) and is ranked 26^th in the nation.
Lauter's 9.925 on beam is tied for the ninth highest in UNH history. She has the second highest average score in the conference (9.846).
Following the meet, Goodspeed honored Mulligan with the Katie Baldwin award.
The Wildcats will host their next home meet at the Whittemore Center, which is the first time they have hosted a meet there since 2014.