UNH to Compete in EAGL Championship on Saturday (2 p.m.)

Towson, Md. – The University of New Hampshire gymnastics team heads to Maryland to compete in the EAGL Championship on Saturday, March 24 (2 p.m.) as it looks to clinch an NCAA playoff berth for the 35^th time in the past 37 seasons.

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"All of the EAGL teams have had great seasons with everyone scoring above the 196 mark," said head coach Gail Goodspeed. "It should be a great meet and will come down to the team that hits 24 for 24 while hitting handstands, sticking vaults and dismounts as well as selling floor routines. There really is no underdog in this meet as it is possible for any one of these teams to emerge as EAGL champions."

The Wildcats are currently ranked fourth in the EAGL conference and 34^th in the nation. The top 36 teams in the NCAA will qualify for Regionals, which will be announced Monday, March 26. In order to guarantee a spot in the top 36, UNH needs to record a score of 195.5 or higher.

3/24/2018 • 2 p.m. (ET)
UNH • George Washington • N.C. State • Pittsburgh • North Carolina • Towson
SECU Arena • Towson, Md.
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EAGL STANDINGS

George Washington (196.460 RQS)
North Carolina State (196.300 RQS)
Pittsburgh (195.825 RQS)
New Hampshire (195.725 RQS)
North Carolina (195.515 RQS)
Towson (195.120 RQS)

ROTATION ORDER

Bye, Floor, Vault, Bye, Bars, Beam

TENTATIVE LINEUP
Floor Exercise
Lia Breeden (York, Pa.)
Emma Winer (Georgetown, Mass.)
Nicole O'Leary (Newtown, Conn.)
Lauren Diggan (Sinking Spring, Pa.)
Danielle Mulligan (Farmingdale, N.Y.)
Danielle Doolin (Medford Lakes, N.J.)

Vault
Courtney Bondanza (Buffalo, N.Y.)
Marissa Toci (Mount Laurel, N.J.)
Erin Carroll (Kingston, N.H.)
Elizabeth Mahoney (Hanson, Mass.)
O'Leary
Diggan

Uneven Bars
Doolin
Ava Watkins (Cherry Hill, N.J.)
Riley Freehling (Southington, Conn.)
Diggan
Mulligan
Makenzie Kerouac (Merrimack, N.H.)

Balance Beam
Doolin
Breeden
Bondanza
Freehling
Mulligan
Casey Lauter (Northport, N.Y.)

WILDCATS NOTEBOOK

Four UNH gymnasts were awarded All-EAGL First Team honors this week: Mulligan (bars, beam), Lauter (beam), Diggan (bars), and O'Leary (vault).
Five Wildcats were named to the All-EAGL Second Team: Doolin (all-around, floor), Freehling (beam, bars), Breeden (floor), Kerouac (bars), and Bondanza (beam).
Lauter recorded a perfect 10 on beam in her final home meet on March 11.
Lauter (9.910 RQS) won the EAGL regular season beam championship while Mulligan (9.895 RQS) won the regular season bars championship.
Diggan (9.870) finished the regular season with the second highest RQS on bars in EAGL. O'Leary tied for sixth on vault (9.850 RQS).
Lauter (3x) and O'Leary (1x) both earned EAGL Specialist of the Week this season.
Diggan won Rookie of the Week four times.
UNH is ranked 34^th all around (195.725 RQS), 40^th on vault (48.870 RQS), 34^th on bars (49.005 RQS), 17^th on beam (49.160 RQS), and 41^st on floor (49.020 RQS).
Several Wildcats have recorded historic scores this season. Lauter's perfect 10 was the second on beam in UNH history. Mulligan and Diggan have each scored 9.925 on bars, which is tied for the fifth highest in UNH history.

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Lia Breeden

Erin Carroll

Lauren Diggan

Danielle Doolin

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Makenzie Kerouac

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Elizabeth Mahoney

Danielle Mulligan

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