Gymnastics Places Second at EAGL Championship, Clinches NCAA Regional Bid

Saturday, March 24

Towson, Md.

2 PM

University of New Hampshire

EAGL CHAMPIONSHIP HOSTED BY TOWSON

Danielle Mulligan Tied EAGL Championship Uneven Bar Record (9.950)

Gymnastics Places Second at EAGL Championship, Clinches NCAA Regional Bid

3/24/2018 1:35:00 PM | Women's Gymnastics

Mulligan ties all-time best bar score (9.995) to win championship

TOWSON, Md. – Danielle Mulligan (Farmingdale, N.Y.) equaled the highest uneven-bar mark score (9.950) in East Atlantic Gymnastics League (EAGL) Championship history to win the league bar championship for the second straight year, and the University of New Hampshire gymnastics team locked up an NCAA Regional Championship-sealing 196.300 for second place in the 2018 EAGL Championship at SECU Arena on Saturday.

UNH, which finished runner-up for the fourth straight year, locks in a bid for an NCAA Regional Championship berth for the 35^th time in 37 years. North Carolina State scored a 196.625 to win its sixth EAGL Championship, and first since 2013.

Mulligan, the regular-season EAGL uneven bar champion, won the bar championship with her career-high performance and headlined six Wildcats named to the EAGL All-Tournament First Team. She is the first EAGL gymnast to achieve a 9.950 on bars in the championship meet since 2000.

Meet Information
2018 EAGL Championship • SECU Arena • Towson, Md.
Saturday, March 24 (2 p.m.)
#34 UNH • #19 George Washington • #39 North Carolina
#22 North Carolina State • #33 Pittsburgh • #43 Towson
(RoadtoNationals.com Rankings)
Results HTML • Results PDF

Team Results (Final)
1. North Carolina State, 196.625
2. UNH, 196.300
3. George Washington, 195.875
4. Towson, 195.675
5. Pittsburgh, 195.475
6. North Carolina, 194.775

EAGL All-Tournament First Team

Apparatus	Gymnast	Score	Place
Bars	Danielle Mulligan	9.950	1st
Bars	Makenzie Kerouac	9.850	T-4th
Bars	Riley Freehling	9.825	T-7th
Beam	Courtney Bondanza	9.850	T-4th
Beam	Casey Lauter	9.850	T-4th
Floor	Danielle Doolin	9.925	T-2nd

EAGL All-Tournament Second Team

Apparatus	Gymnast	Score	Place
Vault	Lauren Diggan	9.800	T-13th
Vault	Elizabeth Mahoney	9.800	T-13th
Beam	Lia Breeden	9.800	T-11th
Beam	Riley Freehling	9.800	T-11th
Floor	Lauren Diggan	9.850	T-12th
Floor	Danielle Mulligan	9.850	T-12th
Floor	Emma Winer	9.850	T-12th

HOW IT HAPPENED

Rotation 1 (Bye)
•The Wildcats opened the meet on a bye.

Rotation 2 (Floor Exercise-49.300)
•UNH exploded for a season-high 49.300 on floor exercise, which led all team scores through one event. Danielle Doolin (Medford Lakes, N.J.) anchored the lineup with an astounding 9.925 to set a personal best and tie for second place. Emma Winer (Georgetown, Mass.) also set a career high with a 9.850, which was matched by Lauren Diggan (Sinking Spring, Pa.) and Danielle Mulligan (Farmingdale, N.Y.) for 12^th place. Nicole O'Leary (Newtown, Conn.) capped the consistent lineup with a 9.825, which put UNH in third place overall and tops among teams that had yet to compete two events.

Rotation 3 (Vault-48.900)
•The 'Cats kept the pressure on by tallying a 48.900 on vault to take over sole possession of first place (98.200) midway through the meet. Diggan and Elizabeth Mahoney (Hanson, Mass.) led the way with matching marks of 9.800 (T-13^th), while O'Leary and Erin Carroll (Kingston, N.H.) each scored a 9.775. N.C. State (98.125) and Towson (98.100) were the closest pursuers heading into UNH's second and final bye.

Rotation 4 (Bye)
•With UNH on bye, George Washington took over first place with a 146.850, followed by Towson (146.775) and Pittsburgh (146.200).

Rotation 5 (Uneven Bars-49.025)
•In addition to Mulligan's championship record-tying performance, and Makenzie Kerouac (Merrimack, N.H.) followed with a 9.850 (T-4^th), and Riley Freehling (Southington, Conn.) added a 9.825 (T-7^th) to propel the Wildcats to a 49.025 on bars and an overall 147.225, which trailed N.C. State (147.400) among teams that had competed only three events.

Rotation 6 (Balance Beam-49.075)
•Casey Lauter (Northport, N.Y.), EAGL's top-ranked beam competitor during the season, and Courtney Bondanza (Buffalo, N.Y.) each earned All-Tournament First Team by scoring matching marks of 9.850 to earn a share of fourth place. The score tied a personal best for Bondanza. Lia Breeden (York, Pa.) and Freehling earned All-Tournament Second Team by virtue of their scores of 9.800 (T-11^th).

NEXT UP
•UNH will gather together to watch the 2018 NCAA Gymnastics Selection Show, exclusively on NCAA.com, on Monday, March 26 (4 p.m.) to learn where they are headed for NCAA Regionals next weekend.