Mulligan Powers Gymnastics Over North Carolina

Friday, February 22

Chapel Hill, N.C.

7 PM

University of New Hampshire

194.950

194.275

North Carolina

Danielle Mulligan scored PB 39.425 in all-around (Photo by Jeffrey Camarati/UNC Athletics)

Photo by: Jeffrey Camarati / UNC ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS

2/22/2019 11:35:00 PM | Women's Gymnastics

Results (PDF)

Senior wins vault, bars, beam (tie) and all-around

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Danielle Mulligan (Farmingdale, N.Y.) set a personal best with a 39.425 all-around score, which tied the fourth-best mark in program history, and the University of New Hampshire gymnastics team defeated North Carolina, 194.950-194.275, in Friday night's EAGL dual meet at Carmichael Arena.

With its sixth straight win, UNH improved to 12-2 and 3-1 in EAGL competition.

Mulligan earned first place on vault with a career-high 9.900, took first on uneven bars with a 9.900 and tied for first on balance beam (9.850) to win her sixth all-around title of the season. She became the first Wildcat to achieve a 39.425 in AA since Austyn Fobes on Jan. 6, 2013.

Hailey Lui (Collegeville, Pa.) tied Mulligan and UNC's Jamie DeCicco for the beam championship.

UNH 194.950 at North Carolina 194.275
February 22, 2019
Carmichael Arena • Chapel Hill, N.C.
Results

NEXT HOME MEET • SATURDAY, MARCH 2 (7 P.M.) • QUAD MEET • FAN APPRECIATION • ALUMNI DAY • TICKETS
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HOW IT HAPPENED

27501 — Riley Freehling, Nicole O'Leary, Danielle Doolin, Hannah Baddick & Ally Cucich

First Rotation – Uneven Bars (48.750)
•The Wildcats established themselves by going 6-for-6 in the opening rotation. From the anchor spot, Mulligan topped the podium on bars for the sixth straight meet and for the seventh time in nine meets this season. Lauren Diggan (Sinking Spring, Pa.) and North Carolina's Rylie Dewhurst tied for second place (9.825), while Riley Freehling (Southington, Conn.) chipped in with a 9.725 for a share of fifth.

Second Rotation – Vault (48.900)
•Mulligan's career-best vault mark nipped UNC's Khazia Hislop (9.875, second place) and Mikayla Robinson (9.825, third). Diggan, Emma Winer (Georgetown, Mass.), Courtney Bondanza (Buffalo, N.Y.) and Nicole O'Leary (Newtown, Conn.) each scored a 9.750 (T-6^th).

Third Rotation – Floor Exercise (48.975)
•Winer led the floor lineup with a 9.850 to tie for third place with UNC's Lily Dean. Hislop took the floor title with an impressive 9.950, followed by Robinson's 9.900. Diggan tied for fifth place with a 9.825, which matched the Tar Heels' Madison Hargrave. O'Leary produced a 9.800 (seventh) and Mulligan tallied a 9.775 (eighth).

Fourth Rotation - Balance Beam (48.325)
•The most tightly contested event of the night was beam, where the winning trio of Mulligan, Lui and DeCicco was followed by Freehling (9.800, fourth) and Hislop (9.775, fifth).

2019 EAGL CHAMPIONSHIP TICKETS ON SALE NOW
•Tickets are on sale now for the 2019 EAGL Championship, presented by The Mall at Fox Run, slated for Saturday, March 23 (2 p.m.) at the Whittemore Center. The Wildcats will take on league rivals George Washington, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Pittsburgh and Towson in their quest to win their third EAGL championship and first since capturing the title in front of their fans at the Whitt in 2014. Visit www.unhwildcats.com for more information.

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