'Cats Take Season-Opening Victory at ISU

Saturday, January 4

Normal, Ill.

6 PM (ET)

University of New Hampshire

193.400

189.050

Illinois State

Photo by: Illinois State Athletics

1/4/2020 10:25:00 PM | Women's Gymnastics

Winer earns three first-place results in Bruck Ayotte’s head coaching debut

NORMAL, Ill. – Emma Winer (Georgetown, Mass.) earned individual victories on balance beam and floor exercise and shared the top score on vault to propel the University of New Hampshire gymnastics team to Saturday night's season-opening 193.400-189.050 victory against Illinois State at Horton Field House.

"We had a great start to our season tonight, and Emma was extremely solid for us," said Lindsey Bruck Ayotte, who registered a victory in her debut as UNH head coach. "We definitely have things to work on, but it is a great starting point for us this early in the season. The team energy was great and we are looking forward to building on the excitement next weekend at Pitt."

Winer scored a 9.750 on vault to equal teammate Robyn Kelley (Wakefield, Mass.) for meet-high honors, before topping the podium with a 9.775 on beam and a 9.825 on floor.

UNH won all four events and recorded the higher score in all four rotations.

FIRST HOME MEET • SATURDAY, JAN. 18 (7 P.M.) vs SOUTHERN UTAH
•UNH plays host to Southern Utah in its first home meet of the season Saturday, Jan. 18 (7 p.m.) in Lundholm Gym.
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UNH 193.400 at Illinois State 189.050
Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020
Horton Field House • Normal, Ill.
Results (PDF) • Results (HTML)

HOW IT HAPPENED

ROTATION 1	EVENT SCORE	OVERALL
UNH	48.200 UB	48.200
ISU	46.975 V	46.975

First Rotation – Uneven Bars
•Freshman Kylie Gorgenyi (North Reading, Mass.) sparked the bar lineup in her collegiate debut with a 9.750 to finish runner-up to ISU's Angelica Labat. Riley Freehling (Southington, Conn.) tied for fourth (9.650).

ROTATION 2
UNH	48.525 V	96.725
ISU	47.675 UB	94.650

Second Rotation – Vault
•Kelley and Winer headlined a Wildcat quartet that included co-third place finishers Gorgenyi and Lauren Diggan (Sinking Spring, Pa.), who scored matching marks of 9.700.

ROTATION 3
UNH	48.325 FX	145.050
ISU	47.525 BB	142.175

Third Rotation – Floor Exercise
•Winer's event-winning 9.825 was the high score of the meet. Diggan claimed a share of third place (9.700) with Illinois State's Labat and Alyssa Wiggle. The Redbirds' Sofia Iribarren was runner-up (9.775).

ROTATION 4
UNH	48.350 BB	193.400
ISU	46.875 FX	189.050

Fourth Rotation - Balance Beam
•Winer (9.775) outscored Labat (9.750) for first place, followed by Hailey Lui (Collegeville, Pa. / 9.725) in third place and Freehling (9.650) in fourth.

In her first collegiate meet as an all-around performer, Freeling (38.4750) finished second to Labat (38.850).

NEXT UP - AT PITTSBURGH • SATURDAY, JAN. 11, 2 P.M.
•The Wildcats get their first taste of EAGL competition when they visit the University of Pittsburgh for a dual meet Saturday, Jan. 11 (2 p.m.) at the Fitzgerald Field House.

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