Record-setting beam score powers Wildcats to Tri-Meet Victory

Sunday, January 23

Durham, N.H.

2 PM

University of New Hampshire

196.450

195.825

Temple

Alyssa Worthington scored a PB 9.975 on balance beam (Photo by Shannon Dean)

Photo by: Shannon Dean

Record-setting beam score powers Wildcats to Tri-Meet Victory

1/23/2022 6:52:00 PM | Women's Gymnastics

Wildcats score 49.450 on beam and tally season-best 196.450 to beat Temple, Penn

DURHAM, N.H. – The UNH gymnastics team tied its fifth-highest score ever (196.450), set an all-time team balance beam record (49.450) and earned its first two wins of the season against defending EAGL champion Temple (195.825) and Penn (194.875) on Sunday afternoon at Lundholm Gym.

In the record-setting beam rotation, junior Alyssa Worthington (West Warwick, R.I.) and senior Hailey Lui (Collegeville, Pa.) anchored the lineup and put together the best back-to-back beam scores in program history with matching marks of 9.975, which tied Cara Lepper '00 (March 20, 1999) for the No. 3 beam score in program history.

Worthington, who was awarded the team's Katie Baldwin Expression Award following the meet, scored another personal best with a 9.900 on floor exercise to tie for first place with junior Kenadi Brown (Las Vegas, Nev.), who also set a career high.

UNH (2-4, 1-2 EAGL) had 14 gymnasts either set or match a personal best in its dynamic performance.

UNH 196.450, Temple 195.825, Penn 194.875
Sunday, January 23, 2022
Lundholm Gym
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"Today was so much fun! We started off strong on vault and kept building the momentum," head coach Lindsey Bruck Ayotte said. "We knew this is what our team is capable of, and for us to fight back on beam after a fall to break the school record was pretty special.

"We are looking forward to continuing with this energy," Bruck Ayotte added. "We haven't reached our peak yet, but we are definitely heading in the right direction."

NEXT UP
•UNH visits N.C. State for a quad meet that includes George Washington and William & Mary on Saturday, Jan. 29 (4 p.m., ACC Network Extra) in the James T. Valvano Arena at William Neal Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh, N.C.

NEXT HOME MEET
•The Wildcats play host to their annual Stick It for the Cure breast cancer awareness meet against Brown on Saturday, Feb. 12, at 7 p.m. Tickets are available HERE, by calling 603-862-4000 or in person at the Whittemore Center Box Office.

HOW IT HAPPENED
•Junior Kylie Gorgenyi (North Reading, Mass.) equaled a personal best on vault with a 9.875 for third place, followed by senior Mariella Miele (Basking Ridge, N.J.), who established a personal best 9.825 to tie for fourth place, and junior Larissa Biette (Belmont, Mass.), who tied for sixth place with a career-high 9.800.

•The Wildcats swept the top three scores on uneven bars, headlined by Gorgenyi's 9.850, a runner-up 9.825 for fifth-year senior Kylie Kratchwell (Sewell, N.J.), Lui's 9.800 for third place and a 9.750 (T-4^th) for fifth-year senior Lauren Diggan (Sinking Spring, Pa.).

•In support of the record-setting Worthington/Lui beam duo were senior Hannah Baddick (Gettysburg, Pa.), who earned a share of third place with a season-high 9.875, sophomore Jenna DeVincenzo (Bethpage, N.Y.), who set a personal best with a 9.825 (8^th place), and freshman Summer Simpkins (Audubon, N.J.), who set her career high with a 9.800 (T-9^th).

Temple's Hannah Stalling, who tied teammate Julianna Roland for first place on vault (9.900), was the all-around champion with a 39.275.

NOTEBOOK
•UNH last reached the 196.450 mark Feb. 19, 2017, at Lundholm Gym against Temple. That represented former head coach Gail Goodspeed's 600^th win at the University.
•The Wildcats' highest score ever was a 196.750 at the 2003 EAGL Championship at the Whittemore Center.
•The only higher event score in UNH history is a 49.475, set on vault in 2003 and matched on floor in 2015.
•The best bar score in school history is 49.300 (2010).

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