Wildcats Defeat LIU, 195.400-194.675, on Friday Night

Friday, February 25

Durham, N.H.

7 PM

University of New Hampshire

195.400

194.675

LIU

Hailey Lui completes her 9.900 floor performance while her teammates celebrate (Photo by Shannon Dean)

Photo by: Shannon Dean

2/25/2022 10:39:00 PM | Women's Gymnastics

Kratchwell sets PB on bars (9.825); Lui/Worthington tie for first (9.900) on beam, floor

DURHAM, N.H. – Graduate student and co-captain Kylie Kratchwell (Sewell, N.J.) set a personal best with a 9.925 on uneven bars, while senior Hailey Lui (Collegeville, Pa.) and junior Alyssa Worthington (West Warwick, R.I.) shared first place on balance beam and floor exercise to lead the UNH gymnastics team to Friday night's 195.400-194.675 EAGL victory against Long Island University at Lundholm Gym.

UNH improved to 7-7 on the season, 3-4 in EAGL regular-season matchups and 4-1 at home.

UNH 195.400 • LIU 194.675
Friday, February 25, 2022
Lundholm Gym • Durham, N.H.
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NEXT UP
•UNH travels to Philadelphia for a quad-meet at Temple on Sunday, March 6 (4 p.m.). West Chester and Ursinus are slated to join the Wildcats and Owls.

NEXT HOME MEET
•UNH will play host to its Senior Day/Alumni Meet at the Whittemore Center on Sunday, March 13, at 2 p.m. in a quad-meet that features Penn State, Brown and Southern Connecticut State. The meet will be broadcast on either ESPN3 or ESPN+. Tickets are available HERE, in person at the Whittemore Center Box Office or by calling 603-862-4000.

HOW IT HAPPENED
•Senior Hannah Baddick (Gettysburg, Pa.) started the 'Cats off well by winning vault with a 9.825. Senior Mariella Miele (Basking Ridge, N.J.) claimed a share of third place with a 9.750. The Wildcats trailed, 48.825-48.650, after one rotation.

•LIU's Mara Titarsolej topped the podium on uneven bars with a 9.950 that helped the visitors take the first-rotation lead, but in the second rotation, New Hampshire's bar lineup brought the intensity. Kratchwell, who earned the meet's Katie Baldwin Expression Award, took second place, junior Kylie Gorgenyi (North Reading, Mass.) finished third (9.875) and junior Kenadi Brown (Las Vegas, Nev.) hit for a career-best 9.825 for fourth place.

•The Wildcats and Sharks were knotted at 97.400 at the meet's halfway point.

•UNH began to pull away on balance beam in Rotation 3. Worthington and Lui tallied a 9.900 to headline a quartet that included Baddick (9.825, third place) and sophomore Sierra Bauman (Wallingford, Conn.), who established a personal-best 9.800 for fourth.

•UNH took a 146.275-146.100 lead after three events.

•The 'Cats saved their best for last, totaling a 49.125 on floor exercise. Lui matched her career-high with a 9.900 from the No. 4 spot in the lineup, and Worthington equaled that mark --and her own PB-- from the anchor position. Gorgenyi and Brown shared third place (9.800) with LIU's Katy Koopman.

"It was nice to see us improve on some key elements this weekend," head coach Lindsey Bruck Ayotte said. "We had some really great performances with Hannah, Kylie Kratchwell, Hailey and Alyssa. We can't control the judging, so we need to go out there and compete like we have been practicing!"

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