Wildcats Place Sixth at EAGL Championship

Saturday, March 19

Washington, D.C.

12 PM & 6 PM

University of New Hampshire

EAGL Championship

Alyssa Worthington tied for second on beam with a 9.900 (Photo by Amy Sanderson)

Photo by: Amy Sanderson

3/19/2022 6:30:00 PM | Women's Gymnastics

Worthington, Kratchwell, Brown, Gorgenyi named to All-Tournament First Team

Fifth-year senior Kylie Kratchwell celebrates her 9.875 performance on bars with head coach Lindsey Bruck Ayotte (Photo by Michelle Bronner)

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Junior Alyssa Worthington (West Warwick, R.I.) scored a 9.900 on balance beam to tie for second place, and fifth-year senior Kylie Kratchwell (Sewell, N.J.) tied for fifth on uneven bars with a 9.875 to lead the UNH gymnastics team to a 194.400 and sixth place overall at the 2022 EAGL Championship, hosted by George Washington University.

The host Colonials won EAGLs with a 196.325, followed by runner-up Towson (196.075) and Temple (196.025), which posted the top time among teams competing in Session I (12 p.m.). The Wildcats placed second in the Session 1 quad meet with wins over LIU (193.950) and Pitt (193.575).

Kylie Gorgenyi earned EAGL All-Tournament First Team on bars and Second Team on vault (Photo by Amy Sanderson)

Junior Kylie Gorgenyi (North Reading, Mass.) earned EAGL All-Tournament First Team on bars (9.850, T-7th) and Second Team on vault (9.800, T-10th). Junior Kenadi Brown (Las Vegas, Nev.) took First Team on bars (9.850, T-7th) and Second Team on floor (9.850, T-10th).

EAGL All-Tournament First Team

Apparatus	Gymnast	Score	Place
Bars	Kylie Kratchwell	9.875	T-5th
Bars	Kenadi Brown	9.850	T-7th
Bars	Kylie Gorgenyi	9.850	T-7th
Beam	Alyssa Worthington	9.900	T-2nd

EAGL All-Tournament Second Team

Apparatus	Gymnast	Score	Place
Vault	Kylie Gorgenyi	9.800	T-10th
Floor	Kenadi Brown	9.850	T-10th
Floor	Hailey Lui	9.850	T-10th

2022 EAGL Championship • Hosted by George Washington University
Charles E. Smith Center •. Washington, D.C.
Saturday, March 19, 2022
Final Results (PDF) • Session 1 Results (HTML)

1. George Washington, 196.325
2. Towson, 196.075
3. Temple, 196.025
4. N.C. State, 195.625
5. North Carolina, 195.550
6. UNH, 194.400
7. LIU, 193.950
8. Pitt, 193.575

HOW IT HAPPENED (SESSION 1)
•In the opening rotation, Gorgenyi paced the Wildcat vault lineup with a 9.800. That tied for fourth in Session I and 10th overall. Senior Hannah Baddick (Gettysburg, Pa.), junior Larissa Biette (Belmont, Mass.) and freshman Gracy Mowers (Middleton, Mass.) each scored a 9.725. UNH totaled a 48.575.

•The Wildcat bar lineup brought the energy to Rotation 2, with Kratchwell scoring a 9.875 for third place in Session I and share of fifth overall. Gorgenyi and Brown each hit for a 9.850 to share seventh place, and senior Hailey Lui (Collegeville, Pa.) posted a 9.800 as the 'Cats scored a 49.150.

•Worthington shined on an otherwise difficult beam rotation for UNH, which finished with a 47.575.

•The resilient Wildcats bounced back in the fourth rotation to overtake Pitt for second place by virtue of a 49.100. The final five members of the lineup all exceeded 9.800, led by matching 9.850s (T-10th) from Lui and Brown and a 9.800 from Gorgenyi, Mowers and Worthington.

NEXT UP
•The NCAA Gymnastics Championship Selection Show is slated for Tuesday, March 22, at 12 p.m. on NCAA.com. UNH will learn which of its individual gymnasts will be selected, based on NQS, to compete as specialists at NCAA Regionals.
•Host schools for NCAA Regionals are Illinois (Champaign, Ill.), Washington (Seattle, Wash.), Auburn (Auburn, Ala.) and N.C. State (Raleigh, N.C.).

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