'Cats Finish Runner-Up to Penn at Home Quad Meet

Sunday, January 29

Durham, N.H.

2 PM

University of New Hampshire

192.750

195.025

Penn

Alyssa Beaulieu and Lindsey Bruck Ayotte

Head Coach Lindsey Bruck Ayotte celebrates Alyssa Beaulieu's first-place floor performance (Photo by Stu Horne)

Photo by: Stu Horne

1/29/2023 7:59:00 PM | Women's Gymnastics

Mowers, Gorgenyi, Beaulieu Earn Individual Victories; Wildcats defeat Yale, UW-Whitewater

DURHAM, N.H. – Sophomore Gracy Mowers (Middleton, Mass.), senior Kylie Gorgenyi (North Reading, Mass.) and sophomore Alyssa Beaulieu (Holyoke, Mass.) each registered an event victory, and the UNH gymnastics team placed runner-up to Penn in Sunday afternoon's quad meet before a jam-packed crowd of 1,084 at Lundholm Gym.

UNH (7-2, 2-0 EAGL) scored a 192.750 to defeat Yale (192.700) and Wisconsin-Whitewater (191.350). Penn won the meet with a 195.025.

Mowers topped all scores on vault (9.800), Gorgenyi equaled a career high (9.900) to win uneven bars and Beaulieu tallied a 9.800 for first place on floor exercise.

Penn 195.025, UNH 192.750, Yale 192.700, UW-Whitewater 191.350
Sunday, January 29 • Lundholm Gym • Durham, N.H.
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HOW IT HAPPENED
•The Wildcat vault lineup featured five Top-5 scores. Mowers' 9.800 was followed by senior co-captain Robyn Kelley (Wakefield, Mass.) and freshman Serena Mullin (Hamden, Conn.), who shared second place (9.775) with Penn's Kiersten Belkoff. Beaulieu and Gorgenyi tied for fifth (9.750).

•Gorgenyi anchored the bar lineup with her PB-matching performance, freshman Leah Moreno (Cary, N.C.) set a career high with a 9.825 for fourth place while senior co-captain Kenadi Brown (Las Vegas, Nev.) and senior Jacy Whitehead (Houston, Texas) were part of a seventh-place tie with a 9.775.

•Mullin registered the team-high balance beam score with a 9.700 (T-7^th), but the Wildcats fell out of first place after being forced to count three falls.

•UNH snapped back in the final rotation on floor, headlined by Beaulieu's first-place finish. Gorgenyi and Brown tallied matching marks of 9.775 to share second with Penn's Isabel Song and Marissa Lassiter.

NEXT UP
•The Wildcats visit Texas Woman's University for a tri-meet that includes Iowa State on Sunday, Feb. 5, starting at 3 p.m. ET.

NEXT HOME MEET – SUNDAY, FEB. 12 - STICK IT FOR THE CURE
•UNH returns to the Whittemore Center for a mid-season EAGL quad meet and Stick It for the Cure on Sunday, Feb. 12, at 1 p.m. The Wildcats put their unbeaten 2-0 league record on the line against George Washington, Long Island and North Carolina. For tickets, visit UNHWildcats.com/Tickets or call 603-862-4000.

Tickets on Sale for 2023 EAGL Championship – Saturday, March 18 – 1 p.m., 7 p.m.
In its final season as an eight-time conference, EAGL's eight members compete at the Whittemore Center in the 2023 EAGL Championship on Saturday, March 18. George Washington, Long Island, North Carolina, N.C. State, Pittsburgh, Temple and Towson challenge UNH, which has won EAGLs the last three seasons (2003, 2014, 2019) it hosted at the Whitt. Tickets are available for both the 1 p.m. quad meet and the 7 p.m. quad meet (UNH will be in the night session) at UNHWildcats.com/Tickets or by calling 603-862-4000.