Gorgenyi's Personal Best Headlines Runner-Up Finish in Season Opener

Sunday, January 14

Durham, N.H.

2 PM

University of New Hampshire

194.800

195.225

LIU

Kylie Gorgenyi won vault, bars and floor and tied for first in AA with a personal-best 39.375.

Photo by: Stu Horne

Gorgenyi's Personal Best Headlines Runner-Up Finish in Season Opener

1/14/2024 5:46:00 PM | Women's Gymnastics

Wildcats defeat Bridgeport and place second to LIU; Gorgenyi wins three events

DURHAM, N.H. – Graduate student Kylie Gorgenyi (North Reading, Mass.) registered first-place finishes on vault, uneven bars and floor exercise while tying for first place in all-around with a personal-best 39.375 to lead the UNH gymnastics team to Sunday's runner-up finish (194.800) in a home-opening tri-meet against LIU (195.225) and Bridgeport (192.800) in the Whittemore Center at Key Auto Group Complex.

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Camper Appreciation Day Meet • Spread Respect Meet
LIU 195.225, UNH 194.800, Bridgeport (192.800)
Sunday, January 14 • Whittemore Center at Key Auto Group Complex • Durham, N.H.
Results (PDF) • Results (HTML)

HOW IT HAPPENED
•Gorgenyi began the meet with a career-high-matching 9.875 on vault to edge freshman teammate Anne Challman (Lewisburg, Pa.) for first place. Challman totaled a 9.825 in her collegiate debut to beat out third-place finishers, junior Jenna DeVincenzo (Bethpage, N.Y.) and sophomore Serena Mullin (Hamden, Conn.), who each set or tied a personal best with a 9.800. UB's Nova Staruk also tallied a 9.800 for a share of third. The Wildcats' event-winning 49.050 was their highest score of the meet.

•UNH also set the pace on bars with a 48.775, headlined by Gorgenyi's 9.850. LIU's Syd Morris placed second (9.800), while graduate student Kenadi Brown (Las Vegas, Nev.) scored a 9.775 to share third place with LIU's Kate Parks and Isabella Savino.

•The Sharks won balance beam with an impressive 49.200. Morris was nearly perfect with a 9.975 to top the podium. Mullin shared second place (9.825) with LIU's Alana Ricketts and Annalisa Page.

•Gorgenyi reigned supreme on floor by virtue of a 9.875 to narrowly claim victory over runner-up Challman (9.850) for the second time. Morris and Bridgeport's Lola Sepulveda shared third place with a 9.825.

•Gorgenyi and Morris deadlocked for the all-around championship, with Bridgeport's Abigail Kenney finishing third (39.000).

NEXT UP
•UNH (1-1) and LIU (2-0) meet again in one week, with the Sharks hosting a quad meet in the Pratt Recreation Center against the Wildcats, Yale and Southern Connecticut State on Sunday, Jan. 21 (2 p.m.). That UNH/LIU head-to-head encounter will count toward the EAGL regular-season standings.

NEXT HOME MEET – SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4 – 2 P.M. • NATIONAL GIRLS & WOMEN IN SPORTS DAY • HEROES DAY • TRADING CARDS
•The Wildcats' next home matchup is a dual meet against Southern Connecticut State on Sunday, Feb. 4 at 2 p.m. in Lundholm Gym. It will be National Girls & Women in Sports Day, Heroes Day and the official Wildcat gymnastics trading cards will be available. For tickets, visit UNHWildcats.com/Tickets or call 603-862-4000.

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