Kylie Gorgenyi set a career high with a 9.925 on floor exercise.
Photo by: Stu Horne
'Cats Score Season-High 195.875 in Stick It for the Cure Meet
2/11/2024 5:49:00 PM | Women's Gymnastics
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Gorgenyi posts career-high on floor exercise and wins all-around as Wildcats place third
DURHAM, N.H. – Graduate student Kylie Gorgenyi (North Reading, Mass.) tallied a personal-best 9.925 floor-exercise score and won the all-around for the fourth time in five meets to help the UNH gymnastics team total a season-high 195.875 in Sunday's Stick It for the Cure quad meet in the Whittemore Center at Key Auto Group Complex.
UNH (8-4, 1-1 EAGL) finished third in the competitive meet that saw Towson (196.300) edge Rutgers (196.200) for the victory. Brown placed fourth with a 194.700.
Gorgenyi earned podium finishes on vault (9.850, T-3rd), uneven bars (9.850, T-3rd), floor (9.925, T-1st) and all-around (39.275, 1st).
Jenna DeVincenzo celebrates her career-high 9.850 on balance beam.
Senior Jenna DeVincenzo (Bethpage, N.Y.) received the team's Katie Baldwin Expression Award after scoring a 9.800 on vault and setting a career high on balance beam (9.850).
Stick It for the Cure Pink Meet
Towson 196.300, Rutgers 196.200, UNH 195.875, Brown 194.700
Sunday, February 11, 2024
Whittemore Center at Key Auto Group Complex • Durham, N.H. Results (PDF) • Results (HTML)
HOW IT HAPPENED
•Gorgenyi ancored the vault lineup to share third with Towson's Adriana Hoffman. Towson's Elise Tisler won vault with a 9.925, which edged Rutgers' Emily Leese (9.850). DeVincenzo's 9.800 tied for ninth, and the 'Cats totaled a 48.875.
•On bars, Gorgenyi again paced UNH from the No. 6 spot in the lineup with a 9.850 to tie for third place with TU's Grace Vaillancourt and RU's Elia Aird. Avery Balser of Rutgers finished first with a 9.900, one place ahead of Towson's Isabella Minervini (9.875). DeVincenzo posted a 9.800 (T-8th), and UNH amassed a 48.750.
•DeVincenzo and sophomore Serena Mullin (Hamden, Conn.) headlined New Hampshire's beam squad with a 9.850 to share third with Towson's Sarah Girot. Junior Alyssa Beaulieu (Holyoke, Mass.) placed sixth with a season-high 9.825. The Wildcats scored a 48.950.
•UNH scored a 49.300 on floor, with five gymnasts exceeding a 9.825. Gorgenyi's career-best tied Leese and Brown's Julia Bedell for first place, while Mullin shared fifth by virtue of her strong 9.875. Senior Sierra Bauman (Wallingford, Conn.) registered a personal-high 9.850 for a share of eighth, while graduate student Kenadi Brown (Las Vegas, Nev.) and senior Maya MacDonald(East Greenbush, N.Y.) each scored a 9.825 (T-15th).
•Gorgenyi improved her EAGL-leading all-around average to 39.110.
NEXT UP – AT GEORGE WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16 – 7 P.M.
•The Wildcats will compete in George Washington University's Pink/Barbie Meet at the Charles E. Smith Center on Friday, Feb. 16 (7 p.m.). That five-team meet is scheduled to also feature Towson, Kent State and William & Mary.
NEXT HOME MEET – SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25 – 2 P.M. • SENIOR DAY
•The UNH gymnastics team honors its senior class in its Senior Day quad meet versus Fisk, Rhode Island College and Southern Connecticut State on Sunday, Feb. 25 (2 p.m.) in the Whittemore Center at Key Auto Group Complex. It will be a Celebration of Girls & Women in Sports with the first 200 fans in attendance receiving a free Wildcat headband. For tickets, visit UNHWildcats.com/Tickets or call 603-862-4000.
