Temple University Athletics
CN8 TO BROADCAST TOWSON INVITATIONAL
2.12.04 | Women's Gymnastics
The Owls' vault team, which broke the school's all-time team vault record on February 8 at Penn, has provided Temple's most dependable performances this season. Juniors Alexis Zafferes and Katie Domenico, and sophomore Betsy Domenico serve as the core of the team, consistently scoring within the top four place-winners on the apparatus. Zafferes is undefeated on vault in dual meet competition and owns a 9.825 career high score.
Junior Erin Davis, who has placed first on bars in the past two meets, looks to dominate the competition at Towson. In Temple's last meet at Penn, Davis defeated the George Washington Invitational bars champion, Kara Dewhurst, and posted her personal best score, a 9.825.
Towson enters the meet ranked sixth in the southeast region. Temple and Towson last met on January 31, 2004 at the Maryland quad meet, where the Tigers outscored the Owls 194.275-189.30.
Rhode Island, ranked tenth in the northeast region, last competed against Temple at the Atlantic 10 Invitational on March 26, 2003, when the Rhody's defeated Temple 90.900-189.400. In the 2003 season Temple went 1-2 against Rhode Island.
Ranked tenth in the southeast region, James Madison has compiled a 3-5 record against the Owls since their first meeting in 1996. The Dukes last met Temple at the Towson Invitational on February 17, 2001, when Towson outscored the Owls 190.675-186.90.
