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Women's Gymnastics Looks to Continue Improving at Rutgers Quad Meet
2.19.16 | Women's Gymnastics
PHILADELPHIA – Following its best performance of the season Saturday, Temple women's gymnastics is set for a short road trip to Rutgers University for a quad meet on Feb. 20. The Scarlet Knights will host Temple along with Ursinus and Penn for a sold-out 6:00 p.m. match-up.
Last weekend, the Owls put in an all-team effort to earn a season-best 192.325 at the IGI Chicago Style Meet. Now entering the latter half of the season, Temple sits fifth in the conference standings with a team average of 190.279. The Owls' season-high score, however, ranks fourth.
Junior Briana Odom has continued to show her consistency as a top all-around performer. Last weekend she posted a 38.7 that included a career-high 9.85 on floor and a pair of 9.7 marks on vault and bars. In the conference, Odom ranks second among all-around gymnasts and second on floor with an average of 9.721.
Sophomore Sahara Gipson has also continued to post strong scores on all four events. In Chicago, Gipson was able to log a career-high floor score of 9.775. Gipson also led the team on beam with a 9.675.
Making an impressive impact on the vault lineup last weekend was freshman Aya Mahgoub, who posted a team-leading 9.725 in her fifth collegiate competition.
Ursinus has met with Temple twice so far in 2016 with the Owls topping the Bears in both matches. Entering this weekend's competition, the Bears will have had an off week and will return to the floor after posting a season-high 187.7 at the Ken Anderson Memorial Invitational. Monique Brooks posted the highest score of the day for the Bears with a 9.725 on floor.
ECAC rival Penn last matched up with the Owls at the Lindsey Ferris Invitational in January. Currently, the Quakers hold a season high of 191.775, set last weekend at Towson. The team ranks third in the conference with an average of 190.675. Kyra Levi leads the conference on floor with an average score of 9.725 and the team boasts having at least one gymnast in the conference's top five on every event.
Saturday's meet will be the first meeting in 2016 between Temple and Rutgers. The two teams last met in 2014 when the Scarlet Knights hosted Penn State and Ursinus along with the Owls. Temple placed third in the meet with Rutgers taking second. Currently, Rutgers ranks 10th in the Big 10 Conference with a season average of 193.513. April Baker is holding her own in the competitive conference, sitting fourth on vault with a 9.837 average on the event.
Live scoring for the competition will be available here.
Last weekend, the Owls put in an all-team effort to earn a season-best 192.325 at the IGI Chicago Style Meet. Now entering the latter half of the season, Temple sits fifth in the conference standings with a team average of 190.279. The Owls' season-high score, however, ranks fourth.
Junior Briana Odom has continued to show her consistency as a top all-around performer. Last weekend she posted a 38.7 that included a career-high 9.85 on floor and a pair of 9.7 marks on vault and bars. In the conference, Odom ranks second among all-around gymnasts and second on floor with an average of 9.721.
Sophomore Sahara Gipson has also continued to post strong scores on all four events. In Chicago, Gipson was able to log a career-high floor score of 9.775. Gipson also led the team on beam with a 9.675.
Making an impressive impact on the vault lineup last weekend was freshman Aya Mahgoub, who posted a team-leading 9.725 in her fifth collegiate competition.
Ursinus has met with Temple twice so far in 2016 with the Owls topping the Bears in both matches. Entering this weekend's competition, the Bears will have had an off week and will return to the floor after posting a season-high 187.7 at the Ken Anderson Memorial Invitational. Monique Brooks posted the highest score of the day for the Bears with a 9.725 on floor.
ECAC rival Penn last matched up with the Owls at the Lindsey Ferris Invitational in January. Currently, the Quakers hold a season high of 191.775, set last weekend at Towson. The team ranks third in the conference with an average of 190.675. Kyra Levi leads the conference on floor with an average score of 9.725 and the team boasts having at least one gymnast in the conference's top five on every event.
Saturday's meet will be the first meeting in 2016 between Temple and Rutgers. The two teams last met in 2014 when the Scarlet Knights hosted Penn State and Ursinus along with the Owls. Temple placed third in the meet with Rutgers taking second. Currently, Rutgers ranks 10th in the Big 10 Conference with a season average of 193.513. April Baker is holding her own in the competitive conference, sitting fourth on vault with a 9.837 average on the event.
Live scoring for the competition will be available here.
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