Season High Score Not Enough as Gymnastics Falls in Nailbiter at UNH

Saturday, January 30

Durham, N.H.

3:00 P.M.

Temple University

193.650

193.675

New Hampshire

Photo by: Zamani Feelings

Season High Score Not Enough as Gymnastics Falls in Nailbiter at UNH

1.30.21 | Women's Gymnastics

Final Results (PDF)

DURHAM, N.H. -- The Temple gymnastics team's season high score was just .025 off the pace of UNH, as the Owls dropped a dual meet to the Wildcats on Saturday afternoon on the road. UNH finished wth a 193.675 to Temple's 193.650, as the Owls dipped to 0-5 on the season, while UNH improved to 1-1.

Quotable: Head Coach Josh Nilson
> "This team has a lot of heart. We haven't hit our stride yet, but we will. We went into a hostile environment at UNH. They are the defending back to back champs in the EAGL and we knew it wasn't going to be an easy meet. We went from being down over 1.4 points after the first rotation, to taking the lead on the floor. UNH squeaked by us for a narrow .025 victory, but we won't be discouraged."
> "We will make adjustments, and get back to it against DU, and OU on Sunday."

Meet Notes
> Temple recorded its highest score of the season so far, as their 193.650 was .050 better than last week's effort.
> The Cherry and White scored a 49.250 on floor, the second highest score in program history.
> The Owls had six podium finishes, led by junior Ariana Castrence who took second on bars and third on vault, and junior Julianna Roland who was second on floor and tied Ari for third on vault.
> Other podium finishers were freshman Brooke Donabedian (BB - 3rd) and senior Faith Leary (FX - T2nd).

Bars
> Temple had a rough outing on bars, scoring just a 47.350, but ended up winning the event against UNH's 47.275.
> Castrence led the Owls in the anchor spot with a 9.750

Vault
> Temple scored 48.450 on vault in the second rotation with several solid efforts.
> Castrence and Roland, both notched 9.775's to tie for third place, while senior Tori Edwards had a huge vault, which scored well.

Floor
> A brilliant floor rotation followed for Temple, as the Owls scored a 49.250 on the event, just .050 off the program record.
> All five gymnasts scored 9.825 or above, led bye Leary and Roland who each scored 9.875 to tie for second place
> Donabedian tallied a 9.850, while seniors Tori Edwards and Jordyn Oster, along with freshman Renee Schugman each notched 9.825's .

Beam
> Temple ended the meet on beam, showing more confidence than weeks past, finishing with a 48.600.
> Donabedian led the Owls with a 9.800 taking third place, while Roland scored a 9.725.

Up Next:
> Temple will travel to Denver next weekend to take on the #7 Pioneers and #2 Oklahoma.