Gymnastics Breaks Road Score Record in Win at Towson

Friday, March 12

Towson, Md.

6:00 P.M.

Temple University

195.925

195.400

Towson

Photo by: Jackie Terpak

Gymnastics Breaks Road Score Record in Win at Towson

3.12.21 | Women's Gymnastics

Final Results (PDF)

TOWSON, M.D. — The Temple gymnastics team keeps getting better and better. The Owls set a new season best score of 195.925 tonight to defeat Towson (195.400) on the road. The 195.925 is the best road score in program history, smashing the previous road record, while also standing as the second highest overall score in school history.

Meet Notes
> Temple's score was just .125 off of the program record of 196.050 set at home in 2018.
> The Cherry & White's previous road score record was a 195.075, which the team surpassed by .850 tonight.
> Originally scheduled to be a tri-meet, George Washington was pulled from competition during warm-ups due to Covid contact tracing.
> Temple kept its scheduled starting rotation of floor, vault, bars, and beam, unusual in a dual meet, but the team used it to their advantage, starting on their two best events.
> The Owls hit season-best totals on vault (49.075) and bars (49.025), with the vault score standing as the third highest in program history and the bars score, the fifth highest.

Quotable: Head Coach Josh Nilson
> "I am proud of this team they have overcome so much to get to this point. They stuck together and worked as a team. They are fired up to compete again on Sunday, as the hunt for post season continues!"

Individual Notes
> Temple tallied 12 podium finishes led by four from junior Ariana Castrence and two from classmate Julianna Roland.
> Castrence won the All-Around with a 39.250 and tied for the bars title, while finishing third on both vault and floor. Roland was third on both beam and vault.
> Senior Faith Leary tied for the floor title, her fourth of the season.
> Freshman Renee Schugman took second on vault with her new career high of 9.850.
> Junior Nichole Smith and freshman Cyrena Whalen both finished third on bars with 9.825's, which marked a career best score for Smith and the first podium finish of her career.
> Rounding out the podium finishes, sophomore Madison Brooks took third on vault, while freshman Brooke Donabedian placed third on floor.

Floor
> As has been expected this season, it was another brilliant floor rotation for the Owls, as the team opened the meet with a 49.225.
> Leary led the way with a 9.875, the top score in the meet, while Castrence and Donabedian each tallied 9.850's to place third overall.
> A pair of 9.825's rounded out the counting scores as both senior Tori Edwards and Schugman hit for Temple.

Vault
> The Owls continued to roll into the second rotation, recording a season-best 49.075 on vault.
> Schugman led the way with a 9.850, which put her second overall,
> Castrence pulled out her double full for the first time this season, going 9.825.
> Roland and Brooks each hit for 9.825's, while sophomore Taylor Newland led off with a 9.750.

Bars
> Temple stayed hot into the bars rotation, going 49.025, a season-high.
> Ariana Castrence led the way with a 9.850, while both Smith and Whalen scored 9.825's.
> Edwards tallied a 9.800 and Brooks added a 9.725 to round out the highlights.

Beam
> Temple finished with a 48.600 on beam to finish out their season high score.
> Roland led the way for Temple with a 9.825, while Schugman tallied a 9.775.
> Castrence went 9.725 while senior Jordyn Oster tallied a 9.700.

Up Next
> Temple is back at Towson for a meet on Sunday, which has now become a tri-meet. The Owls will square off against the Tigers once again, adding UNH to the fold.