Gymnastics Earns Second Straight Meet Win; Earns Wins on Each of the Four Apparatuses

NEW HAVEN, CONN. – The Temple Owls gymnastics team earned its second straight meet victory of the season, outscoring Yale Bulldogs 194.950 to 193.600 with all four event victories going to the Cherry and White.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Temple 194.950 score marked its season-best effort.
Six Cherry and White gymnasts earned a piece of four event victories on Sunday.
Temple earned a season-high score on the vault with a 48.725 and on the floor with 48.575.
In total, Temple earned six scores of 9.8 or higher throughout the four apparatuses.
Ashley Glynn (beam, bars) and Charlie Behner (vault, floor), and Anna Hill (vault) made their season debuts on various events.

Bars (Rotation 1 – 48.775)

Glynn and Sarah Stallings shared the event victory as they scored matching 9.825s.
Junior Cyrena Whalen also added a top-five finish (4th) as she scored a 9.725. Whalen has started out 2023 earning at least a 9.7 score each time out on the bars.
Sophomores Hannah Stallings and Madison Dorunda finished in sixth place with matching 9.7 scores.

Vault (Rotation 2 – 48.725)

Over on the vault, the Owls had the top-four scores of the day.
Anna Hill made her season debut on the vault as she scored a meet-best 9.800, marking the fourth time in her career the sophomore would achieve at least a 9.8 score.
Following behind Hill was Mackenzie Aresta and senior Madison Brooks who tied for second place with 9.775s. The freshman Behner finished fourth with a 9.75.

Floor (Rotation 3 – 48.575)

Renee Schugman picked up her first event victory of the season and the second of her career as she finished with a 9.850, matching her season-high from earlier in the season.
Brooke Donabedian scored 9.775 on the floor, her third score of 9.7 or better this season on the apparatus.
Behner tied with three Yale gymnasts for fourth place, scoring a 9.750.

Beam (Rotation 4 – 48.875)

Madison Dorunda, Julianna Roland, and Donabedian tied for the top spot on the beam with matching 9.825s. It would mark the first career win with a new career-high score for Dorunda on the beam, the third-career win on the beam for Roland at Temple, and fourth for Donabedian.
With the three 9.825s, it's the second time this season that the Cherry and White would achieve that accomplishment.

Coach Nilson on his team's performance
"The team stuck together perfectly today. For the first time this season we did not count any major mistakes. We still have a lot to improve on- but this is a big step forward. We had a few key routines not hit, which hurt our score in the end. But this was a full team effort." said Nilson. We also were able to see some of our freshmen step up- Charlie hit her two events in her debut on Vault and Floor, Ashley hit her debut on bars and beam, and Amanda went 9.8 on beam in the exhibition spot. This team is hungry for more. It's a short week, and then we head to Towson for the EAGL quad meet. We are exited for the future!"

Up Next
Temple returns to action on Friday, Feb. 10 as they travel to the Towson tri-meet. The meet is scheduled for a 6 p.m. start.

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