Gymnastics’ Floor Team Earns Sixth 49 of Season During Thursday Quad

Thursday, March 7

Philadelphia, Pa.

1:00 PM

Temple University

195.450

197.050

NC State

Gymnastics’ Floor Team Earns Sixth 49 of Season During Thursday Quad

3.7.24 | Women's Gymnastics

Meet Results (PDF)

Temple adds eight scores of 9.8 or better during meet

PHILADELPHIA – The Temple gymnastics team finished with its sixth 49 of the season on floor, on its way to a third place finish in Thursday's matinee home quad. The Owls scored a 195.450 behind first-place Maryland that scored a 197.050 and second-place NC State with a 196.750, but ahead of cross-town rival Penn with a 194.275.

HOW IT HAPPENED

No. 36 Maryland took control of the meet after rotation two on its way to earning event wins from Natalie Martin on beam with a 9.950, Alexa Rothenbuescher tying for first with 9.900 on the floor exercise, and Emma Silberman in the all-around, scoring a 39.075.
No. 21 NC State also earned got a pair of event wins from Ashley Knight on vault with a 9.925 and a 9.950 from Alexis Ortega on bars with a 9.950.
Temple's Sarah Stallings tied a career-best 9.900 on bars to take a share of third place.
All six Cherry and White floor team members went onto score a 9.750 or higher for a 49.100 in rotation four.

ROTATION 1 (VAULT – 48.500)

First-year gymnast Amelia Budd started off with a 9.750, her eighth score in nine outings, seventh straight with a 9.70 or better.
Fellow first-year gymnast Hannah Weklar scored a 9.700, her fifth straight 9.7 or better.
Senior Renee Schugman also earned a 9.700, her seventh score of 9.7 or better in 2024.

ROTATION 2 (BARS – 48.950)

With Stallings putting together a career-best routine on bars, Temple scored a season-high on the bars with 48.950, the second time in three weeks the team achieved that score.
Stallings' 9.900 is her fifth score of 9.8 or better, and eighth overall.
Sophomore Emily Johnson tied her career-high on the bars with a 9.825 from the Towson Dual meet on January 21 and the second time this season she would achieve that number.

ROTATION 3 (BEAM – 48.900)

Schugman, juniors Stallings and Madison Dorunda led Temple with scores above a 9.8 in rotation three.
The Smithtown, N.Y. native Schugman led the Owls with a season-high 9.850, while Stallings put in a career-best performance with a 9.825 and Dorunda earned her third straight 9.8 or better, also with a 9.825, fifth overall this season.

ROTATION 4 (FLOOR – 49.100)

In the second slot, Weklar made her debut on floor with a 9.775. Dorunda and Schugman sandwiched the freshman with a pair of 9.750s.
The Owls closed out the meet with three straight 9.8s. Starting with Summer Ruskey, the Taneytown, Md. native tied her season-high with a 9.850.
Coming off a career-best performance at NC State, freshman Payton Monk secured a 9.850 from the judges. Senior Brooke Donabedian capped Temple's night with a 9.875, her eighth 9.8 or better this season.

UP NEXT

Temple returns to the action on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. for Senior Day inside McGonigle Hall. Visiting North Broad Street will be the LIU Sharks, West Chester Golden Rams, and William and Mary Indians.

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