Temple Falls to Top-Ranked Opponents at the Lone Star Challenge

Saturday, January 11

San Antonio, TX

2:00 PM EST

Temple University

192.350

195.400

Maryland

Temple Falls to Top-Ranked Opponents at the Lone Star Challenge

1.11.25 | Women's Gymnastics

Full Results

SAN ANTONIO – The Owls wrapped up competition at the Lone Star Challenge Saturday afternoon after taking on #7 Auburn, #9 Penn State, Maryland, and Arizona State. Temple ended the meet with a 192.350 overall score.

Temple will be back on the road next Saturday when they travel to Brooklyn, N.Y. to face LIU in the EAGL season opener.

ROTATION 1 (BEAM: 47.650)

Brooke Donabedian matched her score from last week on the balance beam, finishing the day with a 9.700. That score marked the top one for the Owls on the apparatus.
Renee Schugman and Madison Dorunda each tallied higher scores on beam down in Texas.
The duo ended the event each with a 9.675. Kyrstin Johnson and Summer Ruskey scored 9.575 and 9.025, respectively. This was Ruskey's first event on beam this season.

ROTATION 2 (FLOOR: 48.925)

Yet again, the Cherry and White shined on the floor in today's competition. Two Owls finished within the top-10 on the apparatus.
Johnson and Ruskey finished their routines scoring 9.850 each. This score marks season-highs for both gymnysts.
The 9.850 for both was good enough to rank them tied for sixth overall in the meet.
Madison Dorunda and Renee Schugman recorded a 9.750, which marks a season-high for Dorunda.
Hannah Weklar and Brooke Donabedian rounded out the group, scoring a 9.725 and a 9.075, respectively.

ROTATION 3 (VAULT: 48.625)

Temple continued strong, improving upon their vault scores from last week.
Three Owls finished with the high scores on the team sitting at 9.750. Amelia Budd, Nikki Rengifo, and Harmony Haro represented those scores.
Schugman did not finish far behind the trio, ending her routine with a 9.725. Weklar and Johnson followed Schugman, each scoring a 9.650.

ROTATION 4 (BARS: 47.150)

The Owls finished the day on bars, which ultimately was where they struggled the most during the meet.
In her first event of the season, however, Sarah Stallings led Temple scoring a 9.700.
Reese DeHaan and Weklar represented 9.650 each, with Breanna Varano following behind with a 9.525.
Dorunda and Mariella Brueck followed in with an 8.625 and a 8.425, respectively.

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