Temple University Athletics
Sunday, January 22
Collegeville, PA
3:00 p.m.
Temple University
187.975
vs
183.125
Ithaca
Photo by: Mitchell Leff
Seniors Lead Women's Gymnastics to First Place Finish at Ursinus
1.22.12 | Women's Gymnastics
Results
COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. – Led by strong performances by the members of its senior class, the Temple women's gymnastics team posted an all-around score of 185.975 to take first place in Sunday's meet at Ursinius, topping Ithaca College (183.125) and the host Ursinus (180.350).
After being held out at last week's meet at George Washington as a precaution, graduate student Kate Canning made her glorified return after sitting out all of last season to recover from an injury. Canning showed she hadn't lost her luster, as she competed in all-around and ended up finishing as the top competitor in the three-squad meet. The Billerica, Mass. native totaled 38.275 through her events, to finish ahead of Ithaca's Jessica Bolduc (37.800). Senior Corrine Williams also competed all-around for the Owls, in which she placed third with a score of 37.575.
“The performance by our seniors showed how they are leaders by example,” head coach Aaron Murphy said. “With what all of them did today, it proves to all the other schools that these seniors are coming out to get you. I think they set a great example for our underclassmen, especially the freshmen, since it gives them a sense of how to perform in these kind of environments.”
The Owls had a top-finisher in every event on Sunday, including Canning, senior Kaity Watson and Williams.
Canning and Watson snagged the top-two spots, in that order, on the vault with scores of 9.725 and 9.600, respectively.
In that same event Williams and Jasmine Johnson posted solid scores to earn spots inside the top 10, to place back-to-back in fifth and sixth place.
Despite still needing to work on hitting their points more effectively on uneven parallel bars as a unit, Watson and Canning managed to put out impressive performances. Watson took first place on the apparatus with a score of 9.550, while Canning came up third, earning 9.350 points in the event.
On the balance beam, it was pretty much all Temple, as five of its competitors placed within the top seven in the apparatus event.
Williams topped the event with a first place score of 9.675 on the vault, which was ahead of Canning's second place output of 9.600 and junior Jean Alban's third place finish (9.500).
Sophomores Sylvie Borschel and Brittanie DeMeno placed in the order if sixth and seventh on the beam, to help Temple infiltrate a majority of spots in the event's top 10.
In the day's final event, Temple continued to demonstrate its consistency when the competition moved to the mats. On floor, the Owls placed five of its performers in the top four.
For the second time on the day, Williams led the way with an event-high score. In the exercise, Williams score 9.750, ahead of Jasmine Johnson (9.700) and freshman Stephanie Verry (9.625) in second and third.
Borschel and Canning had like scores of 9.550 to tie for fourth place in the event.
Senior Alexandra Uscatu was held out of the lineup for the second straight meet due to an injured foot. Uscatu, who performs on
vault, balance beam and floor exercise, will be evaluated on a day-to-day basis.
Temple will return to action on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. when it travels to Rutgers to goes up against the Scarlet Knights.
COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. – Led by strong performances by the members of its senior class, the Temple women's gymnastics team posted an all-around score of 185.975 to take first place in Sunday's meet at Ursinius, topping Ithaca College (183.125) and the host Ursinus (180.350).
After being held out at last week's meet at George Washington as a precaution, graduate student Kate Canning made her glorified return after sitting out all of last season to recover from an injury. Canning showed she hadn't lost her luster, as she competed in all-around and ended up finishing as the top competitor in the three-squad meet. The Billerica, Mass. native totaled 38.275 through her events, to finish ahead of Ithaca's Jessica Bolduc (37.800). Senior Corrine Williams also competed all-around for the Owls, in which she placed third with a score of 37.575.
“The performance by our seniors showed how they are leaders by example,” head coach Aaron Murphy said. “With what all of them did today, it proves to all the other schools that these seniors are coming out to get you. I think they set a great example for our underclassmen, especially the freshmen, since it gives them a sense of how to perform in these kind of environments.”
The Owls had a top-finisher in every event on Sunday, including Canning, senior Kaity Watson and Williams.
Canning and Watson snagged the top-two spots, in that order, on the vault with scores of 9.725 and 9.600, respectively.
In that same event Williams and Jasmine Johnson posted solid scores to earn spots inside the top 10, to place back-to-back in fifth and sixth place.
Despite still needing to work on hitting their points more effectively on uneven parallel bars as a unit, Watson and Canning managed to put out impressive performances. Watson took first place on the apparatus with a score of 9.550, while Canning came up third, earning 9.350 points in the event.
On the balance beam, it was pretty much all Temple, as five of its competitors placed within the top seven in the apparatus event.
Williams topped the event with a first place score of 9.675 on the vault, which was ahead of Canning's second place output of 9.600 and junior Jean Alban's third place finish (9.500).
Sophomores Sylvie Borschel and Brittanie DeMeno placed in the order if sixth and seventh on the beam, to help Temple infiltrate a majority of spots in the event's top 10.
In the day's final event, Temple continued to demonstrate its consistency when the competition moved to the mats. On floor, the Owls placed five of its performers in the top four.
For the second time on the day, Williams led the way with an event-high score. In the exercise, Williams score 9.750, ahead of Jasmine Johnson (9.700) and freshman Stephanie Verry (9.625) in second and third.
Borschel and Canning had like scores of 9.550 to tie for fourth place in the event.
Senior Alexandra Uscatu was held out of the lineup for the second straight meet due to an injured foot. Uscatu, who performs on
vault, balance beam and floor exercise, will be evaluated on a day-to-day basis.
Temple will return to action on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. when it travels to Rutgers to goes up against the Scarlet Knights.
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