Wolfpack Splits With Ball State, William And Mary In Tri-Meet

RALEIGH - In result of sweeping the podium on bars and floor and posting the top team score on vault and floor, the No. 24 NC State gymnastics team came away from its tri-meet with Ball State and WIlliam and Mary on Friday evening with a final mark of 194.850 - its second-highest performance of the season.

The Wolfpack split the meet, as the Cardinals earned a 194.950 and the Tribe finished the evening with a 192.275. In addition to two event podium sweeps NC State posted 11 top five finishes, season-best team scores on vault and floor and three gymnasts earned career-high marks in their respective events.

Team Scores

	Vault	Bars	Beam	Floor
Ball State (194.950)	49.000	48.775	48.350	48.825
NC State (194.850)	49.025	48.475	48.400	48.950
William and Mary (192.275)	48.125	47.225	48.450	48.475

Wolfpack Top-Five Finishes
Vault: Chelsea Knight - 9.850 - 1st
Vault: Paris Phillips - 9.825 - 3rd
Bars: Melissa Brooker - 9.875 - 1st
Bars: Hannah Sobhan - 9.825 - 2nd
Bars: Amanda Fillard - 9.800 - 3rd
Beam: Chelsea Knight - 9.825 - 1st
Beam: Caitlyn Fillard - 9.750 - 4th
Floor: Paris Phillips - 9.900 - 1st
Floor: Alexa Phillips - 9.800 - 2nd
Floor: Drew Grantham - 9.800 - 3rd
All-Around: Paris Phillips - 39.000

From The Coach's Perspective
"I thought we looked better today than we have so far this year, and I think the point of the early part of the season is to get the kinks out and figure out the lineups for the season," said head coach Mark Stevenson." You make those changes as you go through the season and look to get better over the year. Vault was really strong, and we had nice routines on bars but counted a fall, which was the first we've had to count all year on that event. On beam we made some mental errors and got nervous on the easy skills, but I loved floor and was really proud of of the way we performed despite only having five girls in the lineup. Paris had a phenomenal routine, that was the second one in a row. Overall I'm happy with the meet, it's always tough losing by one-tenth of a point but have a lot more chances to win."

Meet Recap
Vault
NC State started the meet off on a strong note, posting a season-best team score of 49.025 on vault. Chelsea Knight tabbed a mark of 9.850 to win the event. Paris and Alexa Phillips followed Knight with scores of 9.825 and 9.800 to finish third and sixth, in respective order. Amanda and Caitlyn Fillard rounded out the top five scores as both earned 9.775's to finish in a tie for seventh in the overall standings.

Bars
On bars NC State swept the individual standings, as Melissa Brooker won with a career best 9.875, Hannah Sobhan placed second with a score of 9.825 in her second outing of the season and Amanda Fillard rounded out the podium with a 9.800.

The team collectively posted a score of 48.475, as Paris Phillips additionally notched a 9.750 to finish seventh.

Beam
Knight earned her second event win of the night on beam as she posted a 9.825, while Caitlyn Fillard took fourth overall with a 9.750. As a team NC State finished with a 48.400 on the event.

Floor
The Pack closed the meet out with a season best 48.950 on floor and swept the podium, as Paris Phillips posted the only 9.900 of the night to win the event and set a career best. Alexa Phillips and Drew Grantham tied for second as both earned 9.800's, and Grantham's outing marked a career high. Knight and Alexis Beucler rounded out the top five scores on the rotation as Knight posted a 9.750 to take ninth and Beucler earned a 9.700 to finish 11th in the first floor outing of her career.

All-Around
Thanks to her vault and floor scores, Paris Phillips won the all-around competition with a 39.000. Knight finished fourth in the standings with a 38.650.

Up Next
The Pack will return to action Jan. 27 when it hosts Southern Utah. The meet is set for a 7 p.m. start inside Reynolds Coliseum.

Wolfpack Splits With Ball State, William And Mary In Tri-Meet

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Players Mentioned

Melissa Brooker

Amanda Fillard

Caitlyn Fillard

Drew Grantham

Chelsea Knight

Alexa Phillips

Paris Phillips

Hannah Sobhan