Gymnastics Scores 194.875, Takes Third at EAGL Championships

Results

RALEIGH, N.C. – The NC State gymnastics team wrapped up the 2017 EAGL Championships with a team score of 194.875 and a third-place finish. The team's finish ties its highest since the 2012 squad finished second. Individually, Paris Phillips scored a 9.900 to become NC State's 12^th EAGL Floor Champion in program history.

Team Scores

	Vault	Bars	Beam	Floor
George Washington (196.275)	49.025	48.750	49.275	49.225
New Hampshire (195.075)	48.550	48.625	49.300	48.600
NC State (194.875)	48.825	48.050	48.850	49.150
North Carolina (194.525)	48.825	47.475	49.100	49.125
Pittsburgh (194.100)	48.875	48.150	48.575	48.500
Towson (193.225)	48.150	48.625	47.825	48.625

From the Coach's Perspective:
"I was really proud of the kids considering what we've all gone through this year," head coach Mark Stevenson said. "We still had three of our top all-arounders watch from the stands and some of our other all-arounders only did two events, when they were doing four throughout the year. We were a little short on people and the kids that went out there put their hearts on the line and did a great job for us. Congratulations to Paris Phillips on winning the floor title."

"The two teams that I thought were considered first and second, finished first and second. I thought we had a chance if we were perfect, but we weren't quite perfect. When you don't have the depth, you have to be perfect in your major routines and we weren't. We had a couple mistakes and our scores were affected, but overall I was pleased."

Wolfpack Top-Five Finishes:
Bars: Melissa Brooker 4^th 9.800
Beam: Alexis Beucler 4^th 9.875
Floor: Paris Phillips 1^st 9.900
Floor: Chelsea Knight 2^nd 9.875
Floor: Drew Grantham 3^rd 9.850
AA: Chelsea Knight 3^rd 39.175

Meet Recap:

Vault
The Wolfpack opened the competition on vault and set the top team score in the first rotation of 48.825. All five scorers recorded scores of 9.750 and above. Chelsea Knight, Drew Grantham and Alexa Phillips led the way with scores of 9.775. Paris Phillips and Amanda Fillard finished with scores of 9.750 to round out the scoring.

Bars
NC State added a team score of 48.050 on bars. Melissa Brooker led the team with a 9.800 to finish fourth overall. Fillard took second on the team with a 9.775 and Knight finished third with a 9.750.

Beam
The Wolfpack scored a 48.850 as a team on beam, which ranks as its second-best beam score of the year. Alexis Beucler led the way for the team, scoring a career high 9.875 to finish fourth overall. Grantham added a 9.825 to finish second on the team and Chelsea Knight scored a 9.775. Hailey Memer scored a 9.700 for the first time in her career and Alexa Phillips tallied a 9.675 to round out the scorers for NC State on the rotation.

Floor
NC State concluded the meet with its best rotation of the night, scoring a 49.150 on floor. The Pack swept the podium on the event. Paris Phillips led the way with a 9.900 to win the event. Knight added a 9.875 to take second and Grantham scored a 9.850 to finish tied for third. Alexa Phillips added a 9.800 and Brooker scored a 9.725 to finish as the team's fifth scorer.

All-Around
In the all all-around competition, Knight took third overall with a team-leading 39.175. Grantham scored a 38.975 and Alexa Phillips rounded out the all-around scores with a 38.450.

Gymnastics Scores 194.875, Takes Third at EAGL Championships

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Players Mentioned

Alexis Beucler

Melissa Brooker

Amanda Fillard

Drew Grantham

Chelsea Knight

Alexa Phillips

Paris Phillips