North Carolina State University Athletics
Gymnastics to Compete in EAGL Championship Sunday Afternoon
3/21/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Gymnastics
RALEIGH, N.C.- Coming off its second-highest team score of the season, the NC State gymnastics team will head to Towson to compete in the EAGL Championship Sunday afternoon.
Competition is slated for a 12 p.m. start inside the Towson Center.
From the Coach's Perspective
"We're really looking forward to this weekend's EAGL Championship. We're very confident that we are among a group of three of four teams that have the potential to win the title. We had an outstanding performance last weekend, and will need to repeat what we did in Missouri. As a group we have finally started to mature with as young of a team as we are, and believe we have positive things coming for us."- Mark Stevenson, head coach
Last Time Out
NC State faced Missouri in its final meet of the regular season, posting its second-highest team score of the season with a 196.000.
The team notched top-three season scores on bars, beam and floor, and posted several individual career-high marks.
Scouting the Conference
With NC State, the EAGL's league members are: Towson, New Hampshire, George Washington, UNC-Chapel Hill and Pittsburgh.
New Hampshire tops the conference with a 14-7 record with a 195.660 regional qualifying score (RQS) on the season, and is listed at No. 26 in the troester.com polls. Narrowly behind the Tigers is George Washington with an 18-2-1 record and a 195.325 RQS on the season.
Rounding out the top three of the conference is the Wolfpack with a 6-9 record and a 195.270 RQS heading into the weekend.
George Washington has nine listed in the top-five of the four events and the all-around competition, with four of those spots from vault. Hew Hampshire has seven gymnasts in the top five of the conference event rankings, holding two spots on bars and beam.
The Pack is familiar with clinching conference titles as the program has won six in its existence, with its most recent title from 2013. The program has won three in the last eight years.
