NC State
Pittsburgh
Wolfpack Records 196.025 in Win at Pittsburgh
2/8/2020 3:58:00 PM | Women's Gymnastics
PITTSBURGH, PA. - The NC State gymnastics team posted a 196.025 at East Atlantic Gymnastics League (EAGL) opponent Pittsburgh on Saturday, recording its second-highest score of the season. The Panthers notched a 195.350 in the dual meet.
The Wolfpack began competition on bars, compiling a 48.925 behind a 9.825 by Katie Cox and a pair of 9.800 scores by Lauren Kent and Emily Shepard. Cox's score was good for a second-place finish in the event while Kent and Shepard tied for third place.
On vault, Shepard recorded a 9.875 and finished on the podium in the event for the fifth consecutive meet, notching part of a three-way tie for first place. Her score tied her career best and marked the third time she has placed in or tied for first on vault this season.
Fellow freshman Chloe Negrete also tied her career-high score, posting a 9.800. Negrete took the fourth-place spot in the event. As a team, the Wolfpack tabbed a 48.700.
NC State's 49.275 floor score at the meet was its second-highest of the season. Negrete earned a career-high score on floor with a 9.875 and tied for second place. Alexis Beucler scored a 9.875 as well, tying her career high and tying for a second-place finish.
Kasey Nelson tied her career high in the rotation, posting a 9.850.
Senior Drew Grantham recorded a 9.900 on floor, tabbing a first-place finish. The score marks her seventh career 9.900 or higher in the event, tying her for fifth-most in program history on floor.
The final rotation of the day for NC State was beam, and the Wolfpack tied its season-high score in the event with a 49.125. Grantham led the way for the Wolfpack on the rotation, posting a career-best 9.950 and taking first place.
Negrete crossed the 9.900 threshold on beam for the first time in her career, tabbing a 9.925 for a second-place finish. Kent posted a 9.825 in the event, tying for fourth place with Pittsburgh's Kiley Robatin.
Kent tied her season-best all-around score with a 39.050, and Grantham recorded a 39.200 all-around mark.
STRAIGHT FROM THE PACK: HEAD COACH KIM LANDRUS
"Today was a total team effort," said head coach Kim Landrus. "We talked about 'one mindset' in our pre-meet meeting, and you could tell that no matter what circumstances arose the mindset stayed strong and 'as one.'
As a group, the team battled the entire competition. They dug down deep and came together with a collective energy that was contagious.
There were so many highlights, but to end the meet on beam with Chloe Negrete's 9.925Â and Drew Grantham's 9.950 was definitely a memory we will not forget."
UP NEXT
NC State returns to Valvano Arena at Reynolds Coliseum for a tri-meet with EAGL teams New Hampshire and North Carolina Saturday, Feb. 15 at 4 p.m.
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