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Wolfpack Earns Season-High 196.725 at LIU
2/13/2022 6:04:00 PM | Women's Gymnastics
BROOKVILLE, N.Y. - The NC State gymnastics team posted an impressive performance in a dual meet at LIU on Sunday, recording its highest score of the season with a 196.725. LIU tabbed a 195.050.
The team score was not only NC State's highest score of the season but is the highest score by an East Atlantic Gymnastics League (EAGL) team so far in 2022.
The 196.725 additionally ranks as the 10th-best score in program history and was earned through three event scores of 49.000 or higher.
On vault, the team tied its season-best mark of 48.975. Shruthi Anand and Alexis Ortega each recorded a career-high 9.850, and the score was good to earn each of them a first-place finish in the event. Lauren Rutherford tied for third place on the apparatus with a 9.775.
The Pack opened the meet on bars with a season-high 49.300, a mark that tied the ninth-highest event score in program history. Carina Jordan led off with a 9.875, a mark that was also earned by Ortega and Emily Shepard. The three members of the Pack tied for first place on the event, and it was a career best for Ortega.
Lauren Rutherford attained a career high of 9.850 on bars, and Hailey Merchant joined her in a new career best with her 9.825.
NC State tied its season-high mark of 49.200 on beam, continuing a strong season on the apparatus. Ortega and Nicole Webb each charted a 9.875, tying with LIU's Cael Bixler for the individual title. Macy Jennings and Shepard each recorded a 9.825, and Kailin Foland earned her highest score of the season on beam with a 9.800.
Floor saw the team tab a 49.250, its second-highest team mark of the year. Gabrielle Diaz led the squad with a career-high 9.900, good to make her part of a tie for second place with teammate Emily Shepard who also garnered a 9.900.
Nicole Webb tabbed a 9.850 on floor while Lauren Rutherford posted a 9.825.
STRAIGHT FROM THE PACK: HEAD COACH KIM LANDRUS
"Today was the culmination of this week's consistency and performance in the gym," said head coach Kim Landrus. "Top to bottom, the team was dialed in. Individually, they stayed in the moment and then as a team, they used the energy to fuel them until the very last routine."
UP NEXT
NC State hosts EAGL foe North Carolina Saturday, Feb. 19 at 4 p.m. in Reynolds Coliseum.
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