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NC State Earns Wins Over Rutgers, Brown, Southern Connecticut State
3/4/2022 11:35:00 PM | Women's Gymnastics
PISCATAWAY, N.J. - The NC State gymnastics team posted a trio of wins on Friday, tabbing a 195.700 to defeat Rutgers (194.975), Brown (192.825) and Southern Connecticut State (189.100).
On vault, NC State registered a 48.600 team score. The squad was led by a trio of 9.775 marks earned by Gabrielle Kistner, Lucy Lehman and Lauren Rutherford. Lehman's vault marked her career debut for the Wolfpack.
Bars saw the Pack tab a 48.975 for its team score. Peyton Childs, making her career debut, led the team with a 9.850 in the anchor spot and tied for second place. Juniors Emily Shepard and Alexis Ortega charted a 9.800 each on the event.
Beam was the final event of the night, and NC State earned a season-high team mark of 49.300. The score on the apparatus tied the 10th-highest in program history, and four of NC State's beam competitors tied or set career highs on the event.
Shepard was the highest scorer on beam for the Pack, earning a career-best 9.925 to take first place. Webb tied her career best of 9.900, tying for second, and was followed by Kailin Foland's career-record 9.875. Gabrielle Diaz rounded things out with a 9.850, also a career high.
The squad compiled a 48.825 on floor. Rutherford earned a 9.875 on the apparatus, tying her career high and earning a second-place finish. Diaz continued a strong season as well, posting a 9.825 in the leadoff position to make her part of a tie for third place.
STRAIGHT FROM THE PACK: HEAD COACH KIM LANDRUS
"It's hard to express my feelings from tonight," said head coach Kim Landrus. "GRIT. DETERMINATION. FIGHT. This team was persistent throughout, culminating with a remarkable beam rotation.
"Gabby Diaz started the meet off for us on floor with a great routine, and then the rest of the lineup delivered some phenomenal performances. Moving to vault, a big shoutout to the back half of the line-up - Lauren's stuck vault, Lucy's collegiate debut, and then Gabrielle's great yurechenko half.
"We carried the internal momentum we had to bars and from top to bottom, I was proud of them. Lauren and Peyton…WOW what a way to end the bar line-up! Finishing on beam in the fashion we did, with a season-high beam performance says a lot.
"We are excited for Maryland! Another opportunity for this talented team before returning home to Reynolds next weekend."
UP NEXT
The Pack travels to College Park, Md., for a quad meet at Maryland with Yale and William & Mary. The meet is the final regular-season road matchup of NC State's season and is slated to take place Sunday, March 6 at 1 p.m.
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