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Gymnastics Earns Fourth-Straight Win, Tops No. 20 George Washington
2/26/2016 10:15:00 PM | Women's Gymnastics
Watkins earns three event wins on the day
TOWSON, Md.- In result of posting a season-high meet score and taking down its third top 25 opponent in 2016, the NC State gymnastics team earned its fourth-straight win of the season Friday evening in its quad meet at Towson with No. 20 George Washington and William and Mary.
The Wolfpack tabbed a final score of 195.925 inside SECU Arena, while the Colonials finished second with a 195.350. Host Towson finished third with a mark of 194.550 and the Tribe rounded out the meet with a 192.975.
NC State improves to 13-2 on its season, finishing the meet with a season-high team score on bars as well as nine top-five finishes, including three event wins from Brittni Watkins. Additionally, the team tabbed five career-high marks.Â
Team Scores
Vault | Bars | Beam | Floor | |
1. NC State (195.925) | 48.950 | 49.225 | 48.675 | 49.075 |
2. George Washington (195.350) | 48.875 | 48.425 | 49.000 | 49.050 |
3. Towson (194.550) | 48.450 | 48.700 | 48.725 | 48.675 |
4. William and Mary (192.975) | 48.350 | 48.225 | 47.750 | 48.650 |
Wolfpack Top-Five Finishes
Brittni Watkins: Vault, 9.900, 1st
Chelsea Knight: Vault, 9.800, 5th
Michaela Woodford: Bars, 9.875, T2nd
Brittni Watkins: Beam, 9.850, 2nd
Michaela Woodford: Beam, 9.825, T3rd
Brittni Watkins: Floor, 9.925, 1st
Alexa Phillips: Floor, 9.850, 3rd
Brittni Watkins: All-Around, 39.525, 1st
Chelsea Knight: All-Around, 39.075, 5th
From The Coach's Perspective
"We're so proud of our team win and season-high score tonight. We believe we're headed in the right direction as far as earning the team scores that we know we're capbable of getting. The girls showed a lot of heart, they all had a competitive edge and the drive to do they best they could with the strong competition they faced tonight," sais associate head coach Colleen Johnson.Â
"Going into the next few meets we just need to keep this momentum going and use the past couple of weekends as motivation to help us continue to improve. We had some errors tonight, which is a good thing because that means we have the ability to score even higher than we did tonight. We're excited for what's in store for the next few weeks with this team, we know that they're driven to make their statement this year and we're eager to see what awaits."
Meet Recap
Balance BeamÂ
NC State started its outing on beam, posting a team score of 48.675. The Pack was led by Watkins, who placed second on the event with a 9.850. Michaela Woodford was the team's second-highest finisher as she placed third with a score of 9.825.Â
Additionally, Amanda Fillard notched a mark of 9.775 to finish in a tie for 10th while Chelsea Knight posted a 9.725 to tie for 14th in the overall standings.Â
Floor ExerciseÂ
On its second rotation of the night, the team notched a mark of 49.075. Watkins picked up her first win of the meet as she tied her career-best score of 9.925, while Alexa Phillips posted a career-high mark of 9.850 to place third.
Woodford and Mackenzie Itcush tied for eighth place in the event standings after each tabbed a mark of 9.800, while Knight rounded out the top-five team scores with a 9.700 to finish 16th.Â
Vault
Heading into its third rotation the Pack sat in second place in the team standings, but posted a 48.950 to take the lead heading into its final rotation. Watkins earned her second win of the day on vault with a 9.9900, tying her career high, while Knight earned a 9.800 to finish fifth.Â
The Pack had three tab a score of 9.750, as Amanda Fillard, Paris and Alexa Phillips shared seventh place in the event standings, while Maggie Tamburro earned a 9.725 to tie for 13th. Paris Phillips's outing ties her career best on the rotation.Â
Uneven Bars
NC State closed out the meet by securing its win with its highest score of the season on bars with a 49.225. Woodford was the team's top finisher as she earned a second-place finish and second top-five finish on the meet with a score of 9.875.Â
Knight and Watkins each notched a 9.850 to tie for sixth place, while Fillard and Nicole Wild both earned a score of 9.825 to tie for eighth. Wild and Woodford's performances tied their career-best mark on the event.
All-AroundÂ
Watkins tied her career best as an all-arounder, posting a 39.525 to grab her third win of the day. Chelsea Knight earned her second top-five finish of the meet with a 39.075 to finish fifth.Â
Up Next
NC State will match up with the Colonials for the second-straight week in a dual meet March 4. The event is set for a 7 p.m. start inside George Washington's Charles E. Smith Center.
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