‘ MIT, SCSU, YALE at URI Friday, March 7th, 2008, 7pm Mackal Field House, Kingston, RI. By David F.P. (Scores from Troester.) Teams: (Last meet scores, high score, average score.) M.I.T. Engineers 179.9, 183.225, 180.025 SCSU Owls 185.7, 188.6, 185.4219 Yale Bulldogs 189.05, 189.25, 188.1571 URI Rams 187.75, 190.625, 188.425 Highest Team Event Score: MIT Floor 47.45 SCSU Floor 48.225 Yale Beam 48.325 URI Bars 48.3 Notes: There is a lot going on at this meet this Friday. First and foremost is that if the URI administration does not reverse there decision, this will be the last Rhody home meet ever. Senior night meets are always emotional and generally draw well, but this meet has a much larger significance given the circumstances. Still, regardless of the programs survival, it will be the last meet at Mackal for the senior class. This presumably means Kerry Cutler, Erica Heaney, Bridget Hild, Kara Machado, Bridget Murphy, Casey Pereira, Jamie Reyell, and Emily Rinaldo. They have all made appearances over the years and contributed to their team in various ways which will be covered at some point later on, as the season itself goes on even after the home finale. Yale returns to action after a week off, as they continue to wrap up their season with road meets. Yale is continuing to have a solid year and looks to consider their success in Kingston. They have had a variety of team and individual success stories this season. Division 2 Southern Connecticut has also been having a good year, and it’s up for grabs who will in the Division 2 ECAC Championships as the Owls and the Bridgeport Purple Knights have been both been producing a bunch of good scores. Division 3 MIT has had their share of individual successes as well, and it goes beyond Julia Zimmerman and Sophia Harrison, who are often picking up awards and accolades. The entire team is showing scoring improvements among the mix of rookies, sophomores, juniors, and seniors. It is unknown which all arounders will compete in the meet, but within the building there is a top of the top all arounders in the region as URI’s Riportella, MIT’s Zimmerman, and Harrison, Yale’s Liao, Kivisto, and Campbell, and SCSU’s Pysh and Basley will all be in the house. If even a few of those gymnasts compete AA it’ll be a lively All Around competition. It is hard to put into words the mix of talents that will pass through the gym this Friday, as the teams all utilize lineups with varying depth and abilities, but what is clear is that all four teams will put forth a lively floor rotation, and each have their own strengths and weaknesses across the other events. Top Scorers (High scores listed.) While all team members contribute in tangible and intangible ways, this is meant to serve as a snapshot of the top scorers for each team on each event. All Around MIT Harrison 38.1, Zimmerman 38.025 SCSU Pysh 38.05, Basley 37.65 Yale Liao 38.675, Kivisto 38.0, Campbell 37.8 URI Riportella 38.65 Vault MIT Zimmerman 9.675, Harrison 9.575 SCSU DiPinto 9.575, Basley 9.55, Pysh 9.5 Yale Liao 9.7, Mak 9.65, Tatsuno 9.625 URI Fraser 9.775, Wasilewski 9.65 Bars MIT Harrison 9.725, Zimmerman 9.475 SCSU Darst 9.7, Basley 9.65. Yale Liao 9.725, Lombardi 9.575, Kivisto 9.525, Yang 9.5 URI Heaney 9.825, Riportella 9.825, Rinaldo 9.775 Beam MIT Harrison 9.55, Zimmerman 9.45 SCSU Murray 9.7, Pysh 9.625, Guillerault 9.6. Yale Mak 9.775, Campbell 9.725, Liao 9.725, Tatsuno 9.725 URI Ginsburg 9.725, Lee 9.725, Riportella 9.7 Floor MIT Zimmerman 9.775, Harrison 9.625, Mingo 9.525 SCSU Pysh 9.825, DiPinto 9.8, Basley 9.675, Fern 9.65, Laraway 9.6. Yale Liao 9.825, Kivisto 9.75, Tatsuno 9.725, Campbell 9.7 URI Riportella 9.775, Fraser 9.7 Past year’s scorers: This is just a snapshot of some of the high scores from the year before among returnees. URI Vault Fraser’s team high of 9.825 on vault last year makes her the top highest scorer on that event, but Heaney (9.75) and Wasilewski (9.625) aren’t far behind. Only Gurney is gone from their top scorers of last year. Bars Heaney had the high score of 9.825 last year, though Rinaldo outscored that the year before with a 9.925 in 2006. Reyell’s 9.7 lead the rest of a Bars performers. Gurney and Tanner left two gaps in the lineup, but there’s plenty of candidates to fill the spots. Beam Gurney’s 9.725 was the team high score, but Pereira is returning and had a 9.7, Lee picked up a 9.675 high, and Ginsburg a 9.65. Bundra had a 9.6 high, but her and Gurney’s departure leaves Heaney, Hild, and Murphy who also had solid scores. Floor Gurney lead the way with a 9.825 last season, but Fraser had a high of 9.8, and Reyell, Pereira, and Machado all had 9.6 or above. Bundra had a 9.525, but Hild and Murphy matched that high as well. Yale: Vault: Tatsuno and Liao were the high scorers of the returnees with 9.65, Kivisto was behind them with a 9.6, Lombardi had a 9.4 Bars: Lombardi lead the team with a 9.75 high last year, Liao was second with a 9.7, Kivisto put up 9.55s, and Leung had a 9.475. Beam: Liao lead the team with a 9.8 last season, Kivisto had a 9.775, Tatsuno a 9.75, Campbell a 9.625, Lombardi a 9.625, and Mak a 9.575. Floor: Liao leads the returnees with a 9.8 high, Kivisto had a 9.675, and Tatsuno a 9.65. All Around: Liao had the top all around score last season with a 38.525, Kivisto had a 38.3. SCSU: Vault: Underwood, Pysh, and Murray all broke 9.5 last season. The top score from the Springfield meet, was also beaten or tied by DiPinto, and Jeffords Bars: Darst lead the team last year, but already topped her season high from 07 in one meet. Newcomer Basley also topped Darst’s high. Murray, Jeffords, and Holensworth were among the team leaders in scoring last season. Beam: Pysh had the top score of a 9.75 on this event last season. Some other of the top scorers graduated leaving Tomlinson, Jeffords, and Briere as the next highest scorers. Floor: Pysh lead the team last year, but annihilated her top score from then, as did DiPinto, and Basley also topped the previous season high. Briere had been the second highest floor scorer on the team last season, followed by Jeffords. All Around: Pysh lead the team with a 37.675, a top score she already topped this year. Jeffords also did all around with a 36.85. MIT: Of the returnees for MIT, Zimmerman led the team with highs on Vault (9.65) , Beam (9.6), and Floor (9.775) as well in the All Around with 38.3. Sophia Harrison led the team with a high of 9.65 on Bars. She had also had the second highest score of 9.55 on Vault, and Floor with a 9.475, as well as the All Around with a 37.65. Sarah Trowbridge had a second highest score of 9.525 on the Beam. 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