Gymnastics: #21 WVU Sets Season High in Win
March 17, 2007 05:02 PM | General
March 17, 2007
MEET RESULTS | PHOTO GALLERY
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| Janáe Cox |
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The No. 21 West Virginia University gymnastics team scored a season high 195.275 points to win a quad meet on Senior Day at the WVU Coliseum on Saturday.
EAGL rival Rutgers came in second with 190.225 points. Temple took third with 189.975 points while Yale finished fourth with 186.925 points.
In picking up three victories, WVU head coach Linda Burdette secured her 13th 20-win season at West Virginia. The Mountaineers are now 21-8 with an 11-1 EAGL conference mark.
“I’m so pleased with how today’s meet went for our seniors,” said Burdette, who has seven 20-win seasons in the last 11 years. “We put together a great effort on all four events and that’s why we were able to get a new season high in the 195’s.”
West Virginia started the afternoon on one of its most consistent events, vault, and scored 49.025 points. The Mountaineers got 9.8s from senior Tynisha Dennis, senior Janáe Cox and Chelsi Tabor, which was a new career high for the freshman. Junior Jaime Gold had the team high with a 9.85 to claim the individual title.
West Virginia opened the second rotation on bars, and scored 49.050 points, the second highest total on that event of the season. Sophomore Mehgan Morris claimed the individual title with her fourth 9.9 on bars this season and third in the last four meets. Erica Watson tied her season high with a 9.85 and Cox tallied a 9.825 to round out WVU’s top three.
The Mountaineers then put together one of its best beam performances in recent weeks, scoring 48.225 points in the third rotation. Cox and senior Amie Bouchier took the top two spots with a 9.85 and 9.75, respectively.
WVU finished up strong on floor with 48.975 points to get the 195.275 total. WVU swept the individual results with Cox, Dennis and Morris all scoring 9.85s to tie for the meet’s top score. Morris’ 9.85 tied her season high.
Cox won the all-around by tying her season high with 39.325 points in her final regular season meet at the Coliseum. Today’s point total moved Cox past former Mountaineer gymnast Kristin Quackenbush for second all-time in career points with 1,904.175. Early 90’s gymnast Lajuanda Moody is the school’s all-time points leader with 1,933.7.
The Mountaineers next travel to face Minnesota in WVU’s final meet of the regular season on March 24, at 6 p.m., in Minneapolis, Minn.
