Gymnastics: WVU Downs Bridgeport
March 19, 2010 11:00 PM | General
March 19, 2010
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| Amy Bieski |
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University gymnastics team ran with an early lead and brushed past Bridgeport, 194.725-190.85, this evening at the WVU Coliseum.
The Mountaineers (14-7, 7-0 EAGL) closed their regular-season schedule with their third-straight win over the Purple Knights (25-9); WVU has never lost to UB.
WVU won in convincing fashion, defeating UB on each event. The Mountaineers peaked in the fourth rotation, scoring 49.025 on floor with one season-high and two career-best scores. The squad also tallied 48.925 on vault, 48.6 on bars and 48.175 on beam.
Junior Amy Bieski finished first overall for the third-straight meet with 38.85 points. The mark pushes the Nanticoke, Pa., native’s career-point total to 1,396.7. Bieski now ranks 18th on the WVU all-time career points list.
The Mountaineers wasted no time jumping out to an early lead with a 48.925 vault showing. The Purple Knights opened on bars and scored 47.3 points.
Senior Chelsi Tabor made the most of her last home dual meet, finishing first overall on vault with a 9.9 score. The mark is the second 9.9-plus score of the season for the Beckley, W.Va., native, and the seventh of her career. She continues to rank seventh on the WVU vault all-time list.
Bieski finished second overall on vault with a 9.825 score, while freshman Alaska Richardson took third place and matched a career-best 9.8 mark.
WVU built on its lead in the second rotation, scoring 48.6 on bars and pushing its combined total to 97.525. UB tallied 47.55 on vault and continued to trail with 94.85 points.
Sophomore Nicole Roach matched a season-best bars score with a winning 9.825 routine. Bieski trailed Roach in the lineup and onto the podium with a 9.8, while senior Ashley Wilson opened the rotation and finished third with season-best 9.7 score.
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| Shelly Purkat |
WVU was solid on beam in the third rotation, scoring 48.175 for a 145.7 team total. Though the Purple Knights went six-for-six on floor and scored 48.325, they remained behind the Mountaineers with a 143.175 combined total.
Senior Shelly Purkat, the reigning East Atlantic Gymnastics League (EAGL) beam champion, finished first overall with a season-best 9.85 mark. Classmate Kiersten Spoerke anchored the Mountaineer lineup and finished third overall with 9.775 points, while Tabor finished third on the team, sixth overall, with a 9.625 score.
WVU closed out the evening with its improved floor lineup and scored 49.025 points. UB concluded the night on beam and scored 47.675.
Bieski finished first overall and matched a season-best floor mark with a 9.875 score. Freshman Chelsea Goldschrafe finished second with a career-best 9.825 mark, while Purkat took third with a 9.8. Also of note, Tabor, making her third appearance in the lineup this season, scored a career-best 9.775 and finished fourth overall.
This evening was the last home dual meet for seniors Purkat, Spoerke, Tabor and Wilson. The quartet, along with student athletic trainer Kate Goeler, was recognized at the end of the contest.
The Mountaineers will compete for their seventh league crown at the 2010 EAGL Championship Saturday, March 27, in Durham, N.H.
